Leadership
4 Powerful Ways to Motivate Your Team
Inspiring leaders recognize that money is not the main reason people come to work. Sure, it’s the primary motivator for why we work—but once the concept of comparable pay for comparable work has been addressed, it fails…
How to Avoid Burnout as a Startup Founder
Owning a business is both a demanding task and taxing endeavor. It doesn’t matter if you’re a one-person show or a C-Suite executive: stress levels can become overwhelming and debilitating. During my first two years of…
3 Essential Lessons from Successful Entrepreneurs
Becoming an entrepreneur is what many people dream of, but most are scared to take that leap of faith. Here are tips from successful entrepreneurs on how they have helped their businesses thrive and how…
Need a Growth Strategy? Avoid These Epic Fails.
What do startups and mature SMBs have in common? The need to develop and implement an effective growth strategy. This always proves easier said than done and that is in part due to the fact…
How to Make Your Sales Team More Productive, Part 1
Increasing competition in the retail market, both offline and online, makes it necessary for small business enterprises to enhance both the productivity and efficiency of their sales team. The following tips can help to make…
First Time Speaker: 4 Tips to Build Your Speaking Career
If you’ve wanted to build your speaking career, but aren’t sure where to start, you’re not alone. Most entrepreneurs and authors I work with who aren’t doing speaking engagements are not always sure where to…
Leadership Toolbox: The Power of Parables as a Leadership Tool
Parable: Defined as a short simple story intended to illustrate a moral or religious lesson. These stories have been passed down from generation to generation through story-telling—each story with its own significance and message. What makes…
Company Activities That Will Strengthen Any Culture
These days, culture is paramount for having a strong team to execute your business’s vision. Ideas are worthless on their own; without a strong team, you won’t succeed. When building a business, you want employees who deeply about…
Own Your Day
Have you ever reached the end of a day and felt like you got nothing done? It’s a horrible feeling! Frustrating days like this leave us with a laundry list of people and circumstances that…
Business in Action: Leadership Retreats
According to “Fast Company” magazine, there are some key ideas to consider when planning a fun leadership retreat: seek new scenery; know that it takes time to build strong teams; incorporate fun into the regular…
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