The Strategist
How To Reach Your Leadership Goals
One reason many people don't reach their leadership goals is that it seems too big and overwhelming. They aren't sure where to start or how to keep going with it after that. Can you relate? That's why we are going to spend some time breaking your goal down into small...
Unleashing Your Decision Making Potential: A Strategy to Overcome Indecisiveness
"Creating opportunities means looking where others are not." This powerful quote by Mark Cuban resonates deeply with those who understand the significance of effective decision-making. However, many individuals struggle with making decisions, experiencing stress,...
Unlocking Success: Cultivating a Growth Mindset as a Business Leader
As a business leader, your mindset is a powerful tool that can greatly impact your success. While a fixed mindset holds you back with limited beliefs and resistance to change, a growth mindset fuels your personal and professional development. By cultivating a growth...
6 Ways Organizational Skills Make You A Better Leader
The importance of organizational skills for leaders often goes unnoticed. It is sometimes associated with assistants rather than the leaders themselves. However, you must recognize the value of organization and prioritize developing these skills yourself. By...
7 Tips to Improve Delegation Skills
Delegation sounds easy, but most leaders find it is far from it. Handing over a task to someone isn't quite as simple as it sounds. But learning to delegate responsibilities is an important aspect of leadership. It allows you to focus on more important tasks to...
6 Tips to Help Manage Employees Better
Do you wish you could clone yourself to build the team within your business? Finding the right employees who will help you grow and scale your business can feel impossible. No one cares about your business quite like you. But you must learn how to manage employees to...
Limiting Beliefs Stopping Your Business from Growing
How we think plays a large role in our behavior and the results we achieve. If you're not making the progress you desire, you are likely struggling with one or more limiting beliefs in your life and business. We live in a world that prioritizes being led by feelings...
Helping Employees Find Value in Their Work
No one will feel as passionate about your business as you do as the leader. That may feel slightly discouraging, but it's true. You started your business out of your skill, knowledge, and passion. Others coming in are not motivated by the same thing as you. Growing...
How to Take Your Business to the Next Level
As a small business leader, knowing what to do next to take your business to the next level can be difficult. You may find there are so many options on the board that you're not sure which one is best. You may have a lack of necessary direction for your company. Or...
10 Steps to Manage Cash Flow in Your Small Business
Do you struggle to manage cash flow for your business? You're not alone. Back in 2019, the research found that 61% of small businesses struggled with cash flow, and 32% couldn't pay themselves, their employees, or their vendors. In addition, the last several years...
Business Coaching Benefits for the Small Business Owner
Are you overwhelmed by juggling the many responsibilities of being a small business owner? It's easy to get caught working in the nitty-gritty side of working "in" your business that you don't have time to work "on" growing it. That's where a business coach can help....
Tips for Finding the Right Talent to Hire
Needing to hire employees can feel like a blessing and a curse when you don't know where to start. You're excited that your company is growing and that you can clear some of your tasks off your plate as you delegate to others. But there is a fear that flows through...
Exhausted from Working Long Hours in Your Business?
You really meant for 2023 to be different. This was going to be the year you would have a good plan, work the plan, and start to regain some of your life back. You weren't going to continue working long hours. You would start to find a little more balance in your...
8 Ways to Help Employees Find Value in Work
Helping employees find value in their work is an important aspect of leadership. It increases employee engagement, motivation, and retention rates. Everyone wants to feel like the work they're doing matters. Therefore, it's your responsibility as a leader to help them...
How to Help Your Team Develop a Growth Mindset
So you've been working on developing a growth mindset, but now you see that fixed mindsets are a struggle for many on your team. What should you do? While having a growth mindset as a business owner or leader is essential, it's just as important to help those on your...
Are You Overwhelmed Balancing Responsibilities as a Leader
Balancing responsibilities can be challenging for business owners and leaders, especially when they feel overwhelmed by the amount of work they need to do. Here are some steps a business owner or leader can take when they're feeling overwhelmed: Prioritize tasks: Make...
How Data Helps You Grow Your Micro Business
We live in a day and time where our access to valuable data almost feels unlimited. We can track analytics on nearly everything, from the visitors to our websites to how many steps we take each day. Large companies have people dedicated to looking at and interpreting...
3 Simple Ways to Boost Employee Production in Your Small Business
Small business owners often face the challenge of getting production through others. Whether it's employees, contractors, or vendors, getting others to produce the results you need can be a difficult task. Reason #1 Lack of Clear Communication One of the main reasons...