A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the problems small business owners have with finding and keeping great team members. You can find that post at http://confidentmarketer.com/2013/04/29/get-team-building-right/. It created a lot of discussion and several questions from readers. The pool of workers available for hire and the skills they need to [...]
There’s something stirring in the small business world that bothers me, so today I thought I’d talk about it. More and more frequently I hear war stories of small business owners who have big issues with the team members they’ve hired to help them grow their business. It doesn’t matter whether the team [...]
If you’ve been a part of the small business community for very long, you’ve heard the term “bright shiny object syndrome.” People who own their own business tend to have BSOS – which means we flit from new idea to new idea, never really stopping to fully let any one idea mature into a [...]
For 16 wonderful years I worked side by side with a strong willed girl we named Phoebe the Huntress. I’ve always had the belief that we can learn much about business and how it works by watching animals (click here for a blog post about animals, business, and spirit). Phoebe was a great [...]
The United States has been blessed to have many great orators in its history. Think of Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Chase Smith, John F. Kennedy. Martin Luther King belongs right up in the top ten, too. Every time I discover one of King’s speeches that is new to me I find [...]
Not long ago I surrendered myself to a hospital to have a major surgery on my right leg. I use that word “surrender” deliberately, because that’s exactly what one has to do to survive what’s going to happen next. I had my right knee replaced with a prosthetic titanium knee, my kneecap augmented with prosthetic [...]
Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the audio player below. Animals (the non-human type) are all about speed and efficiency, two great traits for self-employed business owners. Here’s 5 things I’ve learned from animals that can help you in life and in your small business. 1. Be unstoppable. [...]
Most people who own their own business run a busy life. I hear women agonize over “work/life balance” almost every day, but my own experience as a business owner and a coach to other biz owners is that entrepreneurs aren’t wired that way. It isn’t “work/life balance” it is “work/life blend.” What do [...]
Here’s a short MP3 recording that will give you the 4 signs that you’re not looking into your own vision enough to run your small business. Or, for that matter, the rest of your life, either. Need help with this? My next Visionary Business Leader group starts August 14th. You can check it [...]
