What is the one essential that you must attend to as a business owner or leader in 2017? [To learn more, check out this Insider, Your Leadership Success One Essential Every Business Needs] It’s trust. Consider these facts: Companies with high trust make more money. Companies with high trust move... read more →
Apr
07
Apr
06
As we reflect on the 4th of July celebration, a common word that comes to mind is FREEDOM. We are grateful for our freedom, but we often take it for granted. Owning and growing your own business is one such freedom that is often overlooked. Even more so, making money... read more →
Apr
05
As a business owner, I am acutely aware that my sphere of influence gives me a great potential to directly impact these dreary statistics of unemployment, underemployment and long term unemployment. Although the most recent labor report focuses on the 204,000 jobs created in October and highlights the federal shut-down... read more →
Apr
04
American Business Advisors® (ABA) is delighted to announce the hiring of new Associate Sarah Guay for the American Business Advisors' Hawaii office, headed by Jon Hokama, Senior Vice President. American Business Advisors® (ABA) is the nation’s leading strategic and management consulting firm specializing in Building Cash Cows® and Improving Quality... read more →
Apr
03
Today’s blog is a preview of the TiE Rockies “Business for Breakfast” talk I’m giving this Friday. You still have time to sign up by going to my events page. We all have psychic pack-rat places in our lives. We consciously or unconsciously hold on to negative experiences longer than... read more →
Apr
02
Business owners and managers of mid-sized and small businesses have more to juggle than they can handle. One of the maladies that plague us and our teams is the lurking sense that “I’m not enough.” Let’s continue to examine the one area which you have more control over than you... read more →
Apr
01
Most of us are familiar with the term WIIFM—What’s In It for Me. Great marketing is often built on this premise. Marketing communication is designed to show how a product or service addresses a client’s felt pain or pleasure. But, suppose you and your prospective partner are in the midst... read more →
Mar
31
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God…” 1... read more →
Mar
30
Ever wonder what characterizes a business like yours? If you have a middle market company, you’re part of only 3% of all U.S. companies. Your firm is valued somewhere in the $5M to $1B range. If you live in the Metro Denver area, your firm is one of about 1,400... read more →
Mar
29
…is the question we all ponder this time of year. Business owners give the same gifts, bonuses, or turkeys –yes, turkeys--every year. But is that what our employees really want? Consider the incremental happiness you feel when you received the item you’ve pined for—a special toy, tool, luxury good or... read more →