Category: Planning

How Can Women Gain Access to the Boardroom

Marla Noel, executive coach. Marla can help women gain access to the boardroom.

Women are becoming enabled to be board members to benefit corporations. We identify ways to improve women’s abilities to become great board members.

Planning during a Pandemic

Planning during a Pandemic is critical for anticipating the future of your business. In order to make good decisions, you will need good information. This includes past marketing and the success of the marketing. You should also have the org chart, what it looks like now and what you want it to look like. Include… Read more »

Stay Calm in a Crisis

Watch this short video for what to do if you are a small business

Grow your business to add enjoyment and value

For most entrepreneurs, growing a business becomes difficult at a certain size, where you need others to complete tasks beyond the time constraints or skill set of the CEO. To grow, you need focus. A good business coach can help with the focus needed. Make sure you find a business coach with experience in growing… Read more »

Sunrise, a New Day and Time for Change

Sunrise A new day and time for a change. Every day, there is a chance to improve your business. Most businesses can improve one or many aspects of the business, however, we get comfortable with status quo. Changes to your business do not have to be as painful as you may think. As a Vistage… Read more »

Culture and the Hierarchy of Needs

Culture Simply- On August 3rd, I hosted a discussion about Culture. I titled the discussion Culture Simply. Most of us know that culture is not simple. This facilitated a great discussion about culture and its evolution in today’s society. One of the participants asked if there was any culture expectation for a company, as far… Read more »

Communication in Family Business

Family communication in business can be challenging. Communication within a family business is challenging, whether the communication is within the same generation or different generations. It is critical for the longevity of the family business to work on communication.  Within the same generation, the things that negatively affect communication include egos, emotions, fear or distrust…. Read more »

Family Communication in Business- by Marla J Noel

Family communication in business can be challenging. Things are said that should not be said, or things that should be said are not. Whether the communication is within the same generation or different generations, it can always be challenging. This is why family meetings are critical to the long-term health of a family business. Within… Read more »