Are you working on projects that are sucking the life out of you? Are you working hard but not getting noticed? Do you have skills and talents that are not being used in your job? Do you shy away from promoting yourself because you don’t want to appear pushy and aggressive? Jennifer, a 36-year old Read more

Do you want to find a job where you look forward to going to work each day?  Then, ask yourself, “What are my interests?” “What do I prefer doing?” “When I am happiest in my job, what is it that I am doing?” These are questions worth exploring. Many job seekers look for jobs in Read more

Recently, media attention has focused on the issue of bullying among players in the NFL. Although football players are trained to be aggressive and competitive, many people were surprised to learn that some players turn this aggression against their teammates.  But actually bullying in the workplace is a common phenomenon, affecting one in three individuals Read more

Often times, situations in the workplace can trigger us to respond in a very angry, distressed or  “less-than-rational” way. You may have a co-worker or boss who regularly sabotages your work or undermines your decisions. It may be a manager who instructs you to do one thing, then swears she told you to do something else. It may be a subordinate who Read more

If you think of starting a business as a journey, with success (however you define it) as the endpoint, then its a smart idea to create a “road map” to your destination. Crafting a roadmap is the very first step for launching any business be it the next GOOGLE or your idea for selling hand-crafted sweaters for dogs. Consider spending Read more

If you’re a small business owner, you are probably looking forward to the day when you have more clients than you can handle, and a flood of work.  But when it actually happens, it can be very overwhelming. Your current clients want their needs met yesterday, you have new business leads that go untapped, and Read more

If you are a new small business struggling to get clients, or even an established one whose business seems to have plateaued, you are not alone.  And, you probably do not have the resources to maintain a long term print or direct mail marketing initiative that will tell people about your fabulous product or service.  We have three relationship building suggestions that Read more

You have a great idea. You have energy, skills and the drive to work hard.  You have crafted a clear, focused, compelling vision of what you plan to create.  The next step is to let people know about it! Here are some tips for getting the word out about your new vision: Share it with Read more

When we work with owners of a small business that wants to grow, they often tell us, “We want to grow our business, but we just don’t see how we can be working any harder than we are already.”  We get it.  However, more often than not, simply working harder  – doing more of the Read more