Modern Small Business Leadership
Welcome to our Modern Small Business 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's 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 Leadership 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 not so subtle effect of unconscious bias on decision skills
While I was sitting at the bus stop the other day, an elderly lady wearing a black head scarf sat down beside me.
She was clutching a rope of rosary beads, wearing more than an occasional crucifix and was manhandling a large bag of dry cat food too big for her single-use plastic carry bag.
How does the world see you? And who does Google say you are?
I have something uncomfortable to confess.
My website feels very 'white', doesn’t it? And no, I’m not talking about the abundance of white space around the text.
I mean, you know … 'White'.
Are morals, ethics, and business bad bedfellows?
Your customers may have already thought about this —and expect you have too
A few years ago I attended a two-day conference for business owners discussing the importance of valuing ethics and purpose in business ahead of just pure commercial gain.
Things were going great until someone stood up and asked, ‘that question…’
But wait, I'm getting ahead of myself.
The power of dissent is in the process, not the decision
Your ability to voice disagreement with a colleague in business is a critical process many usually avoid - until a decision hits the fan.
In the real world, disagreeing openly with others – for most people – is uncomfortable and difficult - that probably explains why it’s rare.
Regardless of the reason why, the outcome is still better for everyone
It's the one skill that rules them all...
Learning to be present. Why is this a business leadership problem?
Businesses don’t have good ideas – only good people do.
Business insights while standing in line, again
Have you ever wondered why you keep going back?
(Tales of shame from the Dry Cleaners)
Have you ever been so busy in life that you've forgotten whether you're still enjoying it?
Have you ever found yourself after a less than sparkling customer experience asking yourself, 'why do I keep putting up with this?'
I can relate.
- Embrace your inner commodity - you know you have to
- Looking for a business partner for fun times?
- 5 Ways to see if your idea or an opportunity is worth pursuing
- Why just follow your passion is bad career advice
- Business life is a lot like a game of snakes and ladders
- Budgeting for Big Picture People
- What do you mean I have to come back to the office to work?
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.
