Despite the headlines, what we are witnessing is not the death of all retail. Retail is splitting in two. This time, small retailers are the big winners. Future of Retail Webinar Deb Brown and I are making this Future of Retail the subject of our next webinar at SaveYour.Town. We’ll talk about the underlying consumer trend driving this…
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for Jan 12-14, 2018. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying…
Think back to the last meeting in your small business? Does your memory make you cringe? Or was your response that you only have a couple of meetings and you talk every day, so maybe you never bother with a meeting. And how did the meeting go? Was most of the conversation off-track and non-business…
As you plan out conferences you want to attend this year, here’s a new rule to consider for after the event: The 2-to-1 rule: Schedule two days for implementation for every one day of the conference. (I heard that from Marc Pitman, who said he heard it from Elizabeth McCormick. ) Your implementation days…
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for Jan 5-7, 2018. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying…
Let’s start with Best Wishes for 2018. That wish was to be a part of my post last week. But as you may or may not have noticed, I didn’t get a post done. This is not the first time it has happened but those missed times were typically planned for some reason. Last week…
Too often, our planning starts from what we don’t have. We focus on what to improve, what we lack, what we messed up last year. My friend, educator Kristie Pretti-Frontczak suggested a strengths assessment instead. Here are her questions to kick off your thinking: What do you aspire to accomplish within the next year, within…
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for December 29, 2017 through Jan 1, 2018. I gave you an extra day for the new year. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week…
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