Are Social Entrepreneurs Even More Prone to Burnout?
I have been reading and writing about burnout in the entrepreneur ecosystem for more than a decade. Burnout is a known risk (or should be) for professionals who want to start and grow a bigger business. A post from Nektarios Liolios on LinkedIn made me wonder if social entrepreneurs are even more likely to experience […]
Live Shopping Is Booming. Is It Right for Your Business?
I am currently working with a client who has a consumer products business, which is rare for me. My specialty is B2B services. However, this client also does consulting around e-commerce, so we were a fit. Through her, I learned about a market opportunity you may not have heard of: Live Shopping. You probably remember […]
What If You Don’t Want To Scale?
I was on my monthly peer group call with two other members of the Inner Circle by Startup Snapshot earlier today. All of us work with founders and entrepreneurs and the topic of scaling came up, as it often does when we talk about coaching founders. In this case, we were talking about the discomfort […]
Should You Try To Monetize Your Hobby? Maybe Not.
If you love to do something, you should try to monetize it – right? If you’ve spent any time reading or watching content for would-be entrepreneurs, you have probably seen real (and fake) experts telling you to do just that. I want to suggest that this might not be great advice. Let me explain. The […]
The Pros and Cons of Using AI Video Interviews To Screen Candidates
How would you feel about a potential employer if the first interaction you had with them was a recorded AI interview? Would you feel like this company cares about you as a person and professional? I doubt it. This just happened to a client of mine interviewing for a VP-level position! This is an epic […]
5 CRM Tools for Small Businesses That Want To Grow Their Customer Base
As a small business owner, the last thing you need is to spend time searching through spreadsheets to find detailed information about a customer and where they are in your sales process. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happens in many small businesses. Qualified leads can get lost. Prospective customers who reach out for information may […]
Why Managers Overload Their Best Employees, Who Then Leave
Many of my career transition clients come to me in a state of burnout or breakdown due to being overloaded with projects at their job. They try to be team players and they generally like their work, but even when they clearly have a full workload, their managers continue to add more to their overflowing […]
Why We Use Filler Words and How To Stop
Some speakers use filler words (“um” and “ah” are two examples) more than others, but even the most experienced speakers use them from time to time. Filler words are words or sounds you say that you may not even be aware of until you listen to a recording and cringe. I found Steve Krull’s post […]
Why I Am Excited About Social Media Again
For years the algorithm has favored brands, businesses, and thought leaders with big follower counts. Over time, many content creators, myself included, got incredibly frustrated and discouraged because we were creating content that was really good – but nobody saw it. I received thank-you messages from time to time for some of my best content, […]
Good Leaders Model Good Decision-Making
If you are a founder or other senior executive, you may think you need to demonstrate that you have everything figured out all the time. You may have been taught that it is perceived as a weakness if a leader does not present the clear path forward with a high degree of certainty. At one […]
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