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The One Habit That Predicts Whether Employees Stay

Ask most owners what keeps an employee from quitting and the answer defaults to pay. The research points somewhere else: consistent, specific recognition. Gallup's workplace research ↗ (opens in new…

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Why You Must Read 'The Culture Code' for Team Trust
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Why You Must Read 'The Culture Code' for Team Trust

"The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups," by journalist Daniel Coyle, opens with…

Street art reading "Opinions Aren't Facts" pasted on a wall
Business Strategy
Why It's Important to Measure What Matters

Most businesses track dozens of numbers and use almost none of them. Why picking a few that…

Why You Must Read 'Co-Intelligence' for Working With AI
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Why You Must Read 'Co-Intelligence' for Working With AI

"Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI," by Wharton professor Ethan Mollick, opens from…

The One Habit That Predicts Whether Employees Stay
People and Performance
The One Habit That Predicts Whether Employees Stay

Ask most owners what keeps an employee from quitting and the answer defaults to pay. The research…

How to Tell When It's Actually Burnout
Personal Development
How to Tell When It's Actually Burnout

Most owners assume they'd know if they were burned out. In practice, the signal is easy to miss,…

Why the Business That Never Closes Needs Boundaries Anyway
Personal Development
Why the Business That Never Closes Needs Boundaries Anyway

Owning a business that operates from home erases a boundary employees still have by default: the…

The Real Reason So Many First-Time Managers Struggle
Leadership Development
The Real Reason So Many First-Time Managers Struggle

The employee who gets promoted into management is usually the one who was best at the job before…

Building Leaders Who Don't Need You in the Room
Leadership Development
Building Leaders Who Don't Need You in the Room

Most owners can name their most trusted employee without hesitation. Far fewer can say what happens…

Why Relationships, Not Achievement, Predict Long-Term Happiness
Personal Development
Why Relationships, Not Achievement, Predict Long-Term Happiness

Most people, asked what would make them happier, reach for some version of more: more money, more…

The Six Things Researchers Say Add Up to a Life Well Lived
Personal Development
The Six Things Researchers Say Add Up to a Life Well Lived

Fulfillment is easy to treat as a single feeling, the sense that life is going well, but the…

The Customer Service Tasks AI Is Already Handling Well
AI in the Workplace
The Customer Service Tasks AI Is Already Handling Well

The customer service tasks AI already handles well are more specific than the marketing around "AI…

Why Competing on Price Is a Losing Strategy for Most Small Businesses
Business Strategy
Why Competing on Price Is a Losing Strategy for Most Small Businesses

Most owners assume raising prices means losing customers to a competitor who won't. The data from…

The 90-Day Window That Decides Whether a New Hire Stays
People and Performance
The 90-Day Window That Decides Whether a New Hire Stays

New hires don't wait long to decide whether they made the right call. Onboarding research compiled…

The Tasks Small Business Owners Shouldn't Hand to AI Yet
AI in the Workplace
The Tasks Small Business Owners Shouldn't Hand to AI Yet

The riskiest tasks to hand to AI right now aren't the obviously sensitive ones; they're the…

Why the Best Leaders Ask More Questions Than They Answer
Leadership Development
Why the Best Leaders Ask More Questions Than They Answer

The instinct to lead by having the answer ready is understandable, and it's also usually backward.…

Why You Must Read 'Extreme Ownership' for Every Level of Leadership
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Why You Must Read 'Extreme Ownership' for Every Level of Leadership

"Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win," by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, opens with…

Why You Must Read 'Traction' for Growing Businesses
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Why You Must Read 'Traction' for Growing Businesses

"Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business," by Gino Wickman, introduced what's become one of the most…

Why You Must Read 'This Is Marketing' by Seth Godin
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Why You Must Read 'This Is Marketing' by Seth Godin

"This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See," by Seth Godin, reframes marketing…

From Family Standoff to Succession Plan: An Auto Shop's Turnaround
Case Studies
From Family Standoff to Succession Plan: An Auto Shop's Turnaround

A high-volume auto repair, tire, and custom wheel dealer, fifty employees strong under the same…

The Refrigeration Company That Found Its Best Year in a Decade
Case Studies
The Refrigeration Company That Found Its Best Year in a Decade

A commercial refrigeration company, under the same ownership for two decades, had a strong…

Why a Thriving Therapy Practice Still Needed an Outside Perspective
Case Studies
Why a Thriving Therapy Practice Still Needed an Outside Perspective

A well-established counseling and therapy organization, more than 25 employees deep and profitable…

Where AI Actually Saves Owners Time Right Now
AI in the Workplace
Where AI Actually Saves Owners Time Right Now

Most of what gets marketed as AI transformation for small businesses is noise dressed up as…

A $25 Million Distribution Company Running Without a Playbook
Case Studies
A $25 Million Distribution Company Running Without a Playbook

A ten-year-old product fulfillment and warehousing company, five locations across the Nashville…

Why Most Owners Never Actually Step Away
Organizational Effectiveness
Why Most Owners Never Actually Step Away

Most owners who say they want to step back from their business never actually do it. The gap…

The Weekly Scorecard Template Behind Better Decisions
Tools and Templates
The Weekly Scorecard Template Behind Better Decisions

Most owners can describe how the business is doing in a sentence: "pretty good," "busy," "tight…

The Three Systems Every Business Needs Before It Scales
Business Strategy
The Three Systems Every Business Needs Before It Scales

Deciding to scale is a strategic decision as much as an operational one, and plenty of owners make…

Five Meeting Habits That Actually Stick
People and Performance
Five Meeting Habits That Actually Stick

Most meeting advice doesn't survive contact with a real week. The habits that hold up under…

What Radical Candor Actually Looks Like in Practice
Work Culture
What Radical Candor Actually Looks Like in Practice

Radical candor gets thrown around as a leadership buzzword, usually stripped down to "just be more…

What the Research Actually Says About Reading and Leadership
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What the Research Actually Says About Reading and Leadership

The claim that the average CEO reads sixty books a year gets repeated often enough in business…

How to Know If Your Business Is Founder-Dependent
Organizational Effectiveness
How to Know If Your Business Is Founder-Dependent

Founder-dependency is easy to miss from the inside, because it usually feels like being needed…

Answers to the Questions We Get Asked Most
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Answers to the Questions We Get Asked Most

A running list of the questions prospective clients ask most often, answered plainly. Coaching that…

Preparing to Sell: What Buyers Actually Look For
Business Strategy
Preparing to Sell: What Buyers Actually Look For

Owners who start thinking about a sale usually start in the wrong place: revenue, margins, growth…

Leading With Faith Without Losing the Business
Christian Business
Leading With Faith Without Losing the Business

If you're a Christian running a business, you've probably felt this tension before you ever read a…

The Meeting Schedule That Fixes Accountability Problems
Organizational Effectiveness
The Meeting Schedule That Fixes Accountability Problems

Accountability problems rarely come from people not caring. More often they come from nobody having…