Making Tough Decisions as a Small Business Owner: How to Lead with Confidence
Learn how small business owners can make tough decisions—like firing employees, letting go of bad clients, expanding, or outsourcing—with clarity and confidence.
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The CEO Mindset: How Small Business Owners Can Lead with Confidence
You probably didn’t start your business dreaming of being a “CEO.” Most of us begin as technicians—problem solvers, hands-on doers, the ones who make things happen. But as your business grows, the reality sets in: you’re not just the doer anymore. You’re the leader, the decision-maker, the one everyone looks to for direction. The question …
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Thriving in Tough Markets: More Proven Strategies for Small Business Success
Running a small business in today’s unpredictable world is not for the faint-hearted. Every day, business owners face challenges—economic downturns, shifting customer habits, supply chain headaches—that can test even the most resilient among us. But here’s the good news: your business can do more than just survive with the right strategies. It can thrive, even …
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Caught in the Act Tempted to Bend the Rules Here’s Why a Harvard Professor Urges Caution
A Harvard Business School Professor, award-winning author, and economist Clayton Christensen says sticking to your principles every single time makes business sense and may even save you from devastating losses in the long run. In fact, by ignoring your principles, even for just one time, may cause irreparable harm.
How humility can be profitable
Did you know that humility can be profitable for your business? In this video, I explore the merits of humble leadership. I will explain what makes a humble leader, why they can be one of the most effective leaders, and how you can become one. What makes a humble leader? A humble leader is someone …
Beyond the Books: The Power of Applying Knowledge in Real Life
In today’s fast-paced world, we often focus on acquiring knowledge and getting degrees without giving thought to how we can apply that knowledge in real-life situations. However, it is the application of the knowledge that we acquire that truly counts. In this video, we will explore the benefits of applying knowledge, the challenges we face in doing so, and some solutions to help us apply such knowledge effectively.
The value of collaboration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30bYyS2iKok In your business, are you using the power of collaboration to its full potential? In this video, I share with you the value of collaboration and why you should strongly nurture a culture of collaboration. Collaboration creates a synergy of everyone’s skills, experience, and ideas. It brings people closer together, creating a working rhythm …
How to build and nurture psychological safety in the workplace
How does a workplace with psychological safety look like? According to Google, it’s a place where high-powered teams work in. In this video, I explore what it means to work in a workplace where teams feel a healthy level of psychological safety and what you can do to build and nurture one. In 2015, Google …
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Leadership skills you need to thrive in a VUCA environment PART 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JmtTxzWW2I If you’ve picked up a news article in the last few weeks—maybe even the last few years, you might have a sense of how rapidly things have been changing in the global economy. In the business world, this is what we call a VUCA world. In the second of this two-part video series, I …
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Leadership skills you need to thrive in a VUCA environment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Wz0N-TArA If you’ve picked up a news article in the last few weeks—maybe even the last few years, you might have a sense of how rapidly things have been changing in the global economy. Some might say, “It’s crazy out there!” Perhaps that’s true to some extent. In the business world, a crazy world is …
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How small businesses can survive rising inflation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ4CzpGQsSY Inflation impacts all businesses because it impacts the bottom line. From a mathematical perspective, managing inflation entails managing the two variables that affect your profit: your costs and your prices. In this video, I offer tips to help your small business survive inflation by focusing on these two variables. The inflation rate is the …
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How to deal with copycats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT62O_L0Lws Copycats are a bane for any business, large or small. A Wharton business journal calls it “an existential threat to any business.” Unfortunately, it’s a problem that persists and will only continue to persist. So what can small businesses do to counter copycats? In this video, I share advice that experts share on how …
