“In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.” —John Ruskin I recently came across these words by art critic, philosopher, and writer John Ruskin […]
The impact of the pandemic has landed us in new business environments; it’s no longer business as usual. Business owners and leadership team members must move employee retention to the top of our priority focus. During my research for this blog, I came across a couple of articles by Sabina Nawaz in The Harvard Business […]
I was watching a video of a 2021 America’s Cup sailboat race recently and was surprised to see how different today’s boat designs are compared to what they were when I was racing years ago. The new designs and speeds the boats can reach have led race committees to update the racecourses and the boat […]
Who knew that unpredictability in business could be a good thing? Apparently Jason Feifer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine, does. When I saw the headline for his “Editor’s Note” on the cover of this month’s edition, it stopped me in my tracks. It read, “The Truth about 2022: It’ll Be Unpredictable, But That’s Good For You!” […]
I can’t believe it’s been almost six months since I published my book, The Pearls of Business: Guiding Principles to Help Entrepreneurs Successfully Launch and Grow a Government Contracting Business.