If you’re an entrepreneur, chances are your past experiences with teams are something like mine were: a.) the jumbled, mismatched team at Mr. G’s Handy Hardware, where you worked summers during high school. The team at Mr. G’s was pasted together with relatives of the owner and people no one knew what they really did [...]

To improve a team’s effectiveness, it is first necessary to understand the factors that impact its performance. Once you understand these factors you can determine when and what team development is needed. In order for teams to function effectively they must manage how they work together and how they interact with the rest of the [...]

As a small business start-up coach and consultant, one of my favorite things to do is help my clients write vision statements for their businesses. However, this isn’t always easy for them to do. Why? Because they, like many people, think vision statements and mission statements are one and the same. They haven’t really stopped [...]