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You Don't Own Me
Ensuring that women remain dependent on men keeps us from achieving a world where men and women equally share power. Keeping women out of church leadership ensures that women's voices cannot influence change. Women cannot achieve our full potential when we are economically disadvantaged, burdened with unwanted pregnancies, single-parenting without child-care, emotional support, or economic resources, or locked in terrible or even dangerous marriages.
Everything You Know About Luxury Has Changed
Millennials are changing everything we know about luxury. Here are 5 key areas your luxury business must master to stay relevant.
What I Wish Consumers Knew About Buying Designer Jewelry
When you introduce someone to the joy of buying art the experience can be transformative. Consumers should have that experience buying designer jewelry.
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So You Want to Hire a Consultant
Hire a consultant wisely. The best consultants are hands-down experts in their fields, able to guide you through risks and take you to the next level. Don't settle for less.
All Dressed Up But Don't Know Where You're Going
Today's web development tools put the majority of web development tasks within reach of everyone but the most fearful of computer users. Put these six exercises to work for you first, and you will dramatically improve the odds that your website will deliver results.
7 Steps to Banishing Bad Aphorisms
How you market determines how your customers respond to you. That's definitely not something to leave to chance.
Embrace the Internet to Increase Business Value
It’s no longer enough to just have a website. You must have a website that looks and feels current, and offers more than just a few pretty pictures.
Make Your Business Values as Transparent as Possible
This business made its values and strategy so transparent that we as customers can see what matters to them and why they matter to us. That's branding.
Reflection 2017: Big Themes from Individual Choices
This reflection on the themes of 2017 explores the mindsets that got us here, and ways to create change.
I Had This Wrong for 20 Years: Profit is Not a Purpose
Had I stopped to think deeply about it, I would have realized much sooner that profit and a higher purpose are not mutually exclusive.
Breakfast Lunch and Gratitude
Focusing on weakness or even mediocrity at the expense of rewarding strength will lower the average performance of your organization.
Hello Kitty
The question of how to create and sustain accountability for behavior is one that comes up regularly in business. The answer to this question is clear, but it’s not easy.
Hello Kitty
The question of how to create and sustain accountability for behavior is one that comes up regularly in business. The answer to this question is clear, but it’s not easy.
Would You Benefit From a Team-Based Business Model?
If you have been looking for a way to help your organization move faster, get ahead of your competition, and produce higher quality, a team-based structure could be the approach you’ve been searching for.
I Had This Wrong for 20 Years: Profit is Not a Purpose
Had I stopped to think deeply about it, I would have realized much sooner that profit and a higher purpose are not mutually exclusive.
It's Just Conflict
Conflict has value. Any alliance without an occasional clash of diverging ideas will be as satisfying as a diet of chicken broth or a dip in a tepid bath.
Embrace the Internet to Increase Business Value
It’s no longer enough to just have a website. You must have a website that looks and feels current, and offers more than just a few pretty pictures.
Resolution #2: Become a Better Thinker
Most folks don't think. We react, daydream, deny, endorse, commiserate, argue, wish, and even wonder. But being a thinker is different.
Cinderella Teams and Giant Killers
Small businesses have a distinct advantage that large businesses do not have, and one of the things we must do is exploit this advantage to the maximum extent. What is it? Our ability to be flat, networked, and flexible.
Ego and Humility: Seeking the Right Balance for Business Success
While a healthy ego is essential to any business success, it is the ability to balance ego and humility that leads to the most influential leaders.
Looking for Success? Implement a Management Framework.
You've created a business strategy, minimum viable product or service, and a business plan. Now you need goals, measurable objectives, and a method of monitoring and managing results; in other words, a Management Framework. This article compares and explains your options.
Don't be a Virtual Leader
If you find yourself assembling virtual teams of home-based contract workers, you will need to develop new skills and sensitivities to motivate, manage, and assess them.
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