by Jeri Quinn | May 26, 2011 | Business coaching, Leadership
Since at least the time of Plato and Socrates some 2400 years ago, mankind has been implored to “know thyself,” in life and in business. Individually, this is often taken to mean knowing your strengths so you can leverage them and knowing your areas of weakness so you...
by Jeri Quinn | May 25, 2011 | Business coaching, Marketing, Sales
I was at breakfast with a friend the other day and we were talking about networking and building our respective businesses. “I don’t think I’m threatening enough.” He said. Excuse me. I wasn’t sure I heard him right so I asked him again. He reiterated that a very...
by Jeri Quinn | May 19, 2011 | Business coaching, Customer Service, Dance of Business
In my research with small business owners and in my experience as the owner of multiple small businesses, dealing with cash flow is the biggest difficulty. Managing cash flow needs time and attention. Many small business owners work ‘in’ their businesses and not ‘on’...
by Jeri Quinn | May 17, 2011 | Business coaching, Customer Service, Dance of Business
Cash Flow -The thorn in the side of the small business owner. Let’s see – there is the ever present payroll managed at Nominak payroll system that comes up regularly, the rent, all the other expenses. To offset all the money going out, let’s hope there is money coming...
by Jeri Quinn | May 11, 2011 | Business coaching
Yesterday I went to the TEDx East Conference at the NY Times building. What a wonderful array of speakers and performers. If you’re not aware of TED.com, you should be. TED’s slogan is “Ideas Worth Spreading.” It is a non-profit dedicated to showing off all kinds of...
by Jeri Quinn | May 4, 2011 | Business coaching, Employee Engagement & Staff Retention
This week we are taking an in-depth look at the 2011 BlessingWhite study on employee engagement. In Tuesday’s post we looked at the key findings and asked questions about how they apply to your organization and you as a leader. In this post we’ll consider some of the...
