Quick! What one factor might have the biggest impact on your job performance as a small business leader? Your education? Past work experience? Skills? Emotional intelligence? All good answers. But possibly the best answer is… the quantity and quality of sleep you are getting. I am currently reading sleep guru Matthew Walker’s international best-selling book Read more about BOOK REVIEW: Why We Sleep[…]
Do you remember the game show The Price is Right? Show participants were asked to guess the price of certain retail products. The closer they guessed to the actual sales price, the greater their chances of winning prizes. Fun game to play and watch. I like to simulate this game in the SBM Boot Camp Read more about How Much Is You Hot Sauce?[…]
It’s amazing to me how much what we do every day is habitual. We all have morning habits, evening habits, work habits, good habits, and even some bad habits. For every new habit we start, there’s an old habit we may need to stop. It’s not easy starting new habits and sometimes terribly difficult breaking Read more about Book Review: Atomic Habits[…]
It seems like almost every small business owner I talk to is struggling to find help. I go to local restaurants that are short-staffed. I see stores with signs on the windows asking for help. Service trucks with “help wanted” signs on the back door. Despite inflationary economic pressure and an apparent recession in place, Read more about Why Don’t the Atlanta Braves Have a Labor Shortage?[…]
Will the leader of the next decade be much different than the leader of today? If so, how different? These are the two questions that author Jacob Morgan sought to answer in his new book The Future Leader. In order to answer these two questions, the author interviewed over 140 CEOs around the world from Read more about Book Review: The Future Leader[…]
The following article was shared with me by Vistage speaker Dr. Balaji Krishnamurphy. It is a masterpiece on organizational culture. In a world of a “Great Resignation” and a pending economic recession, managing a strong company culture is quite necessary. Inherent in that strategy is to be very intentional about what type of culture you Read more about Is Your Company a Pool or a Stream?[…]
I am on a lifetime journey to become a better questioner. Not just of others, but of myself. Several months ago, I took a behavioral assessment, and it labeled me a “Wanderer”. Hence, I am wired to ask questions. This may be genetic, as my mom was the best interrogator I have ever known. In Read more about Book Review: A More Beautiful Question[…]
It was a day to remember. On Friday, May 20, the Small Business Matters Conference took place at the City Springs Conference Center in Sandy Springs, Georgia. The theme for this year’s event was Celebrating Small Business, and it was quite a celebration with over 200 registered guests, 10 great speakers, and a surprise visit from Read more about A Small Business Celebration[…]
I have always enjoyed numbers. I liked all of my math classes in school and typically got A’s in them. Learning math always seemed to come easier to me than other classes like English (Ugh), History (Ugh), or the Sciences (2xUgh). When I got into the business world, it was the same way. I enjoyed Read more about Book Review: Making Numbers Count[…]
Imagine you are coaching 11 people on a soccer team, and only four of your players know which goal they are aiming toward. Only two of your players care about which goal is yours. Only two players know their position and how it relates to the team overall. Only two players really trust the coaches Read more about What are Your Team’s Chances of Winning This Year?[…]