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How Many Leaders Are Strong Enough To Change Their Behaviors First?
How many interviewees have asked about your company’s culture? Culture has become an increasingly important (and greatly misunderstood) buzzword. We do our best as business owners to paint the picture of our daily corporate life as positively as possible. However, if...
The Etiquette Challenge: How Do We Cope With Those Who Lack Self-Awareness?
We want to be accountable and trustworthy to our clients and business partners alike. You may even use phrases that are designed specifically to instill trust like ‘my word is my bond’ and ‘I put my money where my mouth is.’ However, despite your best efforts, it is...
When Should We Hire a Marketing Director and How Should We Deploy Them?
When Should We Hire a Marketing Director and How Should We Deploy Them? By: Trisha Daho, Founder & CEO, Empowered, & Kate Harry Shipham, Principal, KHS People What confounds Managing Partners? In so many conversations that we have with accounting firms,...
United Airlines and the Case of the Walking, Talking Brand
Nobody’s perfect, right? Yep, nobody. But when you’ve had a week like United had last week, you have to take a good long look in the mirror and decide what you really stand for…as a company. In today’s reality of the constant state of video, social...
When You Are a Leader, Everyone Is Watching
If you are a leader: A CEO, a CMO, a CFO, if you manage employees of any sort, if you coach a baseball team, if you lead a food pantry, whatever it is, I have some news for you: Everyone is watching your every move. That might disturb you a bit....
Niches Grow Your Business Faster
When I first started my own business, my first inclination was to go after every industry you could possibly think of. Why? Because I had done it for 17 years when I was with a large firm. My initial thought was to not limit myself. Why should...
Let’s Talk about Toxic People in Business
We all know one. That person who is negative no matter what happens. She gets a 20% raise and still thinks she was robbed. He gets a promotion and finds something wrong with the announcement about it. She never gives the boss a break. He...
The Epidemic of Hard Work and Loose Goals
As we look to the new year in business, we often feel like we are already working at our max, especially during times when we are trying to balance heavier personal obligations along with our intense workloads. We all know hard work does not always equal enormous...
Top 5 Reasons Business Owners Struggle
Ever wonder why your brilliant friend, who is a business owner, seems to run and run and never get anywhere? Week after week you see her get defeated, deflated and ultimately depressed that her business is not in growth mode. 'She's so smart,' you think, 'but it's...
Using Highest and Best Use to Help Leaders Grow
One of the things I have learned over my career is the importance of learning agility. You can always learn something from any book you read, seminar you attend or experience you have. Even things that may not appear on the surface to be related to your business...