Implementing processes is one way to increase the capacity of yourself and your team. Documenting processes and coordinating with your team on who takes on different steps can provide more space to move work forward. There are three ways process can improve your capacity.

As a business owner, you know that understanding your team’s capacity, planning service delivery around that, and being open with your team about capacity expectations, will help you to be prepared for changes in client and team member availability and needs. Determining the capacity for each team member is not always straightforward. Assess each team member now to be better equipped going forward.

As a business owner, do you know your capacity? Knowing how much you have available in a typical week to service your clients, while still running your business, will ensure you can build your business without burning yourself out.

Year end is a busy time of the year. Year end, according to the classic song, is “The most wonderful time of the year.” Even with all the stress, we can take steps to help make it a more pleasant time of the year. A little thought, preparation, and notes can ensure that next time you will know what to do to enjoy the season.

Having a routine each morning is an effective way to get ready for work with minimal hiccups. Having a routine that works for you and your lifestyle will make you even more prepared for the day and to drive towards success. The key is to make your routine work for you.

With extensive media coverage on the return-to-office movement, it is easier to assume that everyone is going to back to in-person work. Before you jump on that train, ask yourself what you would be trying to accomplish by changing your workplace structure.

Are you a super planner or an anti-planner. Regardless of where you fall on the planning continuum, having a plan to guide you in running your business has many benefits.

Have you thought about what impact you want to make in your community when your business is hugely successful and profitable? If not, it’s time.

We are all working so hard to achieve work-life balance. Balance is focused on equilibrium and very rarely is our life at equilibrium. Instead, let’s focus on achieving personally sustainable success. This approach could be what you need to set yourself free to be the best you.

Do you have an optimistic outlook for the year or has the uncertainty caused you to stop in your tracks. Even in a period of uncertainty, it is important to keep moving forward. Use these tips to ensure you are making forward progress this year.

As the business owner, you can decide the culture you want for your company. You simply need to be deliberate about identifying and reinforcing the behaviors and experiences you want for your business.

If someone asked you what it would take to double your revenue, would you have an answer? The question was posed to me and it caught me off-guard. I’ve pulled together key questions to ask as you build your plan to achieve significant growth.

You may be shocked to hear me say it, but it is okay to work on holidays. The caveat is you need to not be working other times of the week. In preparation for a holiday, read to determine if working on the holiday is right for you.

As the early-release week wrapped up, we were exhausted, but had survived. However, I was disappointed, feeling as if I had failed to move the need or meet my expectations for the week. It was a good reminder that we need to calibrate expectations to reality.

Some say if your business is not growing, it’s dying. But growth can also kill a business owner. You didn’t go into business to lose the life you were living or hurt your health. There are steps you can take to move your business in a direction that will be personally sustainable.

I have always wanted to be an astronaut and go to the moon. As the Mars Rover landed and my kid declared she wanted to build a rocket, it got me thinking. Does going to the moon satisfy my needs, goals, and desires for owning and running my business?

To fully understand where you need to go, you first need to know where you are. Identify where you are on your roadmap and you’ll be better positioned to efficiently achieve your objectives. And that could lead to an opportunity for delicious cookies.

There are thousands of reasons people make the leap into business ownership, but that may not end up being what you enjoy most about the work of your business. After some time has passed, the excitement and enjoyment of taking the leap can be replaced by the exhaustion of trying to make it successful.

As business owners and leaders, it is easy to look at the plan you had for 2020, throw it out the window and swear off building a new plan. You might be thinking there is no reason to have a plan when everything is so unpredictable.

We are all dealing with a lot and it has an impact on our mental, emotional, psychological, and physical well-being. It's harder to focus with so much to take in and digest. There are steps we can take to regain our focus.