The idea of leadership gets bogged down with lots of shiny trappings. There’s a tendency to focus on charisma, big ideas, communication skills, or how someone looks or dresses. And all of those things have an impact, but the reality is that great leadership is all about influence. The ability to change and direct behaviors […]

Starting a business is exciting – it’s a time to dream and it feels like anything is possible. Growing a business is hard work. Sometimes it’s frustrating and there’s not much movement… and sometimes you unlock one of the keys to growth, find some leverage and things take off! Exhilarating, exhausting and sometimes more than […]

We all want things – most of us want to be healthier, make more money, have more friends or learn new skills. But as we all know far too well, just wanting something doesn’t really do anything for you – you have to take action, put in the work, sometimes endure the pain to achieve […]

As you might guess from the title, the gist of the book is that we collectively would benefit from not only keeping an open mind, but actively finding ways to challenge ideas and beliefs as a way to be ‘more’ right.

Small business owners generally have a healthy fear of marketing. Not all of them – a few have it figured out (or have a marketing background). But a majority struggle with it – and that’s too bad, because it doesn’t have to be that complicated. The fear is understandable – marketing is often presented as […]

What’s more effective – downstream reactions or upstream proactive solutions? Where do you focus your efforts? Think back to a time when your business was running normally – these days that might be a couple of months ago, but give it a shot. Here’s the question: When things were more routine, were you spending more […]