10 Easy Public Speaking Tips Just For Small Business Owners
Home Would you like some easy public speaking tips to jumpstart your “info sharing career?” I thought you would say “Yes!” You see, I know you. You are among those small business owners who would love to share your knowledge but don’t know where to start. After all, I’ve already showed you 10 reasons why public […]
Team Building: 7 Ways To Quickly Build A Highly Effective Team
Home “What’s all this foolishness about highly effective team building? You mean to say, that after I hire people, and pay them good money, I have to build them into a team too?” These questions came from a small business owner, “Ronald” who was invited to the luncheon by his friend. I felt the annoyance in the […]
How to Lead Your Team to Amazing Success? Start Here!
Home “You must be Lorna! Please tell me you know something about how to lead! Leaders must really be born…because I am no leader and I have made a complete mess of my business! And… “Whoa! Hold up Buddy! Good Morning…you must be Mike!” I offered brightly as I complete my entry into the room […]
12 Secret Entrepreneurial Skills You Need for Startup Growth
Home When I typed “entrepreneurial skills” in good old google on my trusted desktop, I immediately got 674,000,000 hits. When I reviewed some of these skills on the holy grail of the first page, they were similar from site to site. They were also mostly regular business skills that you need to run your business. […]
How To Really Skyrocket Your Confidence Before You Speak
Home “Always try to build your confidence before you speak, girlfriend!” I warned quietly. “Go from around me with your public speaking BS!” Julia replied testily. “Just because you believe you are a hot public speaker, you always on people’s case!” Wuhloss! I almost fell off my chair in surprise at the “energetic” response. But who really […]
10 Leadership Success Secrets All Leaders Need to Know
Home “Do you have any leadership success secrets you can share with us, Ms Barrow?” the young entrepreneur asked eagerly. “I might…but I like to keep my secrets close to my chest!” I replied mischievously. Seriously though… I do have some leadership success secrets and I will share them. After all, I have been in leadership […]
6 Easy Steps to Begin Your Personal & Professional Development
Home “Auntie! I’m ready to jumpstart my personal and professional development!” This was the last thing I expected to hear when I took a call from my wayward and scatterbrained, but favorite niece. Listen, you have no idea how many times I suggested to her now was a good time for her to to do […]
8 Simple Ways to Support Your Guest Speaker
Home You’ve just been elected Chair of the Events Planning Committee of your Old Scholars Association and you are indeed honoured. However, before you can catch your breath, you’re saddle with your first event to organize! Chewpse! But you’re gonna show them! So you choose a “hot and popping” guest speaker who is not well known to your association, but you […]
Small Budget? How To Still Get The Best Employee Training!
Home “Employee Training for my team? Did I hear you correctly? Sweetheart, I’m barely making payroll!” That was the response I got from a small businessman when I told him he needed to develop his people. And disregarding the “Sweetheart” I totally get that. You see, I know that developing your employee is not even […]
New Employee Orientation: How to do it in 3 focused phases
Home “Mummy! You have to come over here and tell these people about new employee orientation, PLEASE!” I can still remember the agony in my younger son’s voice. He had turned up at his new vacation job, full of enthusiasm and he had been almost completely ignored. Many years have passed since my son had […]