Is it just me, or does blame seem to be all the rage these days? In just the last forty-eight hours... while minding my own business (literally), I have (unintentionally)…
So I'm speaking with a small business owner when suddenly the subject of networking comes up. "Oh, shoot... that reminds me..." he says. "I have a networking function that I…
Imagine this: A company knowingly puts out a tainted product that sickens six hundred people and kills about a dozen more. So what do they do? Meet with the families?…
There's an old saying that "it's lonely at the top". And yes, I have met some lonely leaders over the years... but it was of their own choosing. It's only…
We often speak here about small business leadership and marketing principles for three reasons: 1) It's the theme of this blog and I don't want to get in trouble with…
Effective small business leadership requires us to do many things consistently. Toward the top of every good leader's list will be the creation of the organizational vision(s) for specific areas…
Okay, so if we are committed to assembling a marketing dream team in 2009, we better get started. The core of the team is going to be... the team. Oh...,…
In yesterday's post, we discussed the great ability that we have as small business owners and marketers to differentiate ourselves from our competitors. This is true for both product and…
Albert Einstein is credited with saying that “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” I agree completely. In fact, it…
Yesterday I wrote how seventeen year old boys and girls are deciding the eventual fates of many adult career paths. You can either scroll down 'till you get there, or…