Owning choices can be most empowering. Owning choices can help us maintain our commitment, energy and enthusiasm towards all our projects in life and in business. Nobody says it better than Nikki Giovanni in her poem Choices. Here is an except: since i can’t go where i need to go . . . then […]
Sticktoitiveness – The Secret of Successful Entrepreneurs
Sticktoitiveness is actually a word! I learned of it from Erin Brockovich (the real one, not Julia Roberts and who also, by the way, plays ‘Julia’ in the movie) in her recent interview on The Hour. Erin told the audience that sticktoitiveness was the mantra her mother used to help her overcome the negativity she […]
Weather the Recession
I was one of several business advisors interviewed by Jerome Watt at Toronto Business Times for his article Finding ways to weather the recession storm. This article is teeming with great advice on how to weather the recession. Here is a short excerpt: Bekhor, who deals primarily with professionals, provides an example of […]
Choosing Keywords for Your Website
When I get calls from clients asking me to optimize their firm website for search engines, my first question, ‘what do you want to optimize your website for’ always throws them off. They don’t immediately understand why the answer isn’t obvious. If you are an Accountant your website should be optimized for ‘Accountant’ right? […]
Continue Marketing During a Recession
A recession is not the time to stop marketing. It is in fact quite the contrary. If you are a busy professional a slow period may be the ideal time to focus on your marketing. Even if you are working with a marketing consultant, developing a marketing plan will be time consuming. Furthermore, marketing takes […]
Montreal’s $487,000 New Logo Design
There are two fundamental principles to the development of a new logo design. Montreal lost sight of both of them. Establish big picture objectives that transcend your new logo design by accounting for your entire brand and marketing plan. I would be shocked to hear that Montreal had actually intended to spend $487,000 on a […]
Overcome the Fear of Losing Control and Delegate
Managers know they need to delegate but many find it challenging to let go for fear of losing control. Leila Bulling Towne’s video Delegate Now on BNET offers three tips to get over the fear of losing control and begin delegating: Realize that no one will do the work the same way you do […]
Unharnessing Creativity in Business
Regardless of profession or industry, your ability to nurture creativity in business will enable you to sustain innovation and competitive edge, the very essence of a successful business. Today, businesses are challenged in an infinite number of ways, many of which are relatively new. Today’s business needs to: know what their customers care about before […]
Mastering Delegation in Your Practice Management
Effective delegation reduces stress and enables practice management. The problem is that most sole proprietors feel conflicted about delegating tasks they are used to implementing themselves because it feels like they are losing control. The answer is not to avoid delegation but rather to identify a process that enables the establishment of a healthy form […]
Shake Up of Law Firm Brands
Heller Ehrman, Goodman and Carr, Brobeck and Coudert, Shea and Gould, Finley Kumble and Myerson and Kuhn are examples of the recent shake up of large North American law firms. For a century these law firms have been cornerstones of the legal profession, yet they appear to have dissolved almost without warning. Why this sudden […]
