You’re not alone if you’ve hired the less-than-perfect (okay, maybe completely wrong) person to work on your website, help with getting found on Google or run your social media. It sucks. It’s frustrating. But it doesn’t have to be that way. When it comes to choosing the perfect digital marketing partner, there has to be a fit. Not just the basic … [More]

Recently, I sent out an email to my clients urging them to make one simple change. I asked them to stop trying to be normal.  Why? If you’re having challenges in your business right now, or if you’re hitting up against something again and again, it’s likely due to the fact that you are trying to do business as usual. Even if things are going well for you right now, … [More]

Do your workers seem bored and listless, as if they’re just going through the motions? “Yeah,” you say, “but I can’t do anything about it. Work is work. At least they get a paycheck.” But all work — or at least all workplaces — are not created equal. Whether or not you think you should have to engage your workers, you do. Engaged workers are more efficient workers, according … [More]

The meeting was unexpected — your right-hand person, the one you’ve been grooming to take on your role someday, just gave notice.  You didn’t see it coming. She seemed happy at work. As a matter of fact, she told you so in the last one-on-one meeting two months ago.  She was recruited on LinkedIn, by a competitor who made her an offer she couldn’t refuse. And now you have … [More]

Spending many years of my professional life in a very male-dominated industry — public accounting — then opening my own business as a leadership development and business coach, I have become very aware of two prominent leadership styles in the business world. Both have their merit. However, to build a highly successful business, leaders can’t always rely on one approach to … [More]