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What's Novel About Doing Business Now?

Since January of 2020 the United States has been suffering under the cloud of a global pandemic known as COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Business owners and entrepreneurs have watched their companies be disrupted, at best, and shut down completely, at worst.

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Good Managers Get the Rainbow

In business, we characterize conformity as the situation when everyone is polite and agrees. The label “deviance” is applied to situations when rules or opinions are challenged. When too much conformity exists in an organization, employees seek to satisfy. They don’t challenge the norm, push to innovate, or question decisions. When deviance dominates the culture, employee morale drops.

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The Powerful Strategy of Speaking at Local Meetings

Even in these days of Skype, FaceTime, and Zoom, one of the fastest ways entrepreneurs can attract clients is by speaking in the regions where their businesses are located. Many people imagine that they have to be professional keynote speakers to secure opportunities to speak on topics of their expertise at business or association meetings, but that’s not true!