ETHICAL INFLUENCE

Ethical influence in business negotiations at first blush sounds like an excuse to pull a fast one. But let’s not forget, we’re talking about ethical influence. It’s a fancy phrase f…

AMERICAN DREAM

The American Dream, the set of ideals that includes upward mobility and the opportunity for prosperity and success can sometimes feel out of reach if you’re a struggling entrepreneur or…

WORKSPACE ORGANIZATION

Workspace organization can be a real challenge, especially if you’re in startup mode or a solopreneur. With a gazillion things going on at the same time it’s sometimes hard to f…

IDEAL BUSINESS ACCOUNTANT

Finding the ideal business accountant can feel like a daunting process, and it’s often been turned into a punch line, like the joke about when you interview an accountant and…

TRUST AND COLLABORATION

Trust and collaboration are essential business leadership skills. You crave the brain storming energy and productivity it creates; but, at the same time trying to wrap your arm…

SALES FUNNELS

Sales funnels may sound like a confusing term if you’re not familiar with them, but when it comes to making money while you sleep, they’re incredibly valuable. My next guest is a digital…

MANAGING A REMOTE WORKFORCE

Managing a remote workforce is the new normal and the new management and leadership challenge. In the near term and also the long term. Today’s guest, Tom Libelt, has been …

Online Reviews

Positive online reviews and testimonials can help grow your business. But making the ask can feel salesy and pushy. Today’s guest, Alan Katz, is known in his industry as the King of Rev…

Balanced Leadership

Balanced leadership may sound wonky, but it’s necessary if you want both stability and growth in your organization. That’s why I’m excited about today’s guest, Rocco Romanella, who…

Hard-Driving Leaders

Hard-driving leaders experience tremendous levels of stress that can often lead to serious health problems, such as heart attacks. Sure, you’d like to get some relief. Nobody real…

HOLLYWOOD STRATEGY

Hollywood strategy is a more glamorous version of what every business needs to do – focus on where to play and how to win. But a cohesive plan can often elude us. Today’s guest is a…

PAYROLL ISSUES

Payroll issues can feel overwhelming for any small business and especially startups. Payroll is often the biggest recurring expense. It requires pin point accuracy and mistakes can be c…

SUCCESSFUL MARKETING CONTENT

Creating successful marketing content, whether for online consumption or other media, is often an after thought for many time strapped entrepreneurs and small business own…

UNMET BUSINESS EXPECTATIONS

Have you ever been upset because of unmet business expectations? A business partner, customer, supplier or maybe an employee has let you down?

I know I have.

And according to…

Business Confidential Now

Business Confidential Now is the show that brings you fresh insights, tools, and straight talk to help you manage business issues hiding in plain view that matter to your bot…

Resilience

Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. But when business circumstances, or life, dumps a truck load of lemons on you, it can be really hard to pick yourself up and…

Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing has often been portrayed as the road to riches, a way to make millions while you sleep. But once you dive in you quickly realize it’s not as easy as it lo…

Difficult Conversations

Difficult conversations can be relationship deal breakers especially at work where it could cost you a valuable customer or your job. So what do you say when you can’t say anyt…

Behavioral Issues in the Workplace

Behavioral issues in the workplace are often a case of good people behaving badly and if you think you’ve got it bad where you work, wait until you hear today’s gues…

Nobody expects workplace violence to happen where they work. But when the extraordinary happens to ordinary people like you and me it rattles your sense of safety. As a responsible business leader an…