The Toxic Employee & Your Bottom Line Overt or Subtle Toxic employees can be a big problem for small business. The very nature of owning a business requires depending on and trusting employees. Sometimes, it means depending on them…to a fault, causing an...
Reflecting on 50 Birthday Blues Well, today is my 50th birthday and it seems that little miss “don’t let your ego control your thoughts” is having some trouble coming to terms with this particular milestone. Telling myself that 50 is the new 40 didn’t help, so I...
Toxic Conversations From a Good Place Toxic conversations and negative words happen every single day. However, I try to avoid them…right? We all do. But, as I had dinner with a girlfriend a few days ago and something happened that reminded me of just how easy...
Things to Consider BEFORE You Quit Your Job Think you want to quit your job? Do you feel like you can’t take it for one more day? I hear you! It’s that dread that comes over you when you consider Monday…I hear the same things from clients every day. As my...
Manage Expectations I had an early morning client meeting today. We met before his hectic day at the office devoured his time. As I sipped my bullet proof coffee, I asked him how his most recent hire was coming along. I knew it was too early for a real opinion, after...
Gossip, The Silent Killer of Business I often write about gossip. In some cases gossip is nothing more than a nuisance; but my experience has proven to me that gossip is one of the biggest and most overlooked threats to careers and businesses. It is a pervasive poison...
