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Social Media Strategy for Micro-Enterprises
Using social media is not solely the purview of bigger businesses; it can also work for one or two-person enterprises. If you have a...
Charlene Seidenthal
Jul 10, 20233 min read
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CFIB Monthly Business Optimism Overview
Canadian Federation of Independent Business: May 2023 Report Highlights Small Business Optimism in Canada: Canada's small business...
Charlene Seidenthal
Jul 5, 20232 min read
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Coach's Corner - Five Ideas for Coaching Your Staff
Coaching your staff is an essential aspect of managing a team. It is a process of imparting knowledge, skills, and guidance to help your...
Charlene Seidenthal
Jun 26, 20232 min read
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Understanding and Using Personal Pronouns
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness and acceptance of gender diversity and the emergence of new pronouns. Pronouns are an...
Charlene Seidenthal
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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Cultivating a Beginner’s Mind
In today’s fast-paced business world, the pressure to constantly innovate and improve can be overwhelming, particularly for small...
Charlene Seidenthal
Jun 7, 20233 min read
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Asking the Right Questions Results in More Sales
We all know that listening is more important than speaking when making a sale, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be asking appropriate,...
Charlene Seidenthal
May 23, 20232 min read
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Build Your Brand – Write a Book
As an entrepreneur, you have a unique story to tell. Whether it's your journey to success or the lessons you learned, your experiences...
Charlene Seidenthal
May 4, 20232 min read
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Coach's Corner - Cognitive Reframing
Cognitive reframing is the process of shifting your perspective by replacing negative or flawed thought patterns with more positive and...
Charlene Seidenthal
Apr 19, 20232 min read
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What is ChatGPT and How Can It Help Your Business?
ChatGPT is an extensive language model created by OpenAI. It understands natural language and generates human-like responses to...
Charlene Seidenthal
Apr 4, 20232 min read
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Beyond Active Listening
I read an article in MIT Sloan Management Review (September 21, 2022) by Nancy Duarte, a communications executive, and specialist, in...

Carolyn Carleton
Mar 21, 20232 min read
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Is Success the Ultimate Goal?
Success is often considered the ultimate goal, something most people strive for. We work hard, sacrifice time with family and our...

Carolyn Carleton
Mar 7, 20232 min read
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Successful Management 101
Managing people is a critical aspect of any organizational structure; a company's success relies heavily on the effectiveness of its...

Carolyn Carleton
Mar 1, 20232 min read
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The Power of Appreciation
People want to feel appreciated and valued – it’s a powerful human trait. However, in our frantic business lives, we often don’t fully...

Carolyn Carleton
Feb 7, 20234 min read
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Public Speaking: Put Your Audience First
Never mind the length; focus on the quality. Often speeches are too long because speakers are pontificating; their primary goal is to...

Carolyn Carleton
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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Stressed or Overwhelmed? 5 Ways to Cope
“Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really...

Carolyn Carleton
Jan 16, 20232 min read
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The Ten Principles of Successful Entrepreneurship
Ask half-a-dozen successful businesspeople, and they’ll each give you a different set of principles for success. These are our ten; feel...

Carolyn Carleton
Jan 10, 20232 min read
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How to Take the Uncomfortable Out of Networking
Do you avoid networking or treat it as a necessary evil? You are not alone; for many people, networking is a traumatic experience. How do...

Carolyn Carleton
Jan 3, 20233 min read
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Make a Habit of Single-Tasking not Multitasking
In The Six Lies Between You and Success, as outlined in Gary Keller's book The One Thing, multitasking is the second lie of the six. He...

Carolyn Carleton
Dec 20, 20222 min read
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Videoconferencing: The Blooper Reel
In the previous post, we talked about how to raise your game when videoconferencing. How to be more professional, better prepared, more...

Carolyn Carleton
Dec 13, 20223 min read
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11 Professional Videoconferencing Tips
Videoconferencing has become a daily activity for many businesspeople, but just because we do it a lot doesn’t mean to say we are doing...

Carolyn Carleton
Dec 6, 20223 min read
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