As we step into a new year, many of us embrace traditions to welcome fresh beginnings. It’s a time to reflect on the past year and set goals and resolutions for the coming year. This is a perfect time to reignite passions, and reset focus. Several years ago, I adopted a new tradition to help…
Published: April 26th, 2019; By: Nick & Judi Hughes Along with April Showers and spring flowers; April also marks the beginning of the second quarter of the year. As we close off the month, you should have your first quarter financial results done, making this a really good time to reflect on your year-to-date results.…
Published: February 26th, 2019; By: Judi Hughes I was at a networking event recently when I overheard this conversation: “How are you?” asks business owner #1. “I’m crazy busy! I don’t even have time to think”, answered business owner #2 with great pride. Their exchange startled me and got me thinking. Does the “I’m crazy…
Published: August 1st, 2018; By: Judi Hughes We love working with entrepreneurs. People who own their own business are some of the hardest working, most creative and energized people we know. Building a successful business can be rewarding and fulfilling but it can also be challenging and lonely. Fact is; the successful growth of your…
Published: October 20th, 2017; By: Judi Hughes There is one factor that business owners seldom consider as part of the success of their business growth … successful implementation of projects is the missing ingredient for business success. Business owners often fail to realize that the successful growth of their business is dependent upon the successful…
Published: February 5th, 2016; by Judi Hughes Business owners are some of the most creative people I know. Small business owners by nature are always building something new. They create new and wonderful products; they constantly think about better ways to do things and they are always looking for more exiting ways to grow their…
Published: November 20th 2015; by Judi Hughes According to a 2012 Canadian study conducted by profitguide.com, 76% of business owners believe they have a moral obligation to give back to their communities. The report also found that businesses earning $500,000 or less donate (cash, in-kind and employee time) approximately $22,800 a year to charitable causes. …
Published: October 7th, 2015; by Nick Hughes Advances in technology have been very beneficial for small businesses. Not only has it lowered the cost of entry for many industries but it has also provided us with the ability to do things that in the past only large organizations could do. Small businesses cannot function efficiently…
By Guest Blogger, Marguerite Orane “But isn’t silence a sign of weakness?” my coachee asked. We were discussing a difficult meeting he had with his peers, who had pummeled him with questions for which he was unprepared. On reflection, he was very dissatisfied with his response which he felt came across as being defensive. We…
One of the challenges faced by us business owners is being objective about our own business! We are too close to it. It is our child and so it can do no wrong; even when it reaches its teenage years. But we must find a way to be objective. We have to find those things…