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Grow your business with flow!
Growing a business can be confusing and overwhelming. There is so much advice out there that we want to try it all leading to running in circles and exhausting ourselves.
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Cordes cuts through the noise each week to highlight how you can grow a business that will bring you the freedom and flexibility you started your business for.
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Unleash Your Potential: Elevating Your Business with Balanced Work-Life Integration
Discover how work-life integration empowers women entrepreneurs, elevating businesses to new heights of success.
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Vacations: The Secret Ingredient for Small Business Success
Small business owners need vacations to boost productivity, rejuvenate and fuels long-term success. Read how you can make this reality.
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The Power of Joy: Why Leaders Must Embrace and Incorporate Joy into Their Lives
Discover the transformative power of joy in leadership. Learn how incorporating joy enhances productivity, engagement, and team dynamics.
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The Best Friend Factor: How Having a Bestie Makes You a Better Leader
Unlock your leadership potential by exploring the profound impact of having a best friend.
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Fred Crouch: An Inspiring Example of Effective Leadership
Discover how Fred Crouch's leadership model of empathy, psychological safety, and professional development can inspire impactful leadership.
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Dangers of Microstress: What is Microstress, and Why is it Dangerous for Community Leaders?
Microstresses can take a toll on community leaders' mental and physical health. Learn strategies you can take to avoid these pitfalls.
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Belonging Matters: Effective Strategies to Create a Sense of Belonging in the Workplace
Discover how to boost employee engagement and retention by implementing effective strategies for creating a sense of belonging at work.
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Unlocking the Power of Listening: How Purpose-Driven Leaders Can Transform Their Organizations
Discover the key benefits and strategies of effective listening in leadership to improve communication, build trust, and drive success.
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Beyond Performance Metrics: How Relational Leadership Can Transform Your Workplace Culture
Learn how to shift from transactional to relational leader and build authentic relationships with your team to unlock their full potential.
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3 Mistakes Nonprofit Leaders Make About Training
Uncover the top 3 mistakes nonprofit leaders make in training staff & volunteers. Learn how to avoid them & boost your effectiveness.
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What Every Leader Needs to know about Human Skills
Learn how to reach your potential by becoming a better human.
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The Biggest Mistake Nonprofit Leaders Make
The biggest mistake nonprofit leaders make is focusing on fundraising first. That is putting the cart before the horse. Here's how to fix it
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How to Implement Effective Strategies for Burnout Prevention in the Workplace
Increase retention by using these strategies to prevent burnout.
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Why do leaders need to understand burnout?
Learn to recognize and prevent burnout by focusing on your humans before your KPIs.
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Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Mission-Driven Leaders
What do these three have in common? A lot! Chances are, if you serve in an organization with a social-impact mission, you have some...
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You really want to get to the root of the problem? Ask why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
The idea was not to stop at the first why you arrive at but to keep asking why (like a child) to get to the root of the problem
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Clean up your organization's toolkit!
Most of us know that you need the right tool for the right job. We know it is easier to get a screw in the wall with a screwdriver than...
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