If you don't get the infrastructure in place and the workplace community aligned as you grow, the pain of lost performance and profitability will inevitably send you back to the areas you thought or hoped that you could drive past. -- John Fisher, Managing Director, Growth Curve Institute
No one should have to work on a holiday; except the Police and Firefighters. A holiday is just that -- a day off! Christmas is not before Halloween. You wouldn't know that going into Macy's, Walmart, K-mart, Sears, etc. etc. I want to commend Nordstrom's. Tomorrow, when they open (they are closed on Thanksgiving), it will be the first time we'll see Christmas exhibits in their store. And that's the way it should be.
You might be like many people, wondering what a coach or advisor can help you with. Well, I was pushing one of my book keeping clients to write articles as a way to promote her business. She couldn't figure out what to write, although I gave her some suggestions that would help her business. Then one day I opened an email from her with the subject line of My First Article. Below is what I found... Enjoy, Why Hire A Business Coach by Angella Dagenhart Don't have a coach and wonder why people do? Before becoming a home-based business owner, so did I. But now that I have had the opportunity to work with my coach, Maria
Giving away free information and content can be a great way to gain trust and establish yourself as an expert but many businesses are doing it wrong says experienced internet marketing veteran Maria Marsala from CoachMaria.com. Maria has been in the internet marketing arena and coached business owners for over 10 after spending 20 years as an executive on Wall Street. She thinks small business owners, especially women, are notorious for giving away too much for free. Speaking to the online resource center for women in business, GetYourSuccessNow, Maria notes that the natural tendency for women is to give, give and give freely because of their desire to nurture and help others. That can be a
Here are a few of my personal favorites to "not do"! 1) Don't connect with me telling me we're friends when we are not. I know you're doing it this way because you don't know me and if you don't know me, LinkedIn makes you provide my email address. Instead a) Send me an email that you want to connect and include your LinkedIn URL and email address. b) If we're in a group together send me an email me that you'd like to connect and include your email address that I'll use to connect to you. Of course, there are no guarentees that I'll connect with you, but you hve a better shot that I will if