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Are You Working “On” Your Business or “In” It?
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Too many of us become doers and we forget that we must simultaneously be strategists and visionaries as well.

How to Write Proposals That Win
The “proposal” and your skill in writing it can be the most significant factor in whether you secure good contracts or scurry along at the bottom of the pack.

3 Steps to Self-Care That Will Get Improved Business-Care
If titans of the business world like these are extolling the virtues of taking care of yourself in a world that tends to dismiss regular sleep, nutrition and exercise as time wasted when you should be working, it is a sign of a work/life revolution.

Quick Guide to Building Good Relationships
Bookkeepers and Accountants who work in smaller communities across North America inevitably find themselves wedged against a wall when they want to grow their companies.

Want Your Small Business To Stay Small?
The self-employed person doesn’t need to feel that they are someone “less than” the empire-seeker.

Looking back at our Firm of the Future Year
Our reign as Canada’s Firm of the Future ended last week with the announcement of the 2018 Country Finalists.

Why Every Small Business Should Have a Board of Advisors
When we establish our companies, many of our associates suggest that we set up a strong board of mentors or a board of advice-givers, but why?

How to Conquer Your Fear of Selling
Why is it so many people with the brains and the fortitude to go into business for themselves still consider “sales” a dirty word?

You Are Worth More...How to raise your fees without angst
We are bold in our choice of going into business. We are brave at defining and developing our area of expertise. We are forceful in our sales approaches and passionate in our presentations.
But when it comes to talking about money with our clients, most of us turn to a quivering bowl of jelly.

Ten Tips to Use Public Speaking to Grow Your Business
There are lots of blogs and websites online giving you advice on how to be a great public speaker.
This isn’t one of them.
This blog is instead about how you can use public speaking as a strategy to grow your business.

Why It Takes More Than Referrals To Grow Your Business
There are three good reasons why both referrals and networking have limitations as methods of procuring clients. You need to expand your options if you want to see your business grow.

Free Tools to Get An Edge
So how do you stay current with your competition? How do you get to know them so well that you can anticipate where they might go next or what they might do next? How can you take steps that allow you to hold and grow your share of the market and win more customers?

How to Negotiate an Awesome Win-Win Situation
In the bookkeeping and accounting marketplace, many of the people who seek your assistance are looking to establish an ongoing business relationship with you.

Get Connected Calgary. My 3 Big Takeaways
Here are my 3 Big Takeaways from the Get Connected Calgary event.

How To Better Manage Challenging Team Members
What happens when one of your team members threatens your whole process by being excessively difficult to deal with?

How to Find the Perfect Client For Your Business
Next to having the skill and ability to create a useful product or service, the most important thing you need to know to make your business a success is who is your ideal client.