Purpose
March 23, 2021
Is your business meeting all of its goals? Is it achieving all of the results you want? If not, you’re not alone. In fact, according to this report, just five percent of small businesses achieved all their goals in the past 12 months. There […]
February 11, 2021
One of the most underrated benefits of getting crystal clarity on the purpose of your business is the time and energy savings that come from values-based decision-making (VBDM). Each day you and your team are faced with countless decisions, and making decisions takes energy. […]
January 7, 2021
It is annual planning season (and Q1 planning season) for many business owners, which means it’s time to identify the overriding goals for your business over the next 12 months (and then to break those annual goals down into smaller chunks that can be […]
December 17, 2020
Recently I partnered with my local Chamber of Commerce (one of the best little CoC’s in the world by the way!) to present a webinar about how to become a purpose-driven business. The presentation covered the what, why, and how of purpose-driven businesses, as […]
November 24, 2020
Last week’s news of St. John’s, NL-based Verafin’s sale to Nasdaq for $2.75 billion has many business owners in Atlantic Canada saying Wow! – myself included. In fact, when I shared a link to an article about the sale on my Facebook page, that’s […]
September 30, 2020
I have written about how the three most important measures of small business success are profit, impact and joy. In my view, truly successful businesses are those that are: Profitable– they consistently generate the profit required to support the business’ desired growth and impact. […]
July 15, 2020
I believe that the three most important measures of business success are profit, impact, and joy. All businesses should strive to be profitable, to make a positive impact in the world, and to create happiness (joy) for the owners and for all stakeholders of […]
June 16, 2020
I had lunch last week with a couple of local business owners. An actual in-person lunch at a restaurant. It almost seemed like life was back to normal. Until the server greeted us with a mask on, a reminder that normal it is not. […]
June 1, 2020
You ever pick up a book and come across a passage that hits you over the head? That happened for me recently as I was reading Patrick Gentempo’s great new book, Your Stand is Your Brand. I have been doing lots of writing lately around […]