I recently met a friend for lunch to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her corporate event planning business. Reese started her businesses from a home office after five years with a Fortune 500 company. Today, she has nine employees and eight-figure annual revenues. As we discussed the peaks and the dips of her decade in business, she remarked, “I will always remember you telling me ’It may not be the…
  Is self-sabotage holding your small business back? “What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?” It’s a thought-provoking question that is usually credited to the late evangelist Robert Schuller. Many others have used a version of it. It was the opening question from Regina Dugan, former director of DARPA, in a great TED Talk several years ago. Could fear of failing be holding you back? There are very…
How to ask for career-advancing advice I recently facilitated a brainstorming session for a corporate client. An employee from the business unit I was working with greeted me and accompanied me to the meeting room when I arrived.  Hannah had graduated from college five years ago, and we chatted briefly about her degree and her role in the company while I prepared for the session. As she turned to leave,…
DivvyHQ
 DivvyHQ has added Robert Rose, one of the luminaries in the content marketing industry, to its board of directors. Rose is chief strategist for the Content Marketing Institute and helps develop content and customer experience strategies for several large enterprises. Rose will assist DivvyHQ—a content planning and collaboration platform—as the company upgrades its platform with new programs, integrations and enhancements and improves the content process for global marketers. As a…
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If you want to keep Main Street vibrant, clean and prosperous, you have to work at it. Lee’s Summit has made that commitment and it has paid off. Downtown Lee’s Summit Main Street program again has been named an accredited Main Street Community. The recognition comes from National Main Street Center and the Missouri Main Street Connection and is the highest award given for such revitalization. DLSMS Board President Lynn…