In running your small business operation, you have a lot on your plate. That said the last thing you want to deal with on an on-going basis is interruptions. While some of those interruptions are all … [Read more...]
Is Your Small Business on Solid Financial Ground?
Does anything scare you when it comes to managing your small business? If you are like many other small business owners, you know all too well how things can change in a heartbeat. At one point and … [Read more...]
4 Tips to Attract the Best Employees
In running your business, are you doing everything conceivable in order to attract the best employees? As the New Year draws ever closer, now would be a good time to assess how you are going about … [Read more...]
10 Mac Apps for Blogging Productivity
Running a blog is so much more work than people assume. The assumption is the bigger it gets, the more work is involved. But that isn’t close to being true; building it to a point where people are … [Read more...]
What Are You Doing to Foster Employee Engagement?
By Roz Bahrami A year has passed since the shocking Gallup Research “State of the Global Workforce” report that showed only 13 percent of employees around the world are actually engaged in their work. … [Read more...]
Managers Need to Formulate a Strategy
Busy managers are like busy mothers. They get it from the top (spouses, in-laws, and teachers) and they get it from the bottom (kids). Just like time-strapped mothers, busy managers are ground zero … [Read more...]
When to listen to your critics
Earlier blog posts have emphasized the need to learn how to filter out the voices of critics. While it’s true that those who can only criticize are seldom of any practical help when building anything, … [Read more...]
The 7 benefits of being small
One of my favorite movies of all time features a trampoline, a creepy antique carnival soothsayer and one of the most romantic songs ever recorded. The movie’s protagonist, Josh Baskin, trapped within … [Read more...]
Make your yes count by saying no
Steve Jobs has a quote about focus being not the ability to say “yes,” but is instead the discernment and power to say “no” to everything else that takes you off your course. This is a slight shift in … [Read more...]
Who are you allowing into your orbit?
A common aphorism when focusing on personal growth is to look at the five people in your immediate orbit as an indicator of your trajectory. The logic being that we tend to surround ourselves with … [Read more...]