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Are You the Tortoise or the Hare of Decision Making?

We all know Aesop’s fable of the tortoise and the hare. When it comes to decision making we may find ourselves at times making tortoise paced decisions in the hope of gaining more clarity, wishing for more data, or simply because it’s in our nature to ponder decisions for a long period of time. On [...]

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How to Make Your Planning Meetings for 2012 More Effective

As you go through rigorous business planning meetings to map out a successful 2012, you may be discussing goals of all kinds: goals to close X number of net new customer deals, goals to expand your reach as an organization, or even goals to grow your business. Whatever your goals may be, keep in mind [...]

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Love to Talk About Your Business?

We all love to talk about the business we own or are “invested in”. (If not, don’t read any further.) Given the opportunity, we usually gladly talk about what we do, who are customers are, and what we sell. In today’s Small Business Tip of the Day from Manta, they describe some “Unconventional Networking for [...]

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