These days, it seems like everyone from rock stars to accountants are proponents of personal branding. Why? Because they understand the value of creating and perpetuating a viable public identity affiliated with what they do best. CEOs and business owners are, in many...

Business owners are in a bit of a pickle these days. The supply chain is still a mess, historic inflation is increasing the cost of literally everything, and the Great Resignation and a disengaged labour pool continue to take a substantial toll on productivity. While...

Now just might be the perfect time to breathe new life into your business. Many small businesses are still struggling financially and find themselves unable to match their pre-pandemic success. Common culprits like inflation, supply chain, and labour of course are...

For nearly two years, the global supply chain crisis has wreaked havoc on businesses across the world. It wasn’t anything anyone expected, and many businesses had to adapt in order to survive. Even today, we continue to feel the impacts of this ongoing issue. Like...

“Frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints.  One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.”  Jeff Bezos The facts are in–inflation is growing much faster than wages.  Simply, it costs more to do business, and most analysts...

LinkedIn is a mainstay social media platform for business owners and professionals. No news flash there. But while most of us understand that having an engaging LinkedIn presence can bring tremendous value, many feel that the effort involved can be overwhelming....

Over my years as a business coach, I’ve heard hundreds of stories about how and why my clients got into business. Each story differs, but one thing remains common: every one of them got into business to provide better services to their customers than the competition....

You don’t need a crystal ball to see that supply chain disruptions are likely to continue for some time to come. As we are all becoming painfully aware, supply chain disruption “is a major factor driving prices higher around the globe,” notes CNN, “… and predicting...

These days, innovation counts as a key differentiator among competing businesses. What are the next great ideas and who will come up with them? Companies that rely upon a small group of people within the organisation to develop proposed innovations may be missing out...

t a small dinner party, in which at least one member of each couple owned a successful business, the host asked each business owner to share the one characteristic they felt attributed most to the success of their companies. I want to share some of the responses...