by Ellen Huxtable | Sep 25, 2019 | Author, Business, Chicago, Ellen Huxtable, Entrepreneur, Environment, Franchise Business Development, Growing a Profitable Business, Growth Strategies, Leadership, News, Small Business, Strategy
Managing business uncertainty can be overwhelming. Even if you embrace and even welcome change, dealing with uncertainty from local markets and global developments is a whole different ballgame. What’s happening with the economy? What is the impact of global...
by Ellen Huxtable | Sep 18, 2019 | Author, Business, Coaching, Ellen Huxtable, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Franchisee, Leadership, News, Professionalism, Self-Improvement, Small Business
Do you take your professional reputation for granted? Do you assume that others share the image you have of yourself? You might see yourself as the “joker,” or the “by the numbers” person, the “peacemaker,” the “ideas person,” the “kid” or the “father figure.” But...
by Ellen Huxtable | Sep 11, 2019 | Author, Business, Coaching, Ellen Huxtable, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Franchise Business Development, Leadership, Small Business, Strategic Planning
Are you engaging is strategic planning for results? It’s fall, which in the business world means it’s time to start planning for the upcoming year. Goodbye, summer; it’s time to rev the engines and charge ahead! Strategic planning is rather like the business...
by Debbie Peterson | May 7, 2019 | Author, Business, Community Voices, Debbie Peterson, Law, Leadership, Legal, LLN Women Community, Manufacturers, Marketing, Media, mental illness, My Two Cents, News, Nonprofit organizations, Not For Profit News, Politics, Self-Improvement, Small Business
Veracity Matters, Part I. Nine Ways To Know If Your Politicians’ Lips are Moving Remember that joke – “How do you know if a politician is lying? His lips are moving!” The following are my tried and true ways to get to the truth, learned over fifteen years in public...
by Ellen Huxtable | Apr 17, 2019 | Author, Business, Coaching, Ellen Huxtable, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Small Business
Do You Remember? Business leadership can be exhausting. So take a break, and indulge and reflect on glorious memories of our National Pastime. It’s springtime in Chicagoland, and thoughts, at least on the north side, again turn toward the perpetual saga of the...
by Fred McMurray | Apr 5, 2019 | Author, Chicago, Community Voices, Ellen Huxtable, Leadership, Work-Life Balance
On April 5th, 2019 the new class of Community Voices started their training on the relaunch of the Linked Local Network(LLN). LLN has taken a renewed focus on achieving work-life balance among our audience members improving their lives online and off. Our first class...
