One Month In…

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on January 25, 2010 in: Coaching

In a couple of days, my calendar is going to ping me with a reminder. It’s going to say “One month in – how’s it going, Heather?” This reminder is for me to review the new business strategies I intended to integrate into my business this year.
Each year, I list out a bunch of strategies [...]

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First Things First

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on July 2, 2009 in: Coaching

Time management is a must-do activity that most people struggle with at one time or another in their personal and professional lives. Because life isn’t a neat and tidy place, we end up overbooked on some days and underbooked on others, and sometimes distracted with meaningless things and sometimes so overwhelmed that we’re not able [...]

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Meetings: Maddeningly Mundane or Massively Meaningful?

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on June 9, 2009 in: Coaching

“A business without meetings is… an enjoyable place to work”.
Haha, okay that might be a serious anti-meeting sentiment but I know that most of you chuckled because deep down you feel the same way. Meetings are rarely an enjoyable experience. And yet, we have them and can’t imagine doing business without them.

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When Business Growth is Bad – Part 2

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on February 12, 2009 in: Coaching

When entrepreneurs start a business they hope and pray that their business grows. Of course! They should! And as a consultant, I take my role very seriously in helping them see growth in their businesses.
But in my last post I mentioned that not all business growth is good. Growth that happens too fast, for example, [...]

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