When you launched your business, you knew the start-up phase would be challenging. But here it is, several years later, and it doesn’t feel like you are any further ahead. You’re pretty organized, have great ideas, and certainly work hard. What happened? Why has it become so difficult to manage your business? We call this being…
As I listened to a speaker at a prestigious business conference give advice on how to achieve small business success, I became more and more frustrated … Why was this woman at the podium? What are her success credentials? Why not me? Once I gave myself a shake and became “an adult” again … I…
It has been a very different year, many of us are looking forward to some down time over the holidays and coming back in January with renewed energy and focus for 2021. Here are seven actions we recommend taking during the last few weeks of 2020 to set yourself up for greater success in 2021.…
Published: September 10th, 2020; By: Judi Hughes September feels much more like the start of a “New Year” than January. It has a sense of newness and positive energy that just isn’t the same in January. I’m excited because I just discovered you can buy 16- month calendars and actually pretend September is the start…
Published: March 11th, 2020; By: Judi Hughes Do you have a career path to achieve the growth you want for your business? Recently a client asked me, “why do some business owners grow and achieve the success they want with their business while others stall and struggle to get through an invisible growth ceiling?” My…
Published: December 3rd, 2019; By: Judi Hughes As Philip Orsini wrote, “Companies don’t fail because they grow. The fail because they don’t plan their growth.” If you want to grow your business, you need to make your plan your blueprint for growth. December is the time of year when business owners are setting their thoughts…
Published: October 22nd, 2019; By: Judi Hughes Through experience, we know being in business is not always all it’s cracked up to be. It’s hard to get clients. You have people to manage and money to control. As your business grows it becomes even more complex. There never seem to be enough hours in the…
Published: September 10th, 2019; By: Judi Hughes Small Business Owners spend way too much time and money meeting new people and trying new things to generate new leads. Not nearly enough time is invested in identifying and nurturing existing opportunities. According to a recent Forbes article the average sale requires 7 to 10 positive touch-points…
Published: June 26th, 2019; By: Judi Hughes Hurray it’s summer! The days are longer, the sun is shining, patios are open, and schools out. It’s only too easy at this time of year to get de-railed and lose focus. Resulting in having to scramble in September to try to re-coup your momentum. However, you can…
Published: May 28th 2019; By: Nick & Judi Hughes Are you sitting on a great idea? Have you been carrying this idea around with you in the hopes that one day you will get to it? Are you holding it “close to your chest” for someday? Are you concerned that maybe it isn’t a really…