by chala | May 26, 2016 | Marketing
If you are trying to fix the obstacle to your business growth, people who have never gotten beyond that same obstacle can’t help you get to where you want to grow. It’s really a simple concept, and yet, repeatedly I see businesses doing things that...
by chala | May 18, 2016 | Small business growth
As one CEO I told this to said ‘are you calling my small business a pig!?’…well I kinda am, but listen to why. When Your Small Business Is the Pig When something is ugly, we call it a pig. It’s unfair, it’s untrue and it’s probably...
by chala | Jan 28, 2015 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
I lived through 2 clients having deep lows this week. They had come to the end of their limits of failure. They were feeling weak, vulnerable and defeated. These are strong, intelligent people who are very successful at most things. Yet they were both reduced to...
by chala | Dec 16, 2014 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
I had one of the most interesting confrontations of my life at last week’s Canadian Association of Professional Speaker’s Conference. It was really illuminating and I’d like to share it with my fellow business owners who dare to blog, speak and in...
by chala | Nov 5, 2014 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
Come on, admit it. You’ve heard it or done it. I know I have…The verbal diarrhea that happens when someone has to introduce themselves to a group of peers or prospects. The explanation that drones on and on about what someone does for a living, leaving the...