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If your small business isn’t growing right now, the experience rarely feels subtle. It feels heavy. You are extended, tired in a way that goes beyond long hours. Every week seems to require more decisions, more oversight, and more involvement than it should at this stage of your business. You look at your team and…

Stressed at the Holidays? Business Owners – Try the 3-Minute Stress Reset Thanksgiving week rolls in and everyone’s asking about your plans. You talk about turkey, time with family, maybe a quiet Thursday. But inside your head? You’re running through: The client situation that needs handling. The employee question waiting for your answer. Whether you’ll…

The Stress You’re “Managing” Might Be Blocking Your Growth Most business owners believe stress is just part of the job. It’s not. And I don’t believe in “stress management” either. You can’t manage stress—because that just means moving it around, suppressing it, or pretending it’s under control. You need to reduce it.Relieve it.Eliminate it. When…

  🎥 Replay Below – A Must-Watch for Business Leaders It was an honor to join Executive Edge Live – Hiring for Impact hosted by Harley Green, alongside a panel of seasoned business leaders. If you’re hiring, thinking about delegation, or working to build a stronger team with less stress, this conversation delivers real value.…

Energy, clarity, and focus fade when your jar is full of sand. ✅ I forget this sometimes, too, and my focus slips, and I find myself busy, but not productive. A mentor drilled the “Three Big Rocks” into me years ago… And yesterday a client said, “My focus and creativity feel stuck. My energy’s low.”…

“If you never had to work again, what would you do and why?”   I was just in a networking event, and I’m not a big fan of the get-to-know-you icebreaker questions as a regular and significant part of a business networking structure, because I like to use that time for working on business, finding…

Having to have a difficult conversation with a difficult employee is one of the worst feelings in the world! Or is it? It’s amazing how many small business owners and leaders in general shy away from conversations they think might be difficult, allowing employees who are under-performing or *are* difficult to continue what they’re doing,…

I was working with a business coaching client a couple weeks ago who said: “I’m upset and frustrated. I feel like I’m not making fast enough progress with my business goals.” And then a new client I was having an introductory business coaching session with said the same thing. It’s important to remember that we…

Year after year, your business isn’t growing as fast as you want because day after day, you don’t have time for sales or marketing, or even deeper strategic planning about your business. It’s not that you don’t have time. You do. It’s just that you’re letting employees suck your time away. My clients often find…

It’s not a blanket statement, but the quote in the below graphic can work well for a lot of small businesses. Nurturing great employees in your service business starts with the first contact before the interview, and continues through the interview and beyond. Having the right training and development, and abilities of the managers or…