Delegation is more than just assigning tasks within someone’s existing job responsibility. It’s giving responsibility to someone else to manage someone in your place. Learn what makes delegation successful and how to start delegating in your business.

Everyone lacks a way to safely grow their liquid reserves (a.k.a. their emergency fund or their opportunity fund). We’re going to mimic how banks themselves invest their cash as well as famous entrepreneurs like Walt Disney, Ray Kroc of McDonalds, and J.C. Penney. In this episode, our guest John 'Hutch' Hutchinson examines how banks invest their liquid reserves and applies that same institutional thinking down to the small business level. That way business owners can grow their cash reserves while still keeping them safe and liquid.

If you want to keep your team members working effectively, despite coming into conflict with one another, you need to stop this downward spiral as soon as you can. To do this, it helps to understand one of the key processes for effective conflict resolution: The Interest-Based Relational approach.

Marketing a professional services firm is challenging enough, let alone doing it online. In today's eposide, we chat with branding and marketing expert, Cindy Goss of propel Business Solutions to understand the does and don't of building a trustworthy brand on the internet.

The business environment has and will continue to change at a rapid pace causing workplace conflict, disloyalty and turnover. Much of this is rooted in a general lack of accountability.

Digital marketing refers to all the usual marketing activities and initiatives served up through digial channels like your website, Google search, email, mobile apps, etc. We'll discuss the most common ones and give you our perspective on why you would choose any of these and what to expect from utilizing each.

Business owners have a lot on their minds. Journaling serves many purposes, one of which is a mind dump. But how do we do it in the digital age? Paper and pen, ipad and pen, computer and keyboard, or sticky notes? Any business owner, manager or employee benefits with journaling but it takes time and experience to get good at it. Everyone benefits when it’s done right.

There are many types of business and professional development methods to choose from. Knowing how each works and which one will help you achieve the improve you want is critical. Professional or business development is a $164 billion annual industry. The main types of development include, training, coaching, mentoring, formal learning, on-the-job and static programs. What’s the key difference and when should each be considered.

The economy has been strong for a while, so it might seem like the right time to start your own business. Before you do, be aware of the pitfalls that could sink your dream before you get off the ground. In this episode, we’ll cover many business development stats from an article in Small Business Trends written by Matt Mansfield.

Many times, you can greatly improve your management practices by learning from other occupations. Today, we discuss how to manage your business like a pilot by focusing on 4 key elements of piloting a plane: planning, aviating, navigating and communicating. Each of these principles has application in the business environment so stick with us as we help you learn some new ways to address old management problems.