02
August
Bouncing Back from a Loss
When something goes wrong in your business, how do you handle it? What things can you control, and what things can you not control?
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19
July
The Story of Apple Isn’t About Apple
The story of Apple isn’t about Apple; it’s about you. You’re the hero in the story, and they play a role more like Q in the James Bond movies.
21
June
Boundaries: One of the Most Important Steps for Getting What You Really Want
Boundaries help us reclaim our own lives. Boundaries help us define what we want in our space, and what we don’t want.
07
June
Real Estate Can Be for Everyone: Real Estate Basics
A few metrics I like to consider when underwriting a deal are the 1 percent rule, cap rate, cash-on-cash return, and appreciation potential.
24
May
Silence: Creativity’s Incubator
Silence makes artists, inventors, and entrepreneurs observers of their own thoughts and feelings. With calm minds, we create ideas of value.
10
May
Master Stage 3 of Your Career, a Mid-Level Professional
You are creating visible results in Stage 3 of your career of growth, and you are perhaps the most important piece of the company. What makes this stage so difficult is that rarely do departments agree or see the world the same way. You are in a constant state of refining and renegotiating the deliverables. It follows that the one skill you can’t live without is being comfortable with conflict.
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April
Defining a North Star: Developing a Business Strategy the Brooks Running Way
We decided that a purpose was preferable to a mission. Purpose is a forever cause that can permeate everything from the business to the brand to the culture. Brooks’s purpose would be evident at our core, and we could clearly communicate it to the world as our reason for being—our North Star.
14
April
BookClub Inc and HarperCollins Leadership Partner to Empower Teams and Individuals for Success
HarperCollins Leadership has joined forces with BookClub, a learning platform built for teams that up-levels their organization’s performance. HCL and BookClub will work together to develop custom learning solutions that address the unique needs of corporate, nonprofit, small business, and other teams, such as: Studies show that most learning and development initiatives fall short because […]
11
April
The Five Meetings That Will Transform Your Company and Streamline Your Overhead and Operations
There are five meetings that will grow your small business:
There are other meetings, of course, but, as you grow, if you implement the All-Staff, Leadership, Department Stand-up, Personal Priority Speed Check, and Quarterly Performance Review meetings
29
March
The Growing Pains of a One-Woman Business
When you’re trying to know it all and do it all, you’re bound to make mistakes. And that’s okay. You can’t be afraid to get things wrong sometimes; it’s the only way to learn how to do things correctly.