A Gallup study, released in June 2013, on the State of the American Workplace reported that 70% of American workers are disengaged in their jobs. A whopping 7 out of every 10 workers in the USA is … [Read more...] about Leadership Training: 5 Effective Ways to Foster Employee Engagement
Small Business Development: 5 Key Questions to Experience Business Naked (not what you think)
Despite technological advances, business today is still, and will always be, about person to person, and relationships. Whether you are connecting by voice to voice, face to face, or keyboard to … [Read more...] about Small Business Development: 5 Key Questions to Experience Business Naked (not what you think)
Blogging Checklist: What to Do Before You Write Content, Before You Post Content
Speaking with a client the other day, I was caught off guard when he proudly stated that he'd completed a dozen blog posts to launch his blog, and had sent them off to his VA for posting late night. … [Read more...] about Blogging Checklist: What to Do Before You Write Content, Before You Post Content
Relationship Building: It’s a Small World After All
What are the odds that you'll meet and do business with the man now married to the woman who bought your former house seven years ago, and you never met her at the time? You could have knocked me … [Read more...] about Relationship Building: It’s a Small World After All
Take Action: 3 Steps to Ditching the Drama and Finding Your Sunny Side
A problem is simply a label you have applied to something in your life. I am fond of correcting that word choice into “a solution waiting to happen.” In actuality, a problem is only created by the way … [Read more...] about Take Action: 3 Steps to Ditching the Drama and Finding Your Sunny Side
How to Win Clients and Generate Leads the Easy Way
Let's be honest, we all have a favorite channel, WIIFM - What's In It For ME. This is the channel we tune into automatically when we aren't thinking about it or perhaps when we are nervous about … [Read more...] about How to Win Clients and Generate Leads the Easy Way
Grow Your Business: 3 Tricky Tips to Learn More for Less
Last week, I attended a LIVE 3 DAY FREE EVENT, Ready for the Stage, hosted by Suzanne Evans. Now, I'd seen at least five emails for the event, but didn't heed the invitation until my colleague and … [Read more...] about Grow Your Business: 3 Tricky Tips to Learn More for Less
5 Questions to Uncover Your “Boutique” Brand Advantage: The Keys to a Business You Love
I'm about to turn everything you know about business upside down. You've been taught that to make more, you've got to serve more clients, you have to climb on an endless treadmill of more, more, more. … [Read more...] about 5 Questions to Uncover Your “Boutique” Brand Advantage: The Keys to a Business You Love
Branding Mistakes: 3 Ways You May Be Wasting Money on Your Brand
Are you on a shoestring budget for your business branding? Have you been trying to do a lot of it yourself and gotten stuck wondering what you have to have and what isn't really necessary? Here … [Read more...] about Branding Mistakes: 3 Ways You May Be Wasting Money on Your Brand