Business Brew Work-From-Home #9Saying “No” is the Best Way to Say “Yes” to Your Business! Dorothy Zevenbergen, owner of Cultivate Consulting, was the February 2021 guest at Business Brew. Dorothy is an expert in setting boundaries in business and coaches…
Towards the end of last year, Whitworth Professor David Sloan joined Business Brew to talk about Leading with Emotional Intelligence. The information David presented was so impactful, Business Brew fans asked for David to come back and continue the conversation. …
David Sloan, a professor at Whitworth University, joined Business Brew on November 5th, 2020, to talk about how to lead your team with Emotional Intelligence.
It recently occurred to me that I’ve been running own company longer than any job I’ve ever had. The longest I was employed was 15 years ago. While attending college at Western Washington University, I worked in the computer maintenance…
“You’re too busy.” Sounds harmless, right? It could even be construed as positive reinforcement that I’m doing good work. Except, this was said by someone I thought was going to want me to mentor him. “I’d love for you to…
In a world full of crassness, vulgarity, hyper-sexuality, insensitivity, bullying, criticalness and crudeness, how can you expect your tweets, posts, blogs, or other brand messages to stand out? As a marketer or small business owner with something to say, how…
The difference between a pinch and a punch is as simple as preparedness. Being prepared for obstacles and setbacks means that your business will feel a pinch, rather than a punch. Do you have a client(s) that makes up more…
Organizations move slowly because they choose to move slowly. In most cases, moving slowly is a bad thing. Slow moving organizations are rarely proactive, and when they’re reactive, it’s typically too little too late. Additionally, they are usually unable to…
So, I didn’t come up with this diagram. I’ve borrowed the idea. Unfortunately, I don’t remember who originally came up with the concept. However, the idea is sound. And true. Starting at the top, if the owner takes care of…
There are people out there that just plain stink at being in charge. They have business schizophrenia, always running from one idea to the next without ever giving any one idea a chance to develop. They don’t respond to emails,…
