Author: Kristen David

DEI | Entrepreneur | Make a Difference | Team

3 Ways Small Business Owners Can Be a Positive Voice for Change

Years ago, when I owned my law firm, one of the many lessons I learned is how much of a platform I really had. As I learned more about business development, marketing, and team building, I came to realize that I could use that platform for more than just building brand awareness and sales – I could also use it to be a positive voice for change.

Now, each of us has different causes and organizations that we are passionate about, and that’s a good thing. No one can singlehandedly take on everything that needs to be improved in our world and our society, but each of us can step up and help to effect change in our own way. Together, we can make a real difference.

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Business Success | DEI | Entrepreneur | Management

Aligning Every Area of Your Life with Your Core Values

Whether you’re a business owner or an individual, we all have certain core values by which we live. For businesses, these are more formalized and often documented to make them easier for our team, clients, and vendors to understand. In our personal lives, they may be the mantra by which we live or make decisions.

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Business Success | Management | Team

Celebrating Small Business Wins: 4 Ways to Teach Your Team to Celebrate Achievements

Building your team involves more than just hiring and onboarding; it also means helping them learn to thrive on hitting milestones and completing tasks. Businesses go through ups and downs, and along the way, it’s important to recognize the progress your team is making!

There are a lot of ways to do this, and each team will thrive with a different approach. I’d like to share a variety of ideas to choose from!

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Business Success | DEI | Management | Systems

4 Effective Ways to Build a Proactive Small Business Team

Every small business owner says they want to have a more proactive team, but what does that mean and how do you prepare your team to invoke that culture? This is a question I get asked a lot. I wanted to share a few tips on how to best prepare your team to be proactive and get more done in less time.

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Business Success | Clients | Small Business

How to Create Effective Client Communication Systems in Today’s Fast-Paced World

Years ago, most business was done face to face. You offered a service or product that someone wanted, built up trust in your community, and people chose to do business with you. Communication was easy – there were personal touch points built straight into the system. Today, however, things have changed considerably. We now do business with people across the country and around the world, and we take in more information than we ever would have imagined possible. One thing hasn’t changed, though: client communication remains as vital as it ever was.

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Business Success | DEI | Management | Team

5 Tips to Implement for Greater Team Communication

As a business owner, you have a lot to balance – and a large part of that is understanding how to use your assets wisely. Any guesses at what your #1 asset is? That’s right: it’s your team.

Just about everyone would agree that team communication is vital to having a more productive and profitable business. But all too often, people say those words without offering a clear plan of how you can create greater communications without many changes.

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