Modern Small Business
Welcome to our Leadership Blog
Life, Love & Business – it's a phrase we often use to explain the everyday interconnection between our business lives and our personal lives — all for the purpose of protecting and providing for those we love and nurturing our key relationships.
Our experience is most people want to be better people, to run better businesses and be better able to contribute to their communities and families in more meaningful ways. At its core of course, is the drive of leadership; who you are when nobody is looking, what you believe (and what you don't) who you value, what you support, and how you choose to show up in the world around you. Leadership is how we live (and work) with purpose and become that change we want to see in the world around us.
Our Modern Small Business Blog is for people who want to actively grow themselves, their businesses, and their community – so they can all live a bigger life.
“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision”
― Peter F. Drucker
The importance of carrying your own baggage
Building anything of value requires change.
But when we’re talking about personality the question is, to what degree can we change our own personalities?
What a 9-year-old boy taught me about courage
Its never comfortable
Courage has always been an interesting character trait to me and over time I’ve decided that it’s not a trait, it’s a learnable skill.
There's a good reason why an invisible habit is hard to break
Life’s busy – no surprises there – so over time, we all develop habits and routines to help get stuff done, fast.
These decision-shortening processes continue to develop throughout our lifetime. It’s not long until we all develop our own unconscious implicit bias about people we like, situations we don’t, and how to see the world.
The result is regardless of how impartial we think we are, we all have implicit bias hiding in our subconscious.
The problem is what you don’t know can hurt you (and your business).
The one skill that leverages all other skills
There is one mental skill that leverages and amplifies all of our other skills and abilities.
It's the ability to be present in the moment.
Whether you're leading a business, a family or simply learning how to make better decisions based upon good sense and clear judgment – your ability to be present in that moment can be the difference between success and another poor decision.
How much do motives matter?
This business question has always irritated me
There are many ways to do good in business, just as there are many motivations for doing so.
So what qualifies as a good motive, a bad motive, or just a nice idea?
Want the biggest benefit for your buck? Now you're thinking like a Philanthropist
Small Business Philanthropy - and it’s not about money
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘philanthropy’?
Perhaps big businesses with big budgets and big personalities like Buffett, Gates, and Oprah or just a word that's really hard to spell? But where does small business fit into the conversation about philanthropy, business social responsibility (BSR), and giving back to the community in meaningful ways?
- If it's not on your map, you probably won't go there
- Measuring the value of a business course – when is enough learning, enough?
- Pushy sales people, boundaries and the Crowned Prince of Nigeria
- First time Dad, first time Boss and the world looks different now
- Jesus, long hair and how bias affects my business decisions
- Diversity matters – is your website a little too white?
- When should a business express an opinion on a moral or social issue?
Get Prepared for Business
Protect your Small Business (and the Family who supports it) from the statical realities of Life, Love and Business we all face.
