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How transparent is too transparent? The issue that I struggle with, as do many managers, is the “line.” How much information is too much and at what point does the information start to negatively impact productivity and morale? Read More

Every one of us, whether 40 years from retirement or 4, can be thinking about who will take over and how that transition should work is something every business owner should have in mind; there are lots of other things to think about as you develop that plan. Read More

Your customer’s voices are the thing you should be paying the closest attention to. Today. There are many ways to get your ear to the rail and listen to what they have to say: surveys, exit questionnaires, customer service emails, live chat, and phone are all channels that you can leverage. Read More

There are dozens of examples of new ideas, inventions, and machines that launched a small business that grew and grew into business powerhouses. The world moves so fast today, that it is impossible to keep up with the thousands upon thousands of new ideas and inventions and equally impossible to pr Read More

Kindergarten teachers are tasked with one of the most important jobs in the world: caring for our children. The job requires a facility for collecting and analyzing large amounts of data and skills that rival any manager’s abilities leadership, mentoring, organization, and collaboration. Read More

There comes a time when a business looks hard at its website and lets out a groan of dismay. Your website is out-dated, out-moded, and out-competed. Your own customers may have been telling you to get it together and, whether you are listening or not, it doesn’t diminish the truth that something mu Read More

There is legislation pending in Congress that has the potential to positively impact your business and mine. Some of these efforts gain a great deal of attention via the media, but most of them are somewhat obscure (unless you’re willing to dig a little) and will never even make it onto our radar. Read More

Tens of thousands of the world's best and most successful entrepreneurs, businesses, agencies and nonprofits rely on crowdSPRING for affordable and risk-free custom logo design, web design, a new company name or other writing and design services. Read More

As with artists, creativity, hard work, and the ability to execute are not, in themselves, enough to guarantee success – sometimes the best of entrepreneurial ideas fail to rise to the top, just as many wonderful and talented painters will never succeed on their chosen path. Read More

Business owners and managers work hard every day to improve efficiency, acquire customers, increase margins, analyze results, craft strategy, execute tactics, and track growth. What we don’t always work so hard at is improving ourselves, supporting our team, and making our companies forces for good Read More