Growth focused small businesses often face the daunting challenge of expansion. What’s even more difficult to navigate for the small business owner is expansion overseas. If just the thought of building up your business on foreign soil gives you Montezuma’s Revenge, put down the Pepto-Bismol and relax. It’s much easier to accomplish than you think, […]
Remember when vacations were really, truly, vacations? No laptops, tablets, smart phones or voice-mail. Now, you can be found anywhere at any time, whether it be on land, at sea or in the air. If there’s Wi-Fi, there’s a way. It’s become so important to stay plugged-in, that many base their vacation destinations not on […]
As a small business owner and entrepreneur, I’ve had more than my share of great and not-so-great employees and partnerships over the years. Some, I’m very proud and blessed to say, are still with me. Others are not. In so many small businesses, employees are like family. For some, they actually are family (the pros […]
Recently I had a discussion with a friend who is a sales trainer. He is currently working with a company that’s doing okay, but definitely not setting the world on fire. What the sales force needs more than training is the support of the management team – particularly their sales manager, he said. Apparently, the sales manager […]
Calling in sick? Something I’ve rarely done in my career. In fact, once when I was an executive in the corporate world, the head of HR asked me to leave because I was too sick to be at work. Turned out I had a temperature of 103 and walking pneumonia. Not the smartest thing I’d […]