How Do I Grow My Business on the Web?
Yesterday I attended a conference called eMarketing for Entrepreneurs. As the title would suggest, the conference was geared to helping small business owners wade through what can often be the overwhelming and ever-changing world of Internet marketing. The conference included a great keynote address from John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing who stressed the importance of marketing as…
How Being a Caddie Prepared Me for Entrepreneurship
I got this crazy idea the other day, while mowing the lawn of course! I was thinking back to my summers during high school and college when I spent most of my days as a caddie at The Elyria Country Club. I thought, you know what, my days as a caddie were pretty important in shaping…
Does your small business team respect you as their leader?
Are You a Leader Worth Following? I was flipping through the channels last night and came across the movie Gandhi, which I hadn’t seen in probably 20 years. One of the quotes that stuck with me from the movie was “An eye for an eye, just leaves a world full of blind men.” This was Gandhi’s response to…
Do You Ever Feel Like You Don’t Know What You’re Doing?
This is a question I heard this morning from my dental hygienist! That’s just about the last thing you want to hear from someone wielding a sharp object in your mouth! Luckily for me (and everyone getting into the chair after me) she was referring to her role as owner of a business she had…
Do Small Business Leaders Know How to Communicate?
Are We Really Communicating? Ever had someone say to you, “Hey I already told you that five times!” Why is something as simple as communication really so hard? It’s something we’ve all been working on since we came out of the womb…you’d think we’d be pretty good at it by now! I know there have…
Dare to Be Great
“Dare to be great” is a great phrase! It has been running in my mind for many decades. I believe it is the title of a book about Glen (Ted) Turner’s life or program; not sure which. I’m not a fan of Ted Turner. He’s the super rich guy who started CNN, married Jane Fonda…
Business Coaches Give Advice on Making Decisions
How Can I Make Decisions Faster? As small business coaches, we know some people are naturals when it comes to making decisions. Give them about 5% of the relevant information and they will make a decision and move on. Unfortunately for most of us it’s not that easy! For me, my natural style is…
As Small Business Coaches We Advise Learning to Focus
What Does It Mean to Focus? Focus seems to be one of those very popular buzz words as of late, but what does it really mean? This is something we struggle with in our business and we see the same struggle with many of our coaching clients who are small business owners. One thing that…
Are You Profitable?
Are You Profitable? This is a question we’ll usually ask a prospective client during our initial meeting. You’d be amazed at some of the responses we hear.The top 5 responses are: 1. I don’t know. 2. I have to ask my accountant. 3. I did/did not pay taxes last year. 4. I have cash…
Are You Inspirational Leader?
You may have noticed that I’m a bit of a sports fan and I always find it fascinating how often what happens in sports can be related to small business. I’m still recovering from Game 5 of the Eastern Conference playoffs where LeBron James scored 29 of the last 30 points to lead his team…
Are You a Transformational Leader?
I want to introduce our readers to someone I’ve been following for quite some time now, Joe Tye (aka America’s Values Coach). Joe is a great communicator and someone from whom I derive a great deal of insight and inspiration. Joe’s mission is to help people re-spark the spirit of purpose in their work and the…