Leanne Hoagland-Smith

Recent revelations in the marketplace demonstrated disaster plans go beyond natural disasters such as the hurricanes in Texas or the fires in California. Disaster plans today for any small to...

There is a lot of noise in the marketplace. Beyond technology disrupting the marketplace with free and paid access from advertising to zip forms, the small to mid-size businesses may...

For small businesses whose marketplace is B2B, an article, "Tweet Me, Friend Me, Make Me Buy," in Harvard Business Review by Barbara Giamanco and Kent Gregoire published in July-August 2012,...

Since the digital disruption is all about changing the fundamental expectations and behaviors through digital channels, then podcasting is moving to front and center. Just for clarity, a podcast is...

With each passing day the digital disruption only increases in volume. Businesses are now linked to technology from payments to supply chain to sales. How small business executives handled all...

This time of the year is a time of celebration. We celebrate this season with Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah greetings, but maybe it is time to celebrate your own...

Reflection of your business as well as personal results must begin with your ability to be truly honest, even brutally honest with yourself. Now is not the time to fudge...

Over the last two decades, alignment is considerably responsible for the inability to consistently achieve both professional and personal goals. When goals are not aligned to an individual's purpose, values,...

The Greek philosopher Epictetus noted, "Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily." In less than 30 days, it will be time to review...

Easy achievements in business or in life are just that easy. When we establish goals that are easy, there is no internal incentive to stretch a little farther, to push...