Blog Archive
Motivate Your Team with Celebrations Big and Small
There is never enough time in the day as small business owners work tirelessly to keep their business running and their customers satisfied. Everyone has so much to do and it’s easy to get stuck in the hamster wheel of moving from one thing to the next without...
Gratitude is a Powerful Leadership Skill
The world would be a better place if we could all live with more of an attitude of gratitude. We would feel better about ourselves. Relationships between people would be stronger. Gratitude matters to everyone, and it’s especially important for leaders. Small business...
Effective Hiring in a Buyer’s Market
Today, we’re in a hiring buyer’s market. There are more jobs than there are people looking for them. That puts those who have the labor to offer in the driver's seat. It’s a huge mindset shift for business owners and hiring managers. They now have to sell a role in...
Finding the Right Experts for your Business
Small business owners can't know everything. As you are growing your business, you're going to find yourself in situations where you simply don’t know how to do something or what to do next. Sure, you have thousands of YouTube videos at your fingertips. You could...
Lighten Your Load with The Inflection Point Hub
Business owners carry a tremendous amount of weight. It’s more than the volume of actual work they take on. They bear heavy responsibilities and worries that are unique to their role. Generally, the people in their life can’t relate because their struggles are not the...
Find Your Community
The right one can help you and your business thrive. Those of us who are entrepreneurial don’t fit the mold. It can be downright miserable to stay put in the corporate world or somewhere else we don’t fit. Despite the risk, we’re compelled to strike out and pursue our...
Being the CEO
Business owners must step away from routine tasks to work on the business and look forward. When you’re a business owner, there's always more to be done than you have time to accomplish. It's easy to become trapped in a vicious cycle of completing one task after...
Brand Alignment
Your brand is lived out by your entire company, not just sales and marketing. The brand of your company extends well beyond advertising and promotion efforts. There are various ways you put the message out in the world about your company and its purpose. It’s...
Great Leaders Are Never Done Learning
As children, we embrace curiosity and the “get up and try again” learning process. Unfortunately, this attitude transitions to resistance towards learning new things for most adults. The reasons vary. It can stem from the “we’ve always done it this way” frame of mind....
Effective Communication Starts With Three Key Questions
Communication is a critical skill in life and in business, at all levels. If you can't communicate as a leader, you're going to be in big trouble. You must communicate to those you’re leading in order to accomplish your organization’s goals. Knowing what they need,...