A Year in Review

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on December 30, 2009 in: Coaching

For many businesses, this was a year to forget. Many businesses survived the year but not without the scars to prove that they fought hard to stay in business. Even those who did reasonably well saw customers pull back a bit or reorganize their spending priorities “just until this dark cloud blows over”.
Fair enough. Almost [...]

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Are you in recovery?

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on October 27, 2009 in: Coaching

Last year, we watched the economy melt down. Some saw it coming for a while but most people started to get worried around August or September and then we fell off the cliff in November. It has been bad for many, many people.
While there is still a lot of effort to be put into climbing [...]

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When things are going really well

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on October 13, 2009 in: Coaching

In the past couple of weeks I’ve posted articles that talked about the economy and what to do about it. It’s a compelling topic. But there’s another side to the situation and it’s one I want to devote a blog to today: Extreme success. Even in today’s economy, businesses can be successful. Extremely successful. I [...]

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5 Things You Need to Do In Your Small Business Right Now

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on September 29, 2009 in: Coaching

In the past couple of weeks, we’ve been hearing more and more about the potential for imminent economic recovery. It seems that economists and financial wizards are predicting that we’ll be out a recession soon (although “soon” is loosely defined). While that doesn’t mean that our businesses will be operating at the fever pitch we [...]

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What’s stopping you?

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on January 23, 2009 in: Coaching

Creating new products or services is fun! I love the idea of taking an idea and helping someone develop it, turn it into something real, and then sell it. And I know my clients like it, too, because I stay busy with this work!
Unfortunately, I’m seeing a dangerous trend in the market that impacts this [...]

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Embracing the recession

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on November 11, 2008 in: Coaching

We live in uncertain economic times. Every time we turn on the news we hear of another company that is going under, another company that is laying off thousands of its workforce or another company that has had to respond to a lack of shareholder confidence with kneejerk reactions. People just don’t want to watch [...]

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