by Frances Esters | Dec 30, 2019 | Author, Coaching, Energy & Health, Family, Frances Esters, Freedom, Growth Strategies, Health Wellness, online business, Self-Improvement, Small Business
Happy Monday!!! I don’t know about you but 2019 went by in a blink of an eye. Two more days until we meet the beginning of the new decade. What does this mean for you? Are you making resolutions, commitments, setting new goals, bringing old goals back to life? I...
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 Ellen Huxtable | Jul 24, 2019 | Author, Business, Coaching, Community Voices, Ellen Huxtable, Humor, mental health, Self-Improvement, Small Business
Have you ever considered how to create more joy at work? Huh? Joy at work? Is this a joke? If work wasn’t work, we wouldn’t call it work, right? Well, work might not always be sunshine and lollipops, indeed, it might sometimes seem like the deepest, darkest, most...
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...
