Company: North Memorial Health

Website: www.northmemorial.com

Business Mantra:

Go slow to go fast. Bring your workforce along with you.

Business Advice:

Create expectations with leaders to have more, not less touch points with employees because it is so easy for them to feel disconnected. Make sure you are recognizing their contributions.

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Company: Atomic Data

 Website: www.atomicdata.com  

Business Lesson:

Retail has to envision a new way of selling products to survive in a more virtual world.

Prediction, someone is going to reinvent the dining experience.

Business Mantra:

It took us 20 years, we built a great model. Let’s stand on what we built.

Business Advice:

If you’re a leader now of a business you are going to have to be a great communicator and you can’t shy away from it.

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Company: nParallel

Website: www.nparallel.com

Business Lesson:

They took the lessons from the 2008 recession that diversification of industry and customer is critical. What they are learning now is that diversification of service offerings is key to building a foundation to move forward.

Business Mantras:

We write our own destiny. We become what we do.

“We can do hard things.” – Glennon Doyle

Business Advice:

Now is the time to lead. Lead in the ways your gifts lend you to. Continue to lead through this and provide comfort, empathy and grace.

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Company: Amplifon

Website: www.amplifon.com

Business Lesson: Diversification is key and being able to rapidly develop and deploy new services to meet new needs is critical.

Business Mantra: Give people grace. Acknowledging that people are doing their best in this time. None of us have ever done this before. Allow for people to have emotions and that it’s not going to be perfect. 

Business Advice: Look 2-4 weeks out. Whatever you are doing today is irrelevant. You need to be thinking ahead to be ready for what’s next. Make it a priority to spend time each day to think future forward.

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Company: Wayside Recovery Center

 Website: https://waysiderecovery.org/

Business Status: 66-year legacy. Now helping 700+ women with challenges of addiction in a family-centric environment.

Business Lesson: Being inspired by how the staff has pulled together in the most difficult of circumstances. Staff are showing up every day, creating the most healing environment for everyone.

Business Mantra: When you are in tough situations, remember this too shall pass.

Business Advice: Be on the lookout for any resource that can be helpful for you or your business. There are so many resources, sometimes you have to look for them, and methodically turn over every stone.   

Also, be in constant communication with you staff. Hearing silence can increase the anxiety and the “what’s coming next.”.

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Company: Calabrio

 Website: www.calabrio.com  

Business Lesson: Communication. When you think you’ve communicated enough, communicate some more.

Business Mantra: We always show up.

Business Advice: Go innovate and go drive when something like this happens.

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Company: Village Books

 Website: myvillagebooks.com 

Business Status: Waiting to have grand opening

Business Lesson: “There are always going to be things you can’t control and you have to learn to just go with it.”

Business Mantra: “Just let the universe take care of things.”

Business Advice: “Most people are in business to make a difference, don’t lose the human side of it.”

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Mary Nutting Owner and CEO of CorTalent. Mary talks about women needing to ask for the sale in networking opportunities. She also is the President of NAWBO and shares what the organization is doing in 2019 to support women business owners. Hit play to find out more.

Lou Raiola, Founder of the Purpose Alliance & The Purpose Awards talks about the difference between cause marketing and purpose driven business. Learn how to create a true purpose driven business - hint it starts at the top.