---
title: "Search Blog by Month - Sapience Financial"
description: "search our Sapience Financial archive of Blog Articles by month written"
url: "https://sapience.com.au/resources/search-blog-articles-by-month?layout=blog&start=244"
date: "2026-06-24T09:08:32+00:00"
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[ ![](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/leadership/Good-Character-Matters-In-People-It-Matters-In-Organisations-Too-drewbrowne-modern-small-business-blog.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/good-character-matters-in-people-it-matters-in-organisations-too "Good character matters in people, it matters in organisations too") ##  [ Good character matters in people, it matters in organisations too ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/good-character-matters-in-people-it-matters-in-organisations-too)

### Empty words and missing statements

In a recent interview, I was asked for a copy of my company’s mission or values statement. Eek! Making a mission statement is something that I’ve resisted for some time so you can imagine my awkwardness at their request and the resulting exchange about why I don’t have one.

Don’t get me wrong, I have a written business manifesto of what I believe to be true, I have a clear brand essence document and I even have a detailed customer, supplier, and staff journey mapped out. Just not a mission statement.

- [ leadership ](https://sapience.com.au/all-tags/leadership)
- [ Modern Small Business ](https://sapience.com.au/modern-small-business-blog)
- [ 🤝 Small Business Risk & Partnership ](https://sapience.com.au/insights/small-business-risk-partnership)
- [ 🌍 Social Leadership & Conscious Business ](https://sapience.com.au/insights/social-leadership-conscious-business)

 [ Read more … ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/good-character-matters-in-people-it-matters-in-organisations-too)

  [ ![Looking at a chess board through white pieces towards the second player](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/leadership/What-to-do-when-the-other-side-has-all-the-power-and-you-have-all-the-emotion-drewbrowne-modern-small-business-blog.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/what-to-do-when-the-other-side-has-all-the-power-and-you-have-all-the-emotion "What to do when the other side has all the power and you have all the emotion") ##  [ What to do when the other side has all the power and you have all the emotion ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/what-to-do-when-the-other-side-has-all-the-power-and-you-have-all-the-emotion)

### Passion must be supported by Expertise

What does speaking truth to power and your small business marketing have in common? They each depend upon your ability to influence and capture the hearts and minds of the listener, if just for a moment.

- [ leadership ](https://sapience.com.au/all-tags/leadership)
- [ Modern Small Business ](https://sapience.com.au/modern-small-business-blog)
- [ 🤝 Small Business Risk & Partnership ](https://sapience.com.au/insights/small-business-risk-partnership)

 [ Read more … ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/what-to-do-when-the-other-side-has-all-the-power-and-you-have-all-the-emotion)

  [ ![](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/leadership/Ask-the-hard-questions-early-in-business-drewbrowne-modern-small-business-blog.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/ask-the-hard-questions-early-in-business "Ask the hard questions early in business") ##  [ Ask the hard questions early in business ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/ask-the-hard-questions-early-in-business)

### Have you considered the increased risks of working with multiple business owners?

Being in business is about finding a way to work well with others.

This is essential if you want to increase your skills, broaden your reach, extend your creativity or just amplify your ability to deliver a needed product or service to your customer.

It's common knowledge that working with others in your business can accelerate your success.

**What's often not talked about is working with others can also amplify your risks**.

- [ leadership ](https://sapience.com.au/all-tags/leadership)
- [ Modern Small Business ](https://sapience.com.au/modern-small-business-blog)
- [ 🤝 Small Business Risk & Partnership ](https://sapience.com.au/insights/small-business-risk-partnership)

 [ Read more … ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/ask-the-hard-questions-early-in-business)

  [ ![A close up image of a metal traditional crank driven golden metal cash register at an old time country store](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/leadership/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-word-philanthropy-drewbrowne-modern-small-business-blog.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-word-philanthropy "What comes to mind when you hear the word philanthropy?") ##  [ What comes to mind when you hear the word philanthropy? ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-word-philanthropy)

### Business Social Responsibility (BSR)

Perhaps big businesses with big budgets and big personalities like Buffett, Gates, 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?

- [ leadership ](https://sapience.com.au/all-tags/leadership)
- [ Modern Small Business ](https://sapience.com.au/modern-small-business-blog)
- [ 🤝 Small Business Risk & Partnership ](https://sapience.com.au/insights/small-business-risk-partnership)
- [ 🌍 Social Leadership & Conscious Business ](https://sapience.com.au/insights/social-leadership-conscious-business)

 [ Read more … ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-word-philanthropy)

1. [ Always plan a future greater than your past](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/always-plan-a-future-greater-than-your-past)
2. [ There's never been a better time to be alive and under 35](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/never-been-a-better-time-to-be-alive-and-under-35)
3. [ Working smarter not harder is bad advice](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/working-smarter-not-harder-is-bad-advice)
4. [ Asking great questions is better than finding simple answers](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/asking-great-questions-is-better-than-finding-simple-answers)
5. [ When was the last time you were propositioned?](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/when-was-the-last-time-you-were-propositioned)
6. [ Our communities need leaders now, not promises of money later](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/our-communities-need-leaders-now-not-promises-of-money-later)
7. [ Are you solving the wrong problem with the right answer?](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/are-you-solving-the-wrong-problem-with-the-right-answer)

### [ Modern Small Business Leadership](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business)

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