by Stephanie | Planning + Productivity
Let’s get right to it. If there was a singular piece of advice I could offer a small business owner — whether they’re brand spankin’ new to business, or a seasoned pro — it’s to get clear on their strategic priorities and construct their workflow, activities and...
by Stephanie | Everyday Leadership for Smart Women podcast, Planning + Productivity
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/beyondpro/BPP002_WorkingHarderIsNotTheAnswer.mp3″ color=”#da9f34″ title=”BPP #002: Working harder is not the answer” artist=”Stephanie Pollock ” ] In today’s...
by Stephanie | Leadership, Planning + Productivity
The greatest gift of being a small business owner is freedom of choice. We get to choose our path, our business model, how we price our services, who we take on as clients, how we spend our time and everything in between. The choice is ours. And that feels pretty...
by Stephanie | Everyday Leadership for Smart Women podcast
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/beyondpro/BPP_001.mp3″ color=”#da9f34″ title=”Welcome to the Beyond PRO Podcast” artist=”Stephanie Pollock” ] Welcome! I’m so thrilled to officially launch the...
by Stephanie | Entrepreneurship
It’s been my experience, that every small business (we’re talking solopreneurs and businesses with teams of five or less), have three distinct phases they can travel through. Some may stay stalled out and stuck at phase one, many more will make it to phase two and...
by Stephanie | Leadership
Prevailing wisdom would suggest that luck is something that happens to us. That it’s external and not in our control. When we say things like, “She got a lucky break,” or “As luck would have it,” or “A stroke of luck” what we’re really saying is that some force...
by Stephanie | Entrepreneurship, Planning + Productivity
Look behind the curtain of any successful company, and you’ll see a myriad of systems, tools, people and technology that make it work. And different stages of business require the addition (or deletion) of different resources. When you’re bootstrapping it, you can...
by Stephanie | Leadership
Not everything in your business deserves equal priority or focus. Yes, we wear many hats, and we have an endless to-do list, but the danger is believing that one task is just as important as any other. I think of it like food. Ten calories from a carrot is different...
by Stephanie | Leadership, Planning + Productivity
Are you taking the long and winding road to success? Tomorrow I’m heading to the Banff Centre in the heart of the rocky mountains to attend an alumni retreat for Leadership Calgary, a community leadership program I took in 2004. It’s going to be an...
by Stephanie | Leadership, Planning + Productivity
Time has been on my mind a lot. As I spoke of in this post, my schedule went through a radical 180 this Fall and I feel like I’m just now settling in. As a client and friend said last week, “I was so happy to turn the page to October.” I couldn’t agree more. As I’ve...
