Leadership
6 Tips for Interview Success
As you may recall, a few months ago we wrote a piece about how you can plan and pitch a top-notch PR campaign. Hopefully by now, you’ve had a few chats with the media and secured…
Veteran Entrepreneurs Recognized by SBA at Veterans Small Business Week
In honor of Veterans Small Business Week, I had the pleasure of nominating two NY State veteran business owners as success stories. Their stories will be placed on the National SBA web portals for recognition….
A No Excuse Approach to Make Change Stick and Drive Employee Engagement
Change is not an event, rather it’s a process. In my experience as a leadership change consultant, “It starts with leaders having a personal change realization, understanding that change is necessary, creating a leadership team…
Building a Sustainable Business is More Than Profit
I may be a bit old-fashioned, but I have always looked at a business first for its potential ability to be self-sustaining, and provide reasonable profits to feed my family, my lifestyle, and my retirement….
DIY Leadership
As the owner of a business, there are tasks that only you can accomplish. You have to consistently make sure everything is running smoothly, however there are certain ways of delegating responsibility that will set…
Define a Flexible Schedule That Works for Your Workplace
Let’s go ahead and address the elephant in the office. The Internet has forever changed how we work, and in turn, where and when we can work. The entire team no longer has to be…
5 Essential Steps to Reaching Your Business Goals
You want to reach your business goals, right? Chinese philosopher Lau Tzu said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Unfortunately, that first step is often the hardest. Reaching your business goals…
Mindfulness in Business
A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine. ~Meher Baba As I said in last week’s column, I have just returned from…
10 Green Ideas to Start Your Own Eco-friendly Business
Are you thinking about starting your own business but have no idea what it should be? May we suggest ecopreneurship? With growing concern for the protection of the environment and natural resources, more and more…
The Power of Female Leadership: 3 Important Behaviors to Adopt
We’ve all read about the qualities it takes to become a great female leader: how to “lean in,” what language to use in order to show an attitude of cooperation, the importance of personal flexibility. In addition…