by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Jan 16, 2013 | Business Culture, Business Management, Employee Management, Goals, Personal Improvement, Uncategorized
If motivation and engagement seem to be a little less than stellar with your staff members, your office may have the post-holiday blues. Combat the post-holiday blues by getting your staff back on board with your company’s vision and goals. Your staff needs to believe...
by Linda Fayerweather | Jan 1, 2013 | Business Improvement, Planning for Business, Selling a Business, Uncategorized
If you were to draw a picture that visually represents your role in your business, what would it look like? Are you at the top of a traditional Christmas-tree-like organizational chart, or are you stuck in the middle of your business, like a hub in a bicycle wheel? As...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Dec 26, 2012 | Organization, Uncategorized
The week between Christmas and New Years for small business owners is either busy or nonexistent. If you feel like you need to do something productive, why not clean your desk. When is the last time you sat down and took a good look at the files and drawers you have...
by Linda Fayerweather | Dec 11, 2012 | Benchmarking, Business Planning, Goals, Uncategorized
Business owners often have a love hate relationship with budgeting. The Fortune 1000 would not think about joining the next fiscal year WITHOUT a budget, so why is it so hard for the smaller business to do this time honored process. Here are the three areas I see...
by Linda Fayerweather | Nov 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
When you are contemplating selling your business, quitting your job, or changing your personal situation, unless you have a time machine, unusually a “do-over” is not possible. Instead, change your view, literally and figuratively! Literally: Instead of sitting in...
by Linda Fayerweather | Nov 20, 2012 | Business Culture, Business Management, Business Planning, Economics, Selling, Uncategorized
As a business owner, your age has a big effect on your attitude towards your business and how you feel about one day getting out. Here’s what research has shown: Business owners between 25 and 47 years old Twenty- and thirty-something business owners grew up...
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