What to do When the Ship is Sinking

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on February 1, 2010 in: Coaching

We all face professional disasters of one kind or another. It’s inevitable, whether you work in your own business or for someone else. And sometimes those disasters are brought on by us (whether we want to admit it or not) and sometimes those disasters are externally occurring but impact us anyway.
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8 Ways to use #businesslunchclub to grow your business

Everything you enjoy about business lunches is now available on Twitter with Business Lunch Club. If you find yourself unable to have a real business lunch, simply tweet while you eat and add the hashtags #businesslunchclub, #bizlunchclub, or #blc.
Here are some ideas to get the benefits of a business lunch from Business Lunch Club.

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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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Project Management Gone Wrong

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on November 16, 2008 in: Coaching, My Stories

The following are true stories of project management gone terribly wrong. Only the details and the names have been changed to protect the guilty. These stories were collected from colleagues who work on projects in large and small organizations in varying industries.

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