Business Owner Only Hires People Smarter than Him
When Travis Greenwood was nineteen, he learned a meaningful leadership lesson he still applies today as a small business owner. Travis was a sophomore in college, [...]
This Is How You Can Make Everyone’s Job Better
Team members at Solid Blend Technologies had a unified vision, but gaps in the company’s operations were starting to show. Solid Blend Technologies is a Dayton-bas [...]
2 Key Ways to Let the Customer Lead You to New Ideas
Several years ago, a customer came to Promotional Spring asking for point of purchase signage. (Promotional Spring is a company that creates experiences and soluti [...]
Are You ‘Customer-Obsessed’?
It’s been said that in the knowledge economy, it’s now every individual's responsibility to innovate with the customer in mind. When developing a new product or se [...]
What is Professional Management?
In the video below a number of small business owners explain—in their own words—how professional management has helped their businesses. Professional management is [...]
Check the Pulse of Your Company Culture With These Questions
In SnackNation’s early years, CEO Sean Kelly was afraid of hearing raw and honest feedback from his team. “Even though I cared massively about what people were fee [...]
How a Small Business is Disrupting the Sales Process by Saying ‘No’
“People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it,” says Simon Sinek. Stacy Sheldon, Managing Partner at POMIET, agrees, saying that having clarity on POMIET’s [...]
Term Limits For Your Advisory Board: Pros & Cons
How do you know when it’s time to add new members to your board? Tony Schroeder, CEO of Choice One Engineering, says it really comes down to how much value a board [...]
Multiple Shareholders? Make Better Decisions—Starting Now
“The great thing about a partnership and having a sounding board is you may not have tunnel vision completely go away, but at least your ‘tunnel’ is expanded from [...]
Why Sports Are a Weak Analogy for Business
Although commonly used, sports are a weak analogy for thinking and talking about business. Mark Thompson, an Aileron Business Advisor, explains why a symphony is a [...]
The Secrets to Creating a High-Performing Culture
It took patience, but Bernard Dalichau, in this video also featured on Forbes, shares how he was able to cultivate an environment in which open communication becam [...]
Create the Legacy You Want With Succession Planning
Tony Schroeder's last day at Choice One Engineering was going to be January 1, 2021. As the succession planning process began, that date started to move, as he des [...]