How Collaboration Helps Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Navigate Uncertainty

As we move into 2025, U.S. businesses are bracing for potential trade wars and tariffs on imported goods. This unpredictable environment poses significant challenges, particularly for small and medium- sized businesses (SMEs) that often operate on tighter margins. Yet, amid navigating uncertainty, there’s a powerful strategy SMEs can adopt to not only weather these challenges […]

Why Leaders Should Think Like Entrepreneurs

The past year had many organizations in flux. The focus for most was surviving with less business.   For others, it was finding innovative ways and means to meet a higher demand. Many operated within new parameters (healthcare industry, food services, online services).  Whatever the organization’s status and size, the majority of their leaders had to […]

A Friendly Reminder for Post Lockdown Managers

                                                  The return to “normal” hasn’t been easy on anyone.  Businesses and communities are still locking horns with new rules of protocol and etiquette.  And many are in the process of […]

How To Get The Most From Your Cross-Functional Team

Picture yourself as manager of a medium-sized firm.  An issue surfaces.  You identify the problem.  Then you assign a cross-functional team to solve the problem.  You supply this team with everything they might need to solve the setback:  office space, Covid-19 safety compliant meeting areas for collaboration and co-working, and the like. Yet, meeting after […]