School’s out for summer! Thanksgiving weekend! Holiday vacation! Spring break! To some business owners, these times are synonymous with a slow down. But do they have to be? Can these slow times be an opportunity for growth? These are great…
As business owner’s strive to grow a profitable company, metrics and measurement are critical aspects of that growth. Employees need to be measured for quality of work accountability and incentive calculations. Companies need to be measured to set goals and…
How can I be more productive? It’s a question on everyone’s mind. Most current ideas about productivity involve changing everything you do, using the latest smartphone app, or outsourcing your administrative tasks. While there is certainly value in some of…
As the Christmas and holiday season comes to an end, and we look to the New Year, I was thinking about the parallels for how businesses interact with their customers. My social media feed was filled with friends and family…
The other day, my seven-year-old son was at the breakfast table. He had a plate of pancakes in front of him, and he was making a noise over, and over, and over again, as he often does. While I tried…
I heard someone once say “your inbox is someone else’s to-do list for you.” It is not under your control and should not be the guide to how you run your day. In an effort to manage this I decided…
I read this article recently at Observer called “How to Politely Turn Down People Who Want to ‘Grab Coffee Sometime.’” The author, Noah Kagan, of AppSumo, lays out his methods for avoiding in-person interactions at all costs. My motto has…
Improving personal productivity is a persistent theme of current thought leadership, ever present in blogs, podcasts, and books. (I wrote about my own personal productivity methods last year!) And while this advice is helpful for individual growth, how many of…
The other day I told my daughter to finish eating and brush her teeth. At the same time I told my son to put his shoes on and bring the trash bin back in from the street. I was proud…
My grandfather recently told me the story of a consulting engagement he had in 1972. My grandmother asked him, “What makes you qualified to be a consultant?” His answer? “I charge a lot and I come from out of town!”…