Posts by Rebecca
A Monday Meeting Worth Looking Forward To: Energy Through Culture
We’re three months into the business year, and I’m starting to hear a familiar refrain from business owners: “My team is doing fine—but something’s missing.” That spark they felt at the annual kickoff has fizzled. Monday meetings feel more like to-do lists than moments of connection or excitement. The challenge It’s easy to slip into…
Read MoreRethinking Employee Growth: A Smarter Way to Support Employee Development
You like your employees. You want them to stay and work with you for a long time. And in that time, you want them to perform well, to stay engaged, and to grow along with your business. You want to see professional development. The challenge So you review their work. You schedule formal training sessions.…
Read MoreDelegation Isn’t Doing Less: It’s Thinking Less
A list of tasks ending with: “and run it by me when you are done”. This is how many people delegate. The problem? That’s not delegation — it’s moving from doing it all to micromanaging. To move from micromanaging to real delegation, you need one more step. The challenge The hardest part of delegation is…
Read MoreValues Are Not Enough: How Behavior Defines Your Business
We often believe we are a reflection of our values. In reality, we are a reflection of our behaviors. The challenge You hold values like integrity, respect, accountability, kindness, and creativity. But others—clients and employees—judge you by what they see: how you act, treat people, and collaborate. And their perception directly shapes how they engage…
Read MoreWhat Are You Doing To Make Business Practical?
Right about now you are probably thinking about what you have achieved in your business this year. And what you can do to grow your business next year. A lot of it comes down to being practical. Practical gets things done Being practical means knowing what to do next. And the single most important question…
Read MoreWhat Are You Doing To Make Business Fun?
Anything you have to do should be at least a little bit fun. That’s especially true when you do it every day for most of the day. In other words: your job. And the same goes for your employees. It’s important for your employees to enjoy their work to have a successful business. Make it…
Read MoreWhat Are You Doing To Make Business Simple?
Nobody starts a business with complexity as their goal. Yet, over time, complexity always seems to creep in. Why? Because running a business means making barrels of decisions every single day—and decisions are complex. Decision making is hard As human beings, we make an estimated 36,000 decisions a day. If that number feels impossible, just…
Read MoreThe Most Important Question Your Business Should Always Ask
The most important question a business can ask itself is: What should we do next? In any workflow, not just end-of-year reviews and lessons learned analyses. From failure to focus There is a challenge to working on lessons learned. That challenge is negativity. When all you talk about is problems and mistakes, you end up…
Read MoreHow to Turn This Year’s Lessons Into Next Year’s Success
Every year a business writes its own story—full of wins, surprises, and lessons. The secret to a stronger sequel? Knowing exactly what worked well and what to improve. Lessons Learned This is the time to capture the lessons that will set you up for a stronger new year. Perform an after action review on the…
Read MoreWhat Happened and Why? A Simple Guide to After Action Reviews
Our focus this month is on lessons learned.The first step in learning a lesson is studying the material. Enter: After Action Reviews. After action reviews An after action review is like a “what just happened?” replay button. It allows you to review a project by reliving the victories and freeze-framing the oops moments. An AAR…
Read More