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I’m a big fan of mentoring in business, and have been at different times on both the contributing and receiving end of the process. These days, I seem to often hear from business professionals that they are struggling to find a mentor, or complaining about the lack of their mentoring effectiveness Read More

Before you can hope to successfully start a new business or switch to a new professional business role, you need to set some goals and milestones to lead the way. It’s easy to talk in the abstract about all the possible applications for a new product or marketing idea, but you don’t have a viable b Read More

Whether it’s a business or personal interaction, studies show that as much as 60-90% of the communication is nonverbal. That means that people addicted to text messages, twitter, and email may be sending less than half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. Read More

I’m always looking for evidence of new business owner characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success. Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive t Read More

I’m fully convinced that both inspiration and perspiration are always required as you start and manage your own business. Yet many people seem to be stuck on one end or other of this equation – all perspiration with no dream, or all inspiration with no reality. Success is the right balance of both Read More

It’s sad when the business is “successful,” but the owner still feels totally unsatisfied. I see it happening all the time. The business is a winner, but the family or other relationships are broken by the stress. Or the business professional started down this path to be their own boss and change Read More

Many professionals in business, from startups to multinationals, assume that their team leader or executive is an appointed position, and that the skills come with the title. In reality, leadership is best demonstrated while not in a position of authority and is a skill that must be sharpened every Read More

Businesses and new owners are drowning in the current information overload, where the volume of data created is like a new Library of Congress every 15 minutes. That creates a huge gap between data and meaning, and makes quick decisions and action ever more difficult. We all need to take a little Read More

Most successful business leaders will tell you that their primary motivation is to “change the world” and to build something lasting, not to make a lot of money. But the conventional wisdom is that employees work for money, above all else. Yet my own experience leads me to believe that non-cash mo Read More

Success in a new business is not possible as a “one-man show.” A new owner has to engage with team members, partners, investors, vendors, and customers. In my experience, the joy of positive engagement is sometimes the only pay you get in an early venture. Amazingly, many successful businesses a Read More