WHEN TO OUTSOURCE YOUR ACCOUNTING
When I talk with business owners, a frequent complaint is lack of time to focus on the things they love to do to help their customers. Since that passion is…
Read more »COVID AND ESTATE PLANNING
So many things have taken a backseat to Covid during the last year that I was surprised last week by one that has not – estate planning. A contact reached…
Read more »PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM (PPP) 2.0
The economic fallout from COVID-19 has continued to wreak havoc with hundreds of thousands of small businesses shuttering their businesses. After months of Congressional wrangling, the recently passed 2021 Consolidated…
Read more »PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN FORGIVENESS: MY 24 WEEK COVERED PERIOD HAS ENDED OR ALMOST ENDED. WHAT’S NEXT?
The CARES Act’s PPP program put $525 billion into the hands of small businesses to retain and pay employees and to assist in paying rent and utility expenses during the…
Read more »IS YOUR COMPANY CULTURE INCLUSIVE? DON’T GUESS OR ASSUME USE THE INCLUSION INDEX® TO FIND OUT
Diversity and inclusion are nouns, yet these words are spring-loaded for action within corporate boards and executive suites today. Around the globe, governments, regulators, stakeholders and shareholders are exploring what…
Read more »SURVIVING INCOMING RISKS: CONTINUOUS RED LINING VERSUS BIRD STRIKES
The Scenario You are an entrepreneurial mover and shaker. You lead your business and are always pushing your team to produce the maximum and to hit exciting stretch goals. Everyone…
Read more »ESCAPING THE BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CO-DEPENDENCY TRAP
The Scenario You created a business and made it succeed against all odds (both usual and unusual). You poured your time, effort, money and emotion into getting it to where…
Read more »LEADING IN TIMES OF CHANGE: DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT STUFF?
Consider these real scenes in managing during the COVID period: “I have a 70 year old employee who has worked here for 30 years. She’s capable and hard-working. She’s refusing…
Read more »REVENUE SYSTEM REBOOT
It is May 2020, and we are in the middle of a global pandemic, nothing like the modern world has ever seen. The global economy has all but come to…
Read more »RETURNING TO WORK: HOW BEST TO REINTEGRATE YOUR EMPLOYEES AND TEAMS
As the daughter of a teacher of English, I learned that words matter. What they mean and how to use them makes a difference. I also like playing with words,…
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