If you have a team member who's doing okay — not great, not terrible — the problem might not be the person. It might be the work. There's someone on your team who's… fine. Not a disaster. Not someone you'd rush to fire. But not great either. They're getting things done — mostly — but work still feels slower than it should when it's [...]
You have a team. You’re paying good people. And yet… everything still feels harder than it should. Projects drag on, and questions keep landing on your desk.You’re stepping in to fix things, clarify things, or “just handle it” so work can move forward. For many business owners, this is a sign that their Zone of Genius - and their team’s - isn’t clearly defined [...]
One of my clients texted me early Monday morning. “National Clean Off Your Desk Day,” she wrote. “DONE.” Her desk really was spotless. No stacks. No stray papers. Only one stapler instead of four. Paperclips organized by type. She told me it felt good. Like she was starting the year the right way. By lunchtime, though, something shifted. Not the desk. The feeling in [...]
You’ve explained what you want. You’ve hired good people. But somehow… it still comes back to you. That’s exactly what happened with a marketing agency owner I worked with. Her team was talented, but her nights were still filled with redoing copy, chasing deadlines, and answering “quick questions.” She thought the problem was her team. After we walked through the Delegating Audit, it was [...]
I’ll be honest—sometimes I catch myself firing off a quick “Thanks!” text to a client and convincing myself that counts as staying connected. Just last week, I replied to three client messages with “Sounds good!” while getting in my afternoon walk. That was my big moment of “connection” for the day. Yikes. Over the past few months, I’ve been having a lot of conversations [...]
Is your to-do list growing faster than your business? The constant juggling and the perpetual overwhelm can be frustrating. Your business success should be a source of fulfillment, not a personal sacrifice. One way to reclaim your time and life is to lean into the mantra that just because you are the business owner, it doesn’t mean you need to own everything! However, how [...]
Running a business can be like juggling a thousand priorities. One of the biggest challenges I see business owners face is making changes without fully thinking them through strategically. Not because they don’t want to—but because they're balancing: Strategic thinking. Tactical implementation. … And the daily whirlwind of . . . duh . . . running their business 🙂 Timelines, resources, and urgency [...]
How often do you jump in at the last minute to fix something your team was supposed to handle? It’s frustrating—and exhausting. And it just reinforces that mantra you’ve been mumbling under your breath: “It’s easier if I just do it myself.” But if you don’t step in, you risk missed deadlines, unhappy clients, and rushed work. You can’t keep running your business [...]
All the business owners I work with face the challenge of having “more work than time”. No matter what they do - they just seem to run out of time by the end of the day. For some, this is a new experience brought on by an employee leaving causing five people to now do the work of six. Or a large contract vastly [...]
What would you do if you only had 4,000 weeks to enjoy all that life has to offer? This “number” - 4,000 weeks (or about 80 years) - was not something I thought about until I read “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals” by Oliver Burkeman. But even as I started reading the book, the full impact of that sentence didn’t hit me [...]
