Time Boundaries in Business

Can you pick up a package today before 5 p.m.? Can you pick up cookies for the kids’ party? Can we have lunch today? Can we do breakfast? Can we talk for a few minutes? On and on and on, it goes. The problem is not the question, but the answer. “Yes, sure, okay”…that is […]

The Birthing Pain of a Business

I remember the day like it was yesterday, although I don’t remember the pain. I was pregnant with our first baby. The baby was due on Friday but, being the modern woman I am, I decided Monday was soon enough for me to begin my leave from work. After all, I had everything planned. Tuesday, […]

Leadership Styles (One Size Does Not Fit All)

According to a study by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee and published in Primal Leadership in 2002, there are six styles of leadership. We often think of leaders as the loud, hard-driving, “my way or the highway” types; but there are also quiet leaders, experts in a certain field of science, for example. […]