Starting the conversation: Strategically looking forward shows what opportunities, goals, and problems make the most sense to focus on. Results from the time and energy spent working to deliver your product directly relates to your commitment in taking time to choose the next best action moving the business forward. Christy Maxfield, President at Purpose First […]
Starting the conversation: You make all decisions with imperfect information, which can lead to any number of scenarios: walking right into a blind spot, missing a key point of view, or maybe even downplaying risk. Geneve Huxley, Founder and CEO at Huxley CPA Consulting, talks about the challenges companies face and how to use your […]
Starting the conversation: More than just influencing outcomes, how you make decisions impacts your next step, your relationships, and also tests your values. Leaning into your personality and strengths, recognizing your weaknesses as a leader — all inform how, when, and what you do when showing up for your company and employees. Bew White, Executive […]
Starting the conversation: Knowing the bottom line is vital to maximizing what you get from your business. Understanding the mechanics is also important — how you make money, what difference you make in the world, what you can be best at … and why you are doing what you do. Clint White, Founder of Tattoos […]
Starting the conversation: There are four measures you can use to face your business future with confidence. Combine these measures with several commonly associated challenges and you will take away proactive ideas about where to put your resources to navigate disruption. You will experience disruption in your business within the next 12 months. While grit […]
Starting the conversation: Not noticing the signs of decision fatigue, work quality decline, and an increase in stress can lead to the perfect storm that can potentially destroy your business. Kiley Peters, CEO and Founder at RAYNE IX, shares her experience making big changes with considered and consistent action. Keeping your head in the game […]
Starting the conversation: Your commitment to supporting your team is more complex than ever before. The ability to help others move through tough situations comes from knowing your own boundaries and the boundaries around the way your company completes work. Dr. Cassandra LeClaire, Communication Consultant, talks about how compassion and boundaries work together to create […]
Starting the conversation: Accountability is elusive, but it doesn’t have to be. In fact, you may have all that is needed except for time and discipline. Too much time management drastically impacts your ability to connect and fully show up to minimize risk, expand capacity, and have truthful conversations. In this #AskJess Anything question roundup […]
Starting the conversation: Stories that create connection may not be the obvious ones. When what we shape and share doesn’t obtain the desired marketing result, we feel immense frustration. That friction is where to take a closer look at shared stories set goals, and discover where there is a gap — which […]
Starting the conversation: It takes time to create meaningful relationships in life and business. When you know what you want to accomplish, you know where to put your effort … and how to build relationships with those that can help you reach your goals. Lucas Root, Entrepreneur and Author at SGIC […]
Starting the conversation: Just because you are good at something doesn’t mean you are bad at something else. Skills take time and energy to build, and your learning experiences always come from less than ideal situations. The discipline to make a decision, communicate it, and guide your team through the execution […]
Starting the conversation: Regardless of skill or background, you are always learning and taking risks — checking in with your gut and listening to your instinct about when to step into something new. The foundational piece is WHY you are doing what you are doing. When you know the motivation behind […]
Starting the conversation: Long-term goals provide a way for your teams to rally around how they can participate in making your company’s vision a reality. With clarity around the expectations, a leadership team that learns to work together collectively is able to respond with greater capacity to the problems and issues […]
Starting the conversation: Finding repeatable processes offers indications about what levers you have within your business to grow. To acquire new clients and keep existing customers. To get the word out and make the phone ring. To have a sales team that is selling the solution you are offering. Once your […]
Starting the conversation: All action comes with risk. You can mitigate the risk by breaking down multi-year initiatives into smaller goals. Picking one small goal provides a way to collect information and gain additional knowledge to then sort, think through, and prioritize the next best step. In this program, you will […]
Observe your behaviors. How you ask for help or don’t, will impact how you can create connections.