Business Coaching

If you’re like me and you’ve had your business for 20-something years, then you know that gone are the days of the gold watch for staying loyal to a company for 30 years. Like many of my business owner clients, there was a time when loyalty to an employer meant everything and as an owner,

To DIY or to outsource? That is the question. If you want to build a website, there are advantages and disadvantages to both building the site yourself and hiring a professional. Website building is a crucial factor to the success of your company, especially in this day and age.  So, take a look through the

Summary: What happens when you are ‘doing’ all the right things, but it isn’t working out as it should? Maybe you’ve invested in a magical formula solution, or maybe you’ve seen things work for your competition or friends’ businesses, but when you try it out – it falls flat. ⁣ Figuring out how to grow then

In recent years, there’s been a significant drive to increase public awareness of mental health. This has resulted in a huge number of institutions, including workplaces, taking action to improve the overall well-being of the people they are responsible for. First developed in the 1970s, the term ‘burnout’ has been used to describe work-related mental

Summary:  Do you feel like you’re busy but not productive?⁣ ⁣You work hard, but it seems like nothing is getting done. Your to-do list never gets shorter and your inbox is always full. It feels like time slips by without anything to show for it. If this sounds familiar, then you’ll want to listen in!⁣

What is delegation (and what isn’t)? If you’ve never delegated, you need to learn how to do that. For many business owners, this practice can be incredibly challenging to implement simply because of their habit of doing everything themselves. But if you ever want to create a business that can thrive without you there, you

Today I’d like to explore an essential principle of having a leveraged business: doing less, better. That’s right, leverage is all about doing less – to accomplish more. Sounds wonderful, yes? Who doesn’t want to make more money, while doing less? But what, exactly, does that mean in actual practice? Let’s talk for a moment

It’s not hard to set up a DIY business retreat for yourself and a few other entrepreneurs. Here’s the step by step how to and why to do a business retreat at least once a year. 3 Reasons to Take Time Out for a DIY Business Retreat A business retreat helps you get out of

Summary: You’re ready to take your business from good to great. But you don’t know how.⁣ ⁣Most entrepreneurs are so busy trying to figure out what their next move should be, they can’t even get started. Which can leave you frustrated because you feel like your business is stuck. ⁣ ⁣Listen in to the 5

Marketplace turbulence. On the surface, it may appear to be a big challenge. Customers start choosing something else. Inflation is driving prices up to new record highs. Sales are drying up. But, marketplace turbulence can be the best thing to ever happen to your company. Here’s why: It Is A Chance to Explore New Ideas

Here’s the truth: Time management is often seen as the means to a desired end—learn to manage your time and you’ll have more of it. But in reality, time management is just the beginning, because once you can see how you’re using your time, you can make some educated choices about the way you use

Do you need to use an outsourcing company to scale up your small business? There are so many discussions about the need to outsource a lot when you manage a business. But does it fit every company? There are both pros and cons of outsourcing that every company has to consider. When do you need

Why Small Business Owners Would Invest in Email Marketing  Email marketing can deliver a significant return on investment (ROI) for small business owners, one that can easily be measured. Unlike some other marketing strategies, email marketing is relatively inexpensive and is not as labor intensive as some forms of social media marketing. The latest statistics

Summary: Cash flow is your lifeblood as a business owner. You know that improving cash flow could make a huge impact in your life, but it’s hard to find the right information and even harder to implement what you learn.⁣ There are so many things that can be done to improve cash flow in your business,

Follow through on your Brand Promise What do you want every interaction with your customers to feel like? Your business has a brand—the connection (or lack thereof) between your company and your customers—whether you intentionally create it or not. And brand connection starts before you make a sale, even before they walk through your door.

Starting your own small business is an exciting time, and you’re likely focused on what you should do. However, as you learn the dos of being a business leader, you must also learn the don’ts to avoid if you want to find success.   So before you make another move in your business, you need

Why I Created The Make Today Count Planner Page The main reason we all use planners is that they help us be organized in our daily actions. They help us declutter the mind and remember our endless to-do’s. Using a “get your day organized” type of planner page helps us feel and be more efficient.

Summary: How many hats do you wear as a woman in business?⁣ I bet you think you can do it all. Or maybe you are feeling pressure to wear all the hats and do it all alone. ⁣ ⁣But there comes a time when you just can’t do it all anymore. ⁣ If you do, you’re

Fear of change is an obstacle that we all face at some level. It’s easy to see why—change takes us out of our comfort zone and presents a risk for failure that we can avoid by staying the course. And for an entrepreneur who’s invested everything into their business, that possibility of failure oftentimes isn’t

An internal audit is a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining information and assessing it objectively to determine the adequacy, effectiveness and conformance of the system being audited. It helps an organization to accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance