Financial Freedom: How Big Do You Need to Grow Your Business?

2022-03-15T06:02:47-07:00Featured, Self-Sustainability, Strategy, Succession_Exit|

In the past few weeks I have had several small business owners who I’ve met with that were interested in creating self-sustainability in their business.  They loved the idea that the financial freedom and independence [...]

5 Steps for Creating Accountability in Your Business

2021-08-02T11:44:44-07:00Featured, Human Resources, Leadership|

Creating Accountability is Critical to Business Growth I talk with small business owners struggling with employee issues all the time.  I often hear “Oh, that stuff is just for big companies.  We only have a [...]

How Does Accountability Impact Business Execution

2022-09-12T07:11:33-07:00Featured, Leadership|

Accountability was 1 of the 10 items mentioned in the previous post titled Business Execution – 10 Things Make You More Effective.  But why is accountability important to business execution? According to Webster’s Dictionary, accountability [...]

CHANGE is the Main Purpose of Every Project

2018-02-10T11:05:03-07:00Featured, Personal Growth, Project Management, Self-Sustainability|

A good friend and associate of mine, Stacy Goff, has been saying for years that project managers are agents of change.  I’ve always believed this was true, however as I’ve begun my journey down the [...]

Successful Strategy Execution – Can It Happen Without Good Leadership?

2016-05-23T06:54:31-07:00Featured, Leadership, Project Management|

Can successful strategy execution happen without good leadership?  My answer is that depends. Most people would say that it take as leader to lead the battle.  But I ask you, how many times have you [...]

Sound Project Management (PM): A Key to Successful Strategy Execution

2022-01-13T09:14:21-07:00Featured, Leadership, Management, need keyword|

Strategy execution is a current theme at Your Small Business Growth.  So, I have been giving strategy execution a lot of thought.  There have been lots of connections that I have made as I think [...]

Business Execution – 10 Things Make You More Effective

2019-12-14T08:51:25-07:00Featured, Home Page, Leadership, Management, Strategy|

Last week I started a new set of articles focused on execution titled Why Business Execution in Critical to Successful Growth.  In it I tried to convey the difference between just taking action and business [...]

Why Business Plan Execution is Critical to Successful Business Growth

2019-08-22T23:08:44-07:00Featured, Leadership|

Businesses plan for growth all the time.  The difference between the successful ones complete  the business plan execution! It seems simple.  But, how many times have you planned something and then never followed through?  Business plan [...]

PASSION: Why It’s Critical for Business Success

2022-01-13T09:08:43-07:00Align Your Life & Business 7-Day Challenge, Featured, Motivating, Personal Growth|

This week I figured I would talk a little bit about the first step in the strategic planning process – defining your passion.  A while back I wrote a posted titled Why So Many Small [...]

8 Critical Factors for Any Succession Plan

2020-06-15T08:46:55-07:00Featured, Human Resources, Leadership, Self-Sustainability, Succession_Exit|

As I presented in my previous post Succession Planning vs. Exit Planning Which Do You Use?, the primary goal of any succession plan is leadership transfer.  So, you can imagine that things can get a [...]

Succession Planning vs. Exit Planning Which Do You Use?

2019-12-14T08:58:55-07:00Planning, Self-Sustainability, Strategy, Succession_Exit|

Often the terms succession planning and exit planning get used interchangeably.  However, there is a definitive difference between the two. It’s important as a business owner that you understand the difference. Succession planning focuses on [...]

Successful Transition Planning – 9 Things to Consider!

2021-04-16T03:49:43-07:00Featured, Planning, Self-Sustainability, Strategy, Succession_Exit|

Business owners think about transition planning too late!  Many don’t think about transition planning because they believe that they will just sell their business and that’s the end of it. However, even with the sale [...]

3 Stages to Rapidly Scale Your Business

2022-01-23T19:35:41-07:00Business Growth, Home Page, Self-Sustainability, Strategy|

In the post “What Is a Self-Sustaining Business?” the correlation between the growth cycle and creating a self-sustaining business introduced.  Here I’d like to share how to scale your business to make it self-sustaining! Achieving a self-sustaining [...]

5 Owner Competencies Required for Rapid Business Growth

2015-04-30T06:43:52-07:00Featured, Leadership, Management, Rapid Growth|

There are dozens of articles and blog posts written every day about what you need to really grow a business.  Most tout the most obvious aspect – more money and financing; better marketing; added sales; [...]