Most of us have heard or used the expression, "like turning a ship" with reference to change in an organization or bureaucracy. This analogy works with respect to the time it takes to have a ship, that is heading in one direction, turn to another ... ► Read More
What Strategy Looks Like: It’s not simple
Creating a strategy for your business has many forms depending on what part of your business or goal you are looking to grow. I love strategy for this very reason; it touches all aspects of the business, helps define the purpose, and creates a path ... ► Read More
No Change is Change
The only way to "something new" is through change. Whether it is a good change or a bad one, an expected change or a surprise, something we chose or something forced upon us, there is no way to our next experience without first going through ... ► Read More
Working From Home? Have a Routine!
Our brains are required to manage thousands of pieces of information. Having a routine allows your brain to go on autopilot for some of the thought processes around what has to get done next. In a business of our own, or when working at home for our ... ► Read More
Infatuation
Jack Timbrell was a special man to me. He was fun and funny, intelligent and intellectual with business smarts to spare. Jack had a first-year university education (almost unheard of in his day) and he was an entrepreneur. He was my ... ► Read More
The Tenacity Required to Endure Business Hardships
The penguin, moose, and polar bear are icons of winter representing the tenacity required to endure the wilderness during times when food is scarce and the environment is uncomfortable. This is true of the entrepreneurship as well. Business is ... ► Read More
How To Get Guidance and Accountability to Reach Our Goals
I know, just like everyone else, that reaching my goals requires a plan that I can follow and a commitment to do the work in that plan. The challenge is... The challenge for me, and for most of the highly successful businesswomen I work with ... ► Read More
3 Ways to Win You More Employee Engagement
As our employee pool changes from Baby Boomer to GenX, to Millennial, and now iGen (Internet Generation) we are seeing bigger differences between the generations. This has created fear of having to not only train a young person on their job but also ... ► Read More
Life Tips for Business Owners – Personal Time
This past weekend I had two solid days with my friends and family. One day I was enjoying a BBQ at a friend's home and the next I was spending time with my kids and the neighbours on our back deck, breathing in the lilacs, laughing, eating, and ... ► Read More
Don’t Be Consistent (If you want to fail)
Many business owners I speak to tell me they do not get clients from social media. Being on social media, interacting, sharing, liking, following, etc. has not helped grow their business. Like them, I have seen little conversion from my social ... ► Read More
