BizPie Blog
The BizPie Blog gives expert advice for executives to help make better decisions, improve your team, and balance professional & personal life.
Audible
How do you get your books these days? Many people are using Audible to listen to books rather than reading them in a written format.
The midlife slump
I was struck by an op-ed piece in the L.A. Times* by Jonathan Rauch, a Pulitzer Prize Winning journalist, who discovered in his 40’s that
Self Care
When executives turn to their coaches in those moments of overwhelm, they might describe it as an issue of work/life balance, Or, it could show
Hire Mothers
This is an important secret I learned when I ran my manufacturing company: hire mothers. Now, when the hiring signs are going up all over
Accountable=uncomfortable
Do you find that holding people accountable makes you uncomfortable? Oh, you start out fired up to hold people to their commitments. You ask clearly.
Being 90
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be 90? Here is my Aunt Ruth blowing out the candles at the family home
Reevaluating Priorities
How often do you throw all your cards up in the air and re-sort them in a new order? I’m going through that right now.
Risk tolerant?
In his book The Growth Dilemma, Ami Kassar has a series of questions to evaluate how risk tolerant you are in your business. If he gave you
Biz-blab
A term for confusing communication that tries to sound smart, yet has obscure meaning, was just introduced to me. The term is biz-blab. I immediately
Bored v. Busy
It seems like it was a common refrain 10 years ago that everyone was bored. Perhaps that came from living with teenagers. Now everyone complains
Raising prices?
This week the federal reserve raised interest rates again making them the highest they have been since 2008. The President just directed the US trade
Power of Fear
When we are having a good day, our thinking brain (the pre-frontal cortex) is in control and we don’t get flooded with cortisol – the
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