Modern Small Business
Welcome to our Leadership Blog
Life, Love & Business – it's a phrase we often use to explain the everyday interconnection between our business lives and our personal lives — all for the purpose of protecting and providing for those we love and nurturing our key relationships.
Our experience is most people want to be better people, to run better businesses and be better able to contribute to their communities and families in more meaningful ways. At its core of course, is the drive of leadership; who you are when nobody is looking, what you believe (and what you don't) who you value, what you support, and how you choose to show up in the world around you. Leadership is how we live (and work) with purpose and become that change we want to see in the world around us.
Our Modern Small Business Blog is for people who want to actively grow themselves, their businesses, and their community – so they can all live a bigger life.
“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision”
― Peter F. Drucker
The one skill that leverages all other skills
There is one mental skill that leverages and amplifies all of our other skills and abilities.
It's the ability to be present in the moment.
Whether you're leading a business, a family or simply learning how to make better decisions based upon good sense and clear judgment – your ability to be present in that moment can be the difference between success and another poor decision.
How much do motives matter?
This business question has always irritated me
There are many ways to do good in business, just as there are many motivations for doing so.
So what qualifies as a good motive, a bad motive, or just a nice idea?
Want the biggest benefit for your buck? Now you're thinking like a Philanthropist
Small Business Philanthropy - and it’s not about money
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘philanthropy’?
Perhaps big businesses with big budgets and big personalities like Buffett, Gates, and Oprah or just a word that's really hard to spell? But where does small business fit into the conversation about philanthropy, business social responsibility (BSR), and giving back to the community in meaningful ways?
Here's a funny thing about maps
Tom Street in the Sydney suburb of Ermington can be found on map 212 of the 2005 UBD Sydney Street Directory.
But you’ll have a problem trying to drive there; because it’s not actually there. A quick search of Google Maps satellite imaging confirms that it never was there.
It’s a fake street.
When is enough learning, enough?
How often have you found yourself at a conference or training course only to find the only real usable value you’re taking home, is the value you created for yourself?
Good boundaries make for good businesses.
Over the years I’ve learned that good boundaries make for good businesses.
- First time Dad, first time Boss and the world looks different now
- Jesus, long hair and how bias affects my business decisions
- Diversity matters – is your website a little too white?
- When should a business express an opinion on a moral or social issue?
- Dissenters and trouble makers are not the same thing
- The business case for becoming a present person
- Grumpy Dry Cleaners and the curse of cat hair
Get Prepared for Business
Protect your Small Business (and the Family who supports it) from the statical realities of Life, Love and Business we all face.
