Knowing when to delegate both responsibility and authority is hard for the owner of a growing business. The question that looms in your mind is: what if they (an employee) mess up?Just the other day a..

The second phone call came a week after the first. I had explained on the first call that we really weren't hiring right now. I was a bit surprised when I was told who was on the line. The thought tha..

You are stranded on a desert island and you only have 30 seconds left on your cell phone battery -- could your second-in-command back at your office tell you in those 30 seconds how well your company ..

Profitability. It's the reality of keeping a business running and yet remains a mystery on so many levels to business owners. The concept that you have to bring in more money than you spend to make a ..

I can say with confidence that the art of active listening is an unappreciated and underused activity in many organizations. And I know most CEOs know this. So how about taking a proactive approach to..

As a business owner, would you be interested in learning three distinct activities that if you implemented today would bring you sustained success for your business?Jack, a business owner of 4 years, ..

Scattered thinking is deadly to a business. Are you at risk of falling into the trap where you become too busy to really work on your business? Do you constantly run after potential work or clients, s..

Any product that you have ever bought; in fact, any product you have ever heard of began its life as an idea someone had. Cell phones, DVD players, the list goes on and on: all of these things began a..

I finished walking my first marathon in San Diego a week ago. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. But, it was also an amazing accomplishment.One thing that struck me while hoofing it toward the f..

I finished walking my first marathon in San Diego a couple of weeks ago. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. But, it was also an amazing accomplishment.One thing that struck me while hoofing it t..

Recently I visited Hawaii for the first time. There were a lot of "firsts" on that trip, including snorkeling. Some friends and I were in an absolutely beautiful cove where the water was completely cl..

While on a recent trip, I got a call from my pet sitter. Apparently we had a bit of a tragedy in my salt water aquarium.All my fish died. Actually nearly everything in the tank died.It all started wit..