2022: The Year of the Small Giants

by Patti Mara

When we talk about what makes a successful company, it’s often assumed the focus is on growing revenues and profit year after year. But what about the businesses that choose a different path? Businesses that choose to be great rather than big?  What about the Small...

Podcast Interview: Your Business is Not What You Sell

by Patti Mara

It was a pleasure to speak with Swire Ho on his podcast The Small Business Show. We had a discussing revolving around how your business is not what you sell. Your business is actually the solution that you provide – the outcome that you create. So instead of...

Are you ready for 2022?

by Patti Mara

Thanks to the pandemic, we’re coming up on two highly challenging years for business. But as painful as the pandemic has been, it has forced us to drop outdated ways of operating and embrace technology in a new way.  In this post, we’ll discuss how to start 2022...

You Get What You Reward

by Patti Mara

Your outcomes directly correlate with your reward systems, meaning you get what you reward with your team and customers. In this post, you’ll learn why and how to create strategic reward structures so you get the outcomes you want.   A Lesson from Swedish Tax Law...

The Power of Coaching

by Patti Mara

“You can’t read the label from inside the bottle.” When we’re inside our business, we can’t possibly get a good view of what it looks like holistically from the outside. Coaching is a valuable tool to expand thinking in order to get to the next level, the next, and...