I love the phrase Put Customers First. Of course in my own little world I was sure that I coined the phrase. That I was the only one who truly understood that if you put customers first in everything do – the money will follow. Color me surprised, embarrassed and disappointed when I went shopping [...]

“I thought LinkedIn was just for job hunting,” I recently heard someone say. Someone else commented that “I don’t want to be active on LinkedIn because others in my company are involved and I don’t want them to think I’m looking for a job.” LinkedIn is a wonderful job search tool, but there are so [...]

Have you ever gone on vacation and returned so JAZZED that you just can’t wait to get started on business?  Well color me Miles Davis – I couldn’t be any more jazzier.  A week away from the office and I am bursting with new business ideas that I want to share with you. (BTW -the [...]

You know how to do what ever it is you do.  You have it down cold.  You could do it in your sleep.  It comes easily.  A no-brainer. If that is the case; do you find yourself under valuing what you provide because it comes so easily? My Dad, Paul Chaddock,  liked to tell the [...]