by Natasha | Nov 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week I did a virtual presentation for my friend’s mastermind group. One of the questions I received made me realize how drastically my approach to making business decisions has changed over the years. The question was seemingly simple. How long do you stick with...
by Natasha | Oct 29, 2019 | Optimize Your Business
How much is complexity costing you? For businesses that grow fast, it is very common to build processes and put together systems on the fly. In my experience, it’s the rule rather than an exception. In a fast-growing business there are so many things that occupy your...
by Natasha | Oct 22, 2019 | Optimize Your Business
Want to increase your profitability? Don’t blindly put your efforts into creating more, launching more, and selling more. Yes, eventually, the volume of selling everything you’ve created will get you to your financial goals, but most of your and your team’s...
by Natasha | Oct 15, 2019 | Optimize Your Business, Productivity
Growing a business is not a matter of time or hustle. It’s a matter of design. So, if you are dealing with the level of complexity in your business that wastes a lot of your and your team’s time, you are not stuck with it. You can always re-design things. And for...
by Natasha | Oct 8, 2019 | Virtual Teams
Leading a virtual team presents a unique set of challenges. As a leader, it’s up to you to create a collaborative, supportive atmosphere among people who are separated by distance, time zone, and culture. Your remote workers need to feel they are part of...
by Natasha | Oct 1, 2019 | Productivity
“I look for information longer than I actually use it,” said a client to me once. It’s no wonder! More often than not, the very information storage tools that are supposed to make information readily available, send us on a wild goose chase. The sheer amount of...
by Natasha | Sep 24, 2019 | Optimize Your Business, Productivity
Sarah opened her client metrics spreadsheet and stared at it — trying to make sense of what she was looking at. The spreadsheet still resembled the template they had originally shared with a client to use, but the client moved a few things around,...
by Natasha | Sep 17, 2019 | Optimize Your Business, Set Up Your Business
Are you imposing systems (processes/workflows) on your business? You are if following that system feels like hard work, unintuitive or unnatural. It can happen when you are trying to implement a “proven” system that’s misaligned with how you work or your values. ...
by Natasha | Sep 10, 2019 | Experts Share
In today’s digital economy, more and more teams operate virtually. While there are a lot of benefits to working on a virtual team, this arrangement can make it difficult for team members to connect and form strong relationships. Yet these relationships are crucial for...
by Natasha | Sep 3, 2019 | Grow Your Business, Optimize Your Business
One of the most challenging parts to scale as the business grows is customer experience. Especially, if exceptional customer experience is your core value. If that’s the case, you take immense pride in the kind of results you create and how your clients feel when they...
