An Extra 340 Hours Per Year

Each day starts and you do a task that takes you about 10 minute to complete. Someone suggests you give that task to someone else. You think, “It’s just 10 minutes, it is easier (faster, smarter, better) to just get that done myself.”   If that was your only 10

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Working Genius

As a psychology major, I’ve explored a number of personality tests. At this point, I’m not usually one to get excited about a new one. Recently one of my clients found Working Genius and was so excited about it she wanted to use it with her team. That meant that

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The Power of Ten Minutes

Every January most of my clients set annual goals (except those on a different fiscal timelines) and most have pretty big things they plan to achieve in the next twelve months. Their goals are SMART, important, appropriate and such. But that isn’t what will ensure a goal is achieved.   

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Building Your Team

If you are a business owner, you probably have areas where you don’t have all the answers. There are times when you need another perspective. It is easy to think that you can’t form a team to brainstorm, problem-solve and provide feedback because your internal staff is small – or

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Top Five Hiring Mistakes Employers Make

I often meet people who tell me they have tried to hire employees and “people just don’t want to work.” Here’s the thing – being an employer is a skill like any other. If you try it once (when you are new and inexperienced at it) and then give up,

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Do More of What You Love

I was recently in a meeting with a group of business leaders. We were playing a home edition of Family Feud and the question presented was, “What is the first thing you would do if you won the lottery?” Common thoughts were to pay off debt, give to charity, go

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