What is the Least Valuable Work You Do? Here’s How to Find Out.
Your time is valuable. In order to successfully plan and execute work, we must intentionally use our time in a way that produces the most value. How do you determi [...]
Financial Flashback: Looking Back at the Financial Forecast of 2020
Thoughts from Lindsey Bahr, Director of Finance and Administration Leveraging the power of transparency to release fear in uncertainty When the COVID-19 pandemic [...]
3 Questions to Ask When Evaluating New Opportunities
You and your team likely don’t have a shortage of ideas; in fact, if you’re like most entrepreneurs, you struggle with idea overwhelm, which can lead to a shortage [...]
Get Help, Give Help – Dayton’s Tornado Disaster Relief
Aileron Community, Your friends and peers at Aileron are here to support you during many challenging times, including last week’s destructive storms that ripped ac [...]
Lessons from Deming: It’s The Whole Being Who Comes to Work
There are two models that can describe the way people are valued and managed in organizations. One is the centuries-old model associated with Isaac Newton where th [...]
Want to ‘Get out of the Way’ As a Leader?
It can be difficult when you lose a great employee.For Tim Rettig, Founder, President, and CEO of Intrust IT, the departure of an employee spurred his decision to p [...]
This Entrepreneur’s Vacation Fixed A Small Business Crisis
When she first launched Student Maid, Kristen Hadeed would create long, comprehensive to-do lists for all her employees. Student Maid is a cleaning and concierge c [...]
What Business School Isn’t Teaching You
We sat down with Ed Baker, author of The Symphony of Profound Knowledge, to talk about the motivation behind writing his latest book, including what he says was th [...]
5 Ways To Build A Culture Of Ownership
One hot and humid Saturday morning at Tasty Catering, a supervisor, Steven, noticed one of his team members was loading Indiana-bound equipment onto a truck headed [...]