First, sorry for the hiatus on the blog. Our group has been going crazy with a few clients and blogging took a back seat. But we’ve got a few topics we’ll be covering this week.

In our last blog, we talked about the ten dangerous tendencies some business owners and top managment posses. Now, we’re going to cover WHY they are so detrimental to procuding and cultivating a strong work force. So, here we go:

1. The idea that, we’ve done it . . .

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Spending as much time as our firm does with Small Business owners, you begin to see traits and/or tendencies that are identifiers. At the end of the day, there are two very different approaches taken by those in charge when it comes to the progress and sustainability of their companies. Here are ten ideas that can be detrimental to a companies growth.

The idea that, we’ve done it this way and we’ve always made money before.
Giving piddly work to employees is . . .

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The question is, how do we lead this group of people?

Here are some keys to accomplishing what, very soon, will not be an option.

Get Secure – People who are insecure tend to have trust issues, be cynical and paranoid. There are going to be enough challenges ahead, so don’t fabricate more because you’re insecure.
Embrace Technology – Unless you have access to a time machine (a nice piece of technology itself), there is no way to get around office technology. And . . .

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Conversations with senior leadership often reveals the same question, “how do I leverage the next generation?” It’s a complex question, because the nature of the answer requires change… on the part of the leadership.

In business, leadership often seeks how to “change” or leverage their employees, but what if the leadership is in need of the change? Well, then we have a whole new ball game. Why? Because change is often viewed only to be required if something is wrong. We . . .

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While talking to a colleague of mine last week, I was asked a question that has nagged at me since. The question was simple and straight forward; are business coaches a scam? I had several thoughts immediately jump to mind, so many in fact, I had to stop and begin filtering the answers through a myriad of conditions and criteria.

There are a thousand questions to which I can fire off an answer (opinion), but this one ended up being an . . .

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