How to get more done in less time
Surprise! There just aren't enough hours in the day to accomplish everything that needs to get done. But you already knew that. Like virtually everyone in business today, you…
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Gotta take care of you
Being the leader of a business pretty much means that you live in a perpetual pressure cooker. You've got stuff coming at you from all sides while juggling a dozen business…
Read articleYou want to be the best - but will you do the work?
When you say that your company is "the best," it means that it has little or no tolerance for anything that's done below standard. Simply put, any activity or work…
Read articleTuff Stuff: Leave nothing unsaid
You're getting ready to do a performance evaluation with a key employee. There have been behavior and performance issues that have surfaced a while back that you had hoped…
Read articleURGENT: Mount your own economic offensive
Yes, the economy has become a seriously hot topic. And all the suggestions on how to survive the recession we're in are not only valid, they are must do's. But as gas…
Read articleWhen personal relationships compromise leadership thinking
It happens to all leaders. You are or have become friends with an employee. (Or, to make matters more sensitive, the employee may be a relative.) Performance and/or behavior…
Read articleIs Your Salon/Spa Business "Recession Proof"?
When I first became involved with the salon and spa industry, many times I would hear how "recession proof" the industry was. "People will always need a…
Read articleAre you coachable?
This is a tough question for many entrepreneurial leaders. Chances are, you started your own business to be captain of your own ship - to do it your way. Coachable? Why should you…
Read articleMy No-Compromise Leadership book: a brief history
I wrote the first outline for No-Compromise Leadership in March 2005. I wrote the bulk of the book by Fall of 2006. Rewrites on the first third of the book were done early 2006.…
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You could sure do a lot if you weren't doing so much
As a training and coaching company, Strategies meets and works with leaders seeking solutions and guidance to grow their businesses. They come ready to dig in and absorb all the…
Read articleBuild cash reserves to prevent "Owner's Nights"
I was 23 when I opened my first business. As I did my research, I kept coming across this one simple statement: "You should keep at least three- to four-months of operating…
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