Articles on: Inspire

What Drives Your Employees?

What drives your employees?  If you don’t know the answer to that question, you may want to ask it.   But be ready, the answers may surprise you.   Believe it or not, good employees are motivated by much more than money or a just paycheck.   I was reminded of that again just recently, thanks to an […]

What’s Impossible to you?

We all have blind spots – self limiting beliefs that hold us back from trying things. We all believe things are impossible – but it turns out we may be wrong… It’s likely you’ve never heard of Cliff Young. He was an Australian. He was a potato farmer and rancher for most of his life. […]

What doors are you deciding to open and close?

“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” – Flora Whittemore As a business owner, it’s a good bet that you’ve had some big plans along the way. Many of the initiatives that are often uncovered when we work with business owners are plans that have been in the works for […]

Why you should Celebrate Your Business Independence!

When was the last time you took some time to celebrate your independence as a business owner? For most of us, the reason for starting our own business is tied to freedom – the opportunity to ditch our boss, have full control over our destiny…be the one to call the shots. It’s a great feeling, […]

Did Russell Stover see a ‘Chocolate Prairie’?

Picture from National Museum of American History via Flickr Though they never coined the phrase, almost a century before the Midwest started promoting itself as the “Silicon Prairie”, Russell and Clara Stover may have viewed this region more appropriately as the “Chocolate Prairie”.   Their rags to riches story speaks volumes to the power and will […]

In Business are you manipulating or inspiring?

I’ve been re-reading through Start With Why by Simon Sinek as preparation for the next Business Book Review and I was struck by a couple of different things. The first one was re-affirming that it’s an important book and a critical idea for long term business success.  If you haven’t read the book, you should – it […]