Strategic Planning for a Small Business – How to Overcome the Challenges

Posted Posted in Business Owner, Decision Making, Motivation to Tackle Change, Strategic Thinking and Planning, Visioning

You spend the day scrambling. But how do you know you are on the right path? Are you leveraging the strengths, interests and talents on your team? Will you wind up in a place that will make you happy? It is not that you haven’t been thinking about these questions. The business environment is complex and […]

Leaders, Are You Preventing Your Team from Soaring?

Posted Posted in Business Owner, Collaboration, Communication, Decision Making, Employee Engagement, Learning and Development, Productivity, Strategic Thinking and Planning, Team Building, Visioning

In coaching sessions I hear key common cries for help. This past week the key theme on a surprising number of calls has been ‘my team is not doing what I need them to be doing’. The names have been changed but the following stressful situations have not. ·     I am here most nights and many […]

Crystal Ball Murky?

Posted Leave a commentPosted in Business Owner, Change Management, Leadership, Motivation to Tackle Change, New Year Planning, Personal Strategic Planning & Thinking, Strategic Thinking and Planning, Visioning

None of us knows with any sort of certainty what outside forces are going to impact our lives. However we all have the power to work towards our own clearly defined desire for the future. Without an inspired, desired picture of what we want to accomplish there are huge implications in the present. Without clarity […]

Get Off That Shaky Ladder! 4 Stable Legs to Balanced Success

Posted Posted in Business Owner, Change Management, Communication, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Motivation to Tackle Change, New Year Planning, Organizational Assessment, Strategic Thinking and Planning, Team Building, Visioning

2015. New start. Fresh thinking. Higher goals. Before you go flying, or tentatively stepping, up a shaky ladder aspiring to new heights, make sure you have checked the legs. Without a stable foundation there is a good chance you are going to come tumbling down.

Six Mental Traps That Will Prevent Your Business From Thriving

Posted Posted in Business Owner, Internal Business Assessment, Leadership, Meeting Facilitator, Motivation to Tackle Change, New Year Planning, Organizational Assessment, Productivity, Strategic Thinking and Planning, Time Management, Visioning

If you are not getting the results you want, or making a difference in the way you dreamed was possible,  you are well aware that something has to change. Knowing and doing can feel miles apart. Are you trapped in the status quo?   For the same reasons that pilots use maps when they fly cross-country and […]

Are You Ready for More Inspired, Meaningful Growth?

Posted Posted in Career, Leadership, New Year Planning, Personal Growth, Personal Strategic Planning & Thinking, Self Discovery, Transition, Visioning

Wouldn’t it be great if you woke every day fueled by the difference you were making, personal growth, and the work ahead. The reality is that no matter how right a business, a career, or an initiative, some days are fun and fulfilling, and others not so much. So, instead of dreaming about what life would […]

Are You Focusing Your Time on the Right Things?

Posted Posted in Change Management, Motivation to Tackle Change, New Year Planning, Strategic Thinking and Planning, Time Management, Visioning

As responsible people doing our best to satisfy competing demands, we tolerate, and maybe even thrive a bit on figuring out how to squeeze in more and more. Although we may talk about our desire to simplify, we often fall far short of our longing. How do some people go from more to less with […]

Secure the Future of Your Business with 4 Fundamental Planning Steps

Posted Posted in Business Owner, Change Management, Leadership, Motivation to Tackle Change, New Year Planning, Organizational Assessment, Strategic Thinking and Planning, Team Building, Trends, Visioning

Too many business leaders are mired in the problem of the day rather than stepping up to secure the future of their business. If business sustainability is important to you- it is time to get out of the weeds, climb to the top of the nearest hill and look down at the big picture.

Take the Monkey off Your Back- Partnering for Success

Posted Posted in Business Owner, Communication, Leadership, Partnerships, Personal Strategic Planning & Thinking, Team Building, Visioning

It is getting harder and harder to carry the monkey on your own. The world is more complex and specialized. Finding other people to partner and conspire with not only is often more fun, but your ideas will be be better thought out and your strength will grow exponentially.