Change at Connectworks – Facelift to follow
on Thursday, September 8, 2011Change at Connectworks…
We’ve had a busy summer. Our team spent many hours surveying, researching, and assessing trends in small business. Many of our new products and programs are the results of our synergistic efforts.
But, at the end of the summer, we assessed that the current Connectworks team model was not a structure that plays to each one’s strengths. Can you imagine? Regardless of our focus on helping others work in their strengths, we’d slipped into an environment that was not enhancing our own! Now that we know better, we’ve recast the Connectworks model.
What does being grounded mean to your business?
on Thursday, September 8, 2011The Importance of Being Grounded (part 2)
What does being grounded mean to your business?
When your current circumstances do not reflect the reality you hope for it is critically important to be grounded or centered. We call this surviving the contradiction.
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The Importance of Being Grounded
on Wednesday, September 7, 2011The Importance of Being Grounded
As I turned on the news this morning to check the weather the first sound bite I heard, “The political season is off and running. The contenders are no longer throwing mud at the President but are now taking shots at each other. We can expect the flurry to continue.”
Is it REALLY about the money?
on Monday, August 8, 2011Is it really about the money?
Answer: Yes and No.
1. We need money to live. Could we live more simply and survive on less? Probably.
2. Our businesses need money to function and grow.
3. Our business profitability and fulfillment comes from money earned in the process of serving a people group who values what we offer.
What Blind Spot? The Lie of Multi-tasking
on Monday, June 13, 2011
Ever catch a glimpse of something in your peripheral vision out of the rear view window? Your blind spot is kind of like that. You know something is there but you can’t quite put your finger on it.
Who’s really keeping you from getting what you want? Take personal responsibility.
on Tuesday, May 31, 2011Who, me?
I find I am talking to two types of people most of the time. The first group is burning to turn their new ideas into money. The second group of leaders are focused on increasing effectiveness of their current business model and teams. Do you fall into one of these groups?
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Profit Leak #1 – Being Stuck Costs
on Tuesday, May 10, 2011Profit Leak #1 – Being Stuck Costs or should it be Penny Wise & Pound Foolish
I hate losing money. The curious thing is that even as much as I hate losing money it is easy to fritter it away in small pieces without realizing the impact. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you?