Maureen O'TooleMay 29, 20192 minGet in the Success EquationWhat I’m Thinking About: Paint a Picture of Success My business partner, Dan Long, is a big picture thinker. He’s great at visualizing su...
Maureen O'TooleMay 21, 20192 minOwn Your Business Before It Owns YouWhat I’m Thinking About: All Stressed Up and Nowhere to Go Last week my business partner, Dan, asked a small business owner how business w...
Maureen O'TooleMay 14, 20192 minStop Whining, Start Winning!What I’m Thinking About: Negative Nellies Making Too Much Noise Ingratitude often sounds like “I don’t know why I have to do that. It’s s...
Maureen O'TooleMay 7, 20192 minNew Generations Need New LeadershipWhat I’m Thinking About: Older Leaders, Outdated Leadership Style In America, we now have 5 generations in the workforce: Greatest Gen, B...
Maureen O'TooleApr 30, 20191 minBuilding Business BoundariesWhat I’m Thinking About: Boundaries in Business Last week I heard a woman in the adult care industry speak about the importance of settin...
Maureen O'TooleApr 25, 20192 minGetting Out of the Rocking ChairWhat I’m Thinking About: Going in the Right Direction Business planning is all about deciding to move forward in the “right” direction. W...
Maureen O'TooleApr 16, 20192 minGet Out of the Weeds!What I’m Thinking About: Weeds Get in the Way of Growth This week I spent about 8 hours pulling weeds out of garden areas. Weeds grow sha...
Maureen O'TooleApr 8, 20192 minSpring TrainingWhat I’m Thinking About: Training Wreck My neighbors headed to Phoenix to enjoy Major League Baseball spring training this week. I freque...
Maureen O'TooleApr 3, 20192 minSpring BreakWhat I’m Thinking About: Breakdown Ahead Tension builds. Tempers flare. Employees argue. Productivity declines as stress rises. Employees...
Maureen O'TooleMar 26, 20192 minEmployee Handbooks are HandyWhat I’m Thinking About: The Left Hand Doesn’t Know What the Right Hand is Doing Frequently overheard from business leaders: “I don’t know...
Maureen O'TooleMar 19, 20191 minProblem Solving Solved. DO IT!What I’m Thinking About: Solving Problems Can Be a Problem Businesses exist because they provide a product or service to solve a problem....
Maureen O'TooleMar 12, 20192 minReady, Set GrowWhat I’m Thinking About: Spring is the Season of Hope As spring arrives and the Northern Hemisphere leans towards the sun, our days “get ...
Maureen O'TooleMar 7, 20192 minLeading Change from the FrontWhat I’m Thinking About: No Forward Movement Means Moving Backwards Dan and I worked with a client whose business was really struggling. ...
Maureen O'TooleFeb 26, 20192 minBusiness Rehab Takes CourageWhat I’m Thinking About: Business Fixer Uppers At a recent business breakfast, a man asked for my business card. He’d heard about how Dan...
Maureen O'TooleFeb 21, 20191 minEmployee Feedback is a GiftWhat I’m Thinking About: Employees are the Company’s Greatest Asset While working with small business owners, I always recommend having a...
Maureen O'TooleFeb 12, 20192 minMission Impossible to Mission PossibleWhat I’m Thinking About: Mission Confusion Means Execution Confusion In 2018, I met with a small technology company team to help them bui...
Maureen O'TooleFeb 5, 20192 minBusiness, Like Wine, Needs TendingWhat I’m Thinking About: Vineyards as a Metaphor for Business While traveling, I chanced upon an article about a business alchemist, Gera...
Maureen O'TooleJan 29, 20191 minMaking the Grade with CustomersWhat I’m Thinking About: Studying What Customers Want All products, goods and services exist to meet a customer need, to solve a problem....
Maureen O'TooleJan 23, 20192 minOrganizational ChangeWhat I’m Thinking About: Managing Change Change is a constant in life: at home, in relationships, at work. At home, my husband and I are ...
Maureen O'TooleJan 15, 20192 minTake Little Steps to Reach Big GoalsWhat I’m Thinking About: Annual Goals? Big Commitment! For the last three weeks, I wrote about business goals. I recommended that you set...
