Business Mentors

The average American changes jobs 12 times in his or her lifetime. With each new job comes new offices, new co-workers — and possibly a decision about what to do with the 401(k) plan they started at their last job.   Selecting the right course of action for what becomes of that money can be crucial […]

We’ve all heard the expression in business, “Fake it until you make it.”  Starting out in the advertising business, I was a nervous-norvus any time I had to present to an audience of more than one or two people. I remember my boss’s advice at the time. “Fake it until you make it. Just smile,

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When I first became CEO at Loretto five years ago, I began a practice of sitting down with all of my employees — from fellow executives to those who staffed our day-to-day operations. Why? To listen to them.  As you can imagine, it is time-consuming to build this into my schedule and in the beginning, many

Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, HR, career, and personal tips. SBA @SBAgovSBA’s Learning Center has a variety of free online training courses on topics such as financing your business, accounting and pricing. Launch the courses —http://ow.ly/9eFF30oh60a  NFIB @NFIBAs the social network with the greatest focus

Entrepreneurship starts with an idea. One of the challenges once the business gets off the ground, though, is coming up with more ideas that push the company forward. An idea often stems from inspiration and lacking that, some business owners say, can result in stagnation or a failed enterprise.   Without innovation and forward thinking, no

—Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence.  — George S. Patton The complexity and regulatory requirements associated with tax-exempt, not-for-profit organizations has increased substantially during my 40-year career. In particular, the past 10 years have seen exponential increases in complexity for the following independent-auditor requirements: • GAAS = Generally Accepted Auditing Standards • GAAP

Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, HR, career, and personal tips. SBA @SBAgov5 Myths About Payroll Taxes — http://ow.ly/gvSW30o3xJ7 NFIB @NFIBThis guide to Section 179 of the tax code is a great way to refresh your knowledge before filing taxes for your #smallbiz: https://www.nfib.com/content/resources/money/a-guide-to-section-179-for-small-business-owners/ Hootsuite @hootsuite7

Retirement planning can be fraught with worry in the best of times, but when the market turns volatile and uncertainty reigns, people in or near retirement may give way to anxiety or unease to an even greater degree than normal. And as a result, those dreams of carefree golden years may transform into sleepless nights.

Bad habits can be hard to break, and for business leaders who have them, they can be deal-breakers.  In a survey by Leadership IQ, an online training firm, the primary reasons CEOs were fired — mismanaging change, ignoring customers, tolerating low performers, and not enough action — were often related to unproductive habits.   Although leaders