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10 Ways to Improve Communication
All leadership skills are important to a small business owner, but communication is among those that are at the top of the list. Why? Because there are more consequences from poor communication than any of the others combined. Misdirection and misinterpretation are...
10 Tips to Empower & Develop Your Future Leaders
Delegation and empowerment are two of the most important skills any business owner can practice to build a team and a business for the future. Staff members that will play a role in future years must be ready to grow with the business and that means the sooner they...
10 Small Business Recruiting Tactics for a High-Performance Team
Recruiting is among the top rated most difficult functions for a small business owner to learn and practice. Challenging as it may be, it is critical to the success of any business that needs staffing resources to produce products, perform services, or support others...
The “Me” Factor: Boundaries, Priorities, Attitude
To live a satisfying small business lifestyle and have a successful small business starts with taking control of the “me factor”. “Me” is you, the business owner. It is decisions you make and the control you retain. It is priorities you set, plans you make and the way...
Plan for the Unexpected: How Risk Can Ruin a Business Plan
A new year is just around the corner and most of you have created a business plan to guide your actions. Great! But did you also plan for the unexpected? Even the best-laid plans can be thrown off course. Typically this happens when some change forces you to adjust....
10 Barricades to Small Business Bliss
When I ask small business owners why they chose to open their own business, they give me a variety of answers including .... it’s a fulfillment of dream or a calling .... more time to spend with family and friends .... more opportunity to do what they love .......
5 Good Things I Learned From A Bad Manager
People don’t leave bad companies, they leave bad managers ~ Marcus Buckingham In my experience, it is so often true that great employees leave a company not because they do not enjoy their work or believe in the vision, values, and mission of a company but because...
Here’s How to Build Your Team of Small Business Advisors
Is there any one of us that cannot use some advice from time to time? I certainly know some who never think they do, but everyone (and I do mean everyone) can benefit from asking for and listening to advice from the right people. If you are a small business owner, the...
