The End is Near (But it’s No Big Deal)

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on June 7, 2010 in: Coaching

As business owners, we optimistically show up to work, sit down at our desk, and expect everything to go well. Every single day. Most of the time it goes okay but every once in a while something goes wrong. There could be any number of reasons but that’s the way it goes: Life deals us [...]

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A Rant about Time

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on April 8, 2010 in: Coaching

Time is one of those elusive factors that we’re all desperately trying to get more of. We understand we only have 24 hours in a day and can’t actually add more time to it (except for the one day a year when we “fall back” an hour, but that single added hour doesn’t have much [...]

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10 Promises for 2010

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on December 31, 2009 in: Coaching

With only hours to go before 2010, your planning is probably finished. Your strategizing is tucked away. Your dreams are sitting on your desk, waiting for you to show up on Monday morning. You’ve done everything you can do this year and now it’s coming to close.
And the champagne is flowing generously.

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It’s December… Now is NOT the time to slow down

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on December 4, 2009 in: Coaching

It’s early in December and if there’s one thing that I know lots of entrepreneurs are tempted to do it’s to hold off on critical business action. This thinking usually starts around Thanksgiving (but gets worse in early December) and goes right through to the first workday in January.  Sure, you might continue through December [...]

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Incorporating Outsource Staff into the Routine of Your Office

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on October 16, 2009 in: Articles

As a business owner you are comfortable with the daily routine of your office. You know the intricacies of your workplace and are comfortable with the workflow. You can see the friendly faces of your employees in every cubicle or behind each desk. Your business has a rhythm and when you achieve that rhythm, everything [...]

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Home Office: Post 3: 50% Done

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on September 13, 2009 in: My Stories

It has been awhile and I have been a bit sick with the flu, but I wanted to update my readers on my home office (post 1 here and post 2 here). We are about 50% completed.
The new AC has been installed.
The new desk has been installed.
The two 24″ monitors were swapped out for two [...]

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Tips to get more out of #businesslunchclub

If you’re a business owner who is stuck at your desk for lunch, you might be getting work done but you’re missing out on the powerful networking opportunities of a business lunch. That’s where BusinessLunchClub comes in. BusinessLunchClub is where entrepreneurs on Twitter have lunch. If you’re stuck at your desk but want to do [...]

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