Exceptional CEOs: Mobilizing Your Leaders
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Exceptional CEOs: Mobilizing Your Leaders

What makes an excellent CEO? It’s a question that’s often asked, but seldom answered. As with anything, it starts with mindset first, then skill set. We’ve talked recently about the importance of CEOs having a direction-setting mindset and being bold, and an organizational mindset where they create strong culture and stable, but agile companies.  Once…

Building Transferrable Value
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Building Transferrable Value

Every business owner dreams of a big pay day when they sell their business and go off on around the world trip. However, many owners don’t follow a unified strategy of how to go about selling their business, leaving them confused and frustrated because they don’t know where to start.  The top 2 characteristics of a quality…

The Business Owner’s Guide to Achieving Financial Freedom
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The Business Owner’s Guide to Achieving Financial Freedom

Every business owner has a big dream to sell their business one day and see it continue on successfully. But, when that day comes, we realize that we know how to run a business, but we don’t know how to exit a business. This thought leaves us frustrated, confused, and sometimes overwhelmed. Exiting a business…

Why Accountability is Vital to Your Company and How to Implement It
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Why Accountability is Vital to Your Company and How to Implement It

One of the topics I talk about most with business owners is accountability. Each situation is different, but rarely do I have a client that doesn’t struggle with accountability at some point over the course of owning their business. One client right now has run a very successful company for over 48 years. But when…

A Tale of Two Mindsets: Why Documented Processes Matter
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A Tale of Two Mindsets: Why Documented Processes Matter

Every business owner wants to have the business of their dreams with lots of cash flow and profitability. However, not every business owner knows what levers to pull in their business to make that happen. Many will say, “I’m not good at managing finances” or “I might fail at managing the finances of my business,…

A Tale of Two Mindsets
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A Tale of Two Mindsets

Have you ever stopped and examined your mindset as a business owner and leader?   Your mindset impacts all aspects of your company—how you view situations and people and how you approach challenges and opportunities. It is much more nuanced than simply having a positive or negative mindset.  Check out these two business owners with dramatically…

What’s Your Competitive Advantage?
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What’s Your Competitive Advantage?

Every business owner wants a business of their dreams with lots of profits and cash flow. The problem is most business owners don’t follow a unified strategy to reach their business goals. It breaks my heart to see many business owners confused, frustrated and overwhelmed trying to figure out a strategy on how to drive revenue and…

Do You Know What Problems Your Business Solves?
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Do You Know What Problems Your Business Solves?

When you start imagining what your business could become, you dream up a wildly successful business with lots of cash flow and profitability, right? Nobody’s business fails in their wildest dreams. The problem is that most business owners don’t follow a unified strategy to reach these business goals. Left to our own devices, we generate more ideas than…

When Do I Add People?
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When Do I Add People?

Every business owner wants the business of their dreams. But sometimes they don’t follow a unified strategy of people and processes to get them there. It can be hard to know when you truly need more hands to accomplish your goals and keep the business running smoothly and efficiently. Leaders often have trouble “pulling the…

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