(Time to read this Blog is about 2 minutes) Before we get to the main topic, here are a few things to get you thinking…or smiling: Now, to this week’s important topic: Are you sabotaging your Brand in any way?    Your Brand is a promise to deliver a consistent set of qualities, values, standards […]

(Time to read this Blog is about 2 minutes) Before we get to the main topic, here are a few things to get you thinking…or smiling: My biz quote of the week: “You can’t build an extraordinary business by hiring ordinary people. When recruiting new employees, are you looking for talent or settling for ‘bodies’?”  […]

(Time to read this Blog is about 2 minutes) Before we get to the main topic, here are a few things to get you thinking…or smiling: My biz quote of the week: “Creating a brand is like painting a picture that your target customers want to be in.  Understand who they are, what they want, […]

 (Time to read this Blog is about 90 seconds) Before we get to the main topic, here are a few things to get you thinking…or smiling: My biz quote of the week:  “Hiring someone after just one interview is like asking someone to marry you on   the first date.  You don’t know them well enough […]

(Time to read this Blog is about 2 minutes) Before we get to the main topic, here are a few things to get you thinking…or smiling: My biz quote of the week: “A family business is simply a partnership where blood boils at   room temperature.”  To access my Biz Tool #A-11 re the 5 key […]

(Time to read this Blog is about 2 minutes) Before we get to the main topic, here are a few things to get you thinking…or smiling: My biz quote of the week: “All businesses sell stuff…great businesses are on a mission to improve the human condition in some significant way.”  What important mission are you […]

(Time to read this Blog is about 3 minutes) Before we get to the main topic, here are a few things that caught my attention this week: Quote of the day: “Success and failure are both temporary conditions.”   Pets and climate change. Many humans are cutting back on meat consumption for environmental reasons.  But […]

(Time to read this Blog is about 3 minutes) Before we get to the main topic, here are a few things that caught my attention this week: According to McKinsey Research, ‘opportunity’ and ‘fairness’ are the two biggest predictors of employee satisfaction. So, honestly, how does your business rate in these two key factors? I’ve […]

(Time to read this Blog is about 3 minutes) Before we get to the main topic, here are a few things that caught my attention this week: This summer marks the 75th anniversary of the end of WW II…the most lethal war in history. An estimated 66 million people perished. Nearly 70% of those were civilians. […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 3 minutes) Before we get to the main topic, here’s something that I’ve been thinking about this week. The difference between diversity and inclusion.  These 2 words are being thrown around a lot these days, sometimes without much thought as to their actual meaning. For example, a […]