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The All for Me Small Business Leadership Mentality
The small business leadership mentality of “all for me” is quite prevalent given that over 27.7 million firms in the US, 21.7 are non-employed meaning one person entities having no employees. These...
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The Fallacy of Positive Mental Attitude (PMA)
No doubt having a positive mental attitude is one of the key contributors to business leadership success. Yet many who demonstrate this proactive state of mind sometimes are dealt emotional, physical...
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The Argument of Who Owns Customer Loyalty Continues
Within the SMB world, the argument of who owns the customers loyalty continues to surface more and more. There are many entrepreneurs who started their small businesses built upon their relationships...
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The Delusional State of Scarcity Thinking Leaders
Two recent discussions this week only reaffirmed how many leaders (I use that word very loosely) especially those in sales leadership roles are embedded with a scarcity thinking mentality instead of...
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Human Beings Are Verbs Not Nouns
Yesterday I attended a regional luncheon here in Northwest Indiana and the keynote speaker Dr. W. Joye Hardiman made the following statement “Human beings are verbs not nouns.” She then explained how...
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Stopping Before Starting The Pathway to Excellence
The pathway to excellence is not a straight line or a smooth one. This is a continual journey that truly never ends. In the rush to walk this pathway to excellence many individuals and organizations...
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Is Your Business Growth Strategy Just Coasting Along?
Business growth strategy for many in business leadership roles is looked at through this one factor how to increase sales. The more sales I have made my business is growing. This viewpoint may be...
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Just Pack Up Your Business Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile
My husband is a great fan of Laurel and Hardy. When there is nothing good on television which is quite often he will take out a Laurel and Hardy film from his extensive DVD collection and play it....
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Why Are You Fighting Chaos As Part of Business Growth?
How many times because of our conditioning, our beliefs, we fight chaos as we experience business growth or even work to increase sales? Is not chaos part of life? Then why would it not be embedded...
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Emotional Intelligence in the Streams of Social Media
Much has been written about emotional intelligence regarding business and leadership. However from my observations of the past couple of weeks, there is far kess written about emotional intelligence...
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Why Must Leadership Training Programs Now Include An Adjective?
Is it just me or are there a plethora of individual or business leadership training programs that now have an adjective or some other description in front of the word leadership? Here are a few that...
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Friday’s Favorites QBQ The Question Behind The Question A Critical Book Review
In QBQ The Question Behind the Question, John G. Miller looks at personal accountability in business and in life through the questions you ask yourself. In this fairly short read (under 120 pages and...
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Experts, Exceptionalism and Ethics
A recent blog post, Why We Need More Experts, by Ian Brodie caught my eye. Brodie presented a short case to counter the argument raised by a Ryan Hanley that less experts are needed. Brodie brings up...
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Having a Bad Day Just Get Over It Part 2
Having a bad day is something most of us can relate to within our professional careers and small businesses. How we handle those bad days will either make us stronger as employees and leaders or make...
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Sales Leadership – The Talent of Emotional Control
How many times have we witnessed those in sales leadership or sales management roles “lost their cool? What these individuals did was demonstrate their lack of emotional control. Innermetrix defines...
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Your Professional Network Is Money in the Bank, Invest It Well
People buy from people they know and trust. (Sales Buying Rule #1) As an entrepreneur, sole proprietor, small business owner, C Suite executive and even college student, by meeting new people you as a...
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Is There A New C-Suite Role on the Horizon?
Economist Intelligence Unit released a new report with some interesting data on “who knows the customer best?” Some of the findings from those in senior Business Leadership C-Suite roles are...
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Is Your Small Business Leadership Prepared for the Future?
An interesting survey caught my eye and I began to think what does this mean for a small business leadership now and in the future. The survey was titled “The World According to Borrell.” Here are...
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Do You Lose Your Professional Attire Mirror?
Yesterday at breakfast meeting with some other professional business women, conversation turned to the professional attire of other business professionals regardless of gender. Agreement was many...
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The Inherent Crack in Most Sales Training
Much is written and continues to be written as to why sales training or any other such of organizational training does not work. Some may say because the focus should be on development. Others counter...
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