Maximize Your Potential: Build a Sustainable Growth Blueprint

ByJeri Denniston

As a small business owner, you may be so caught up in the day-to-day operations of your company that you haven’t had the time or the inclination to create a formal business plan for growth. A business plan is your personalized growth blueprint.

While it’s understandable that you’re focused on keeping your business afloat and managing the daily challenges, having a solid plan for growth is essential for the long-term success of your business.

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How to Build an Amazing Culture in an Organization of Any Size

ByJeri Denniston

According to Sinek, the WHY relates to an organization’s or a leader’s values and purpose. If a leader can articulate their purpose and values, others who believe in those values and purpose will support them and join them. This creates a strong culture where everyone is working towards the same higher purpose. People are excited to come to work and customers go out of their way to buy that company’s products and services.

The Art of Possibility: Rule Number 6

ByJeri Denniston

Two prime ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs of state. Suddenly a man bursts in, apoplectic with fury, shouting and stamping and banging his fist on the desk. The resident prime minister admonishes him: “Peter,” he says, “Kindly remember Rule Number 6,” whereupon Peter is instantly restored to complete calm, apologizes, and withdraws….

Employee Rewards Programs Can Be Motivational

ByJeri Denniston

A few months ago, I came across a book I haven’t opened in a long time. It’s called 1001 Ways to Reward Employees, by Bob Nelson. The book (which was updated in 2012 to 1501 Ways to Reward Employees) lists a variety of ways to recognize achievement. These include no cost ideas such as one-minute…

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Email Marketing Tips to Manage Your Emails

ByJeri Denniston

To professional email marketing people the tips I’m about to share will seem, well, “duh, who doesn’t know that?” I find many clients who aren’t very techy tend to make some simple mistakes when creating and managing their email marketing systems. If you send a lot of emails, managing your sent emails, drafts and templates can…

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Vocational Training Teaches Entrepreneurship

ByJeri Denniston

If Congressional Bill H.R. 610 is about dismantling the public school system, vocational training is an answer to ensure all youth get an equal education. It may not be focused on reading, writing and ‘rithmatic exclusively, but this movement is teaching youths real world skills to build a future for themselves. Across the U.S., a growing…

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Rapid Growth Causes Overwhelm

ByJeri Denniston

Rapid growth causes overwhelm, especially for small business owners who haven’t taken the time to plan in advance. They set up their business and start the marketing without any road map for growth. Then as new business opportunities come their way, they step up to meet that demand, until one day they realize they have no…

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Reflections for the New Year

ByJeri Denniston

Earlier this morning I was doing some inner reflections for the New Year on this 3rd day of January. In the process, I read the lines of a song which I have posted on my office wall. They were sent out by a friend to all her friends as a reminder that life is short….

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What if everyone gets an A?

ByJeri Denniston

What if everyone gets an A? Is it possible? What if every member of Congress and the new president and vice president were given an A? That means they start with a clean slate and have already earned the highest grade the public gives them. The caveat: Within the first two weeks of taking office, each…

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Thinking differently produces new possibilities

ByJeri Denniston

Looking for inspiration recently, I turned to one of my favorite books, The Art of Possibility. Opening it up I came to a story about thinking differently. It was written by a health system’s Vice President who attended a presentation one of the authors, Boston Philharmonic Symphony Conductor Benjamin Zander, made to his company. The…