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5 Tips for When You’re Feeling Uninspired
Running a successful small business requires work ethic, creativity, organization and much more. With the amount of responsibility required to be an entrepreneur, it’s understandable if you occasionally lose focus. Instead of beating yourself up…
5 Essential Characteristics That Differentiate Leaders from Managers
Often people use the terms leaders and managers interchangeably. But nothing could be further from the truth! Anyone can become a manager, merely by awarding the title. Anyone can be given the responsibility for the oversight of a team,…
Habits of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs
Small business are hard to start and even harder to run. Most small businesses fail in the first year. The most successful small businesses turn into bigger businesses. The owners of those successful businesses often…
5 Effortless Ways Small Business Owners Can Thrive in 2017
Small business owners have it tough. With limited budgets and an inability to command the resources of corporate giants, they need to thrive in an increasingly competitive world. These tips are going to help you…
13 Easy Ways to Be More Productive and More Relaxed
As a small business owner, your time is incredibly valuable, and usually quite limited. You seem to spend hours at your desk tapping away, but sometimes you don’t actually achieve a lot. Here are some…
Two Lists Successful Leaders Make Every Day
Q: What can the 80s rock band The Police teach us about leadership? A: Turns out they planted a seed in me that has grown into a useful business practice. That practice, which I have…
Small Business Leadership: Are You a Queen Bee or a Worker Bee?
“Nothing gets done around here unless I do it myself!” Have you ever said that? If you have, it may be telling you a lot about your leadership. While it’s important for small business leaders…
6 Tips for Staying Energized in Your Business
Being a small business owner is tough work, trust me on this one. There are a multitude of tasks that need to be done every day to ensure your business stays running smoothly and efficiently….
How to Think Like a Growth CEO
Growth CEO’s differ from those who merely station—keep their way into the status quo, protecting the enterprise by reducing risk and cost, without creating a vision and action plan for growth. Here is a way…
10 Ways to Show You Care in the New Year
How about making a New Year’s resolution that you’ll do more for your community? The concept of “giving back” can grow stale unless we all put forth some real effort. Let’s face it, there are do’ers and those with…
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