Five keys to a Rock Solid Business Foundation
Many small business gurus and trainers will agree that building the foundation for your business is an important first step. But, many entrepreneurs just start out with an idea and in the entrepreneurial spirit go try it to see if it works. We don’t set up systems, document procedures – or even necessarily balance the […]
According to Personal and Professional Values
Are your professional values an expression of your personal values and ethics, or are you feeling like your life is out of balance? Here is an exercise you can do to help you assess if your life is aligned with your values. Don’t be disappointed if it is not perfectly aligned. I did some similar […]
Find Mentors Who Share Your Professional Values
“The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.” Proverbs 12:15 I have heard the same powerful tool about finding a mentor mentioned in several places recently and feel I want to share it with you. A report I read recently stated that to be a successful business you […]
Life by Design
Where are you on the life and work satisfaction scale? Are you feeling that you have finally arrived at the destiny you have been working so hard for? Are energetically pursuing your calling and God’s plan for your life? Or, are things just going “okay” on a day to day basis? If you are like […]
Are You a Niche Marketing Unbeliever?
If God gave us skills to help a variety of people and groups and confirmed it with the passion, then how can we only focus on one group? And if I only focus on one group, which one? I love them all. And so goes the questioning and doubts of the niche marketing unbeliever.
Maintaining Your Sense of Purpose
My nephew graduated salutatorian at Episcopal High School on Friday. At graduation, I kept thinking of the massive amount of potential in this group of young people and found myself considering which of these kids was motivated for the future. My thoughts then shifted to the parents in the audience and I began to wonder if […]
Keep Moving Forward on Your Path
I am awake extra early this morning because I agreed to be at a client’s office at 6:30 a.m. I think that is a first for me. My day won’t end until tonight after my small group finishes around 9 p.m. Not a first for me, but it has been a very long time. I […]
How to Survive and Thrive in a Recessed Economy
In a difficult economy, everything seems so BLACK and WHITE – as small business owners we either survive or don’t. In my experience at Community Coffee, Foodies Kitchen, and working with many clients, there is a lot of GREY between thriving in a booming marketplace and dying in a recessed economy. To survive and thrive in a […]
Starting Out Right with a New Employee
As a business coach I am involved with many different types of small businesses. I work with service companies, private practice, retailers…. One common situation that I run across more than 90% of the time is businesses struggling with employee problems. Common issues are: employee missing work alot due to family problems or personal health […]
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