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How much does people-pleasing cost your business?

In a single week, I ran into two nearly-identical situations with coaching clients. They both were trying SO hard bend…

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How Life Insurance Can Save A Business Partnership

Here’s a nightmare for you.  You and your partner signed a partnership agreement, began your business, built it, and were…

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How can you attract a better class of client?

The pandemic has given us all an opportunity to ask the big questions of our business. Do we like our…

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The Growth Strategist on Strategic Alliances

Want to learn about strategic alliances in action?  Listen to this podcast from Aldonna Ambler, “The Growth Strategist,” as she…

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Do I need a new employer tax ID for a new line of services?

Q.:  My current business is in transportation services and I would like to also offer consulting services. But with the…

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A Lesson from my Aunt June ….

My aunt, June Anderson, was a brilliant award-winning textile designer in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. I’ll never forget the…

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Are you working this Thanksgiving weekend?

Well, are you? Years ago, when I worked for other law firms, I would routinely come into work on Thanksgiving…

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Should You Charge an Initial Consultation Fee?

On the plus side, they can be a way to get business, and come across as a caring professional. On…

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Are you a Friendly Professional … or a Professional Friend?

How to you handle long-term clients who try to wangle freebies from you? Like, Can we talk off the meter?…

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Are You “Open for Business” If You Get Hurt?

We had a huge snowstorm here in the Northeast just before the 2020 Christmas holiday. So my husband, Joe, and…

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