Traditionally, many of us will show our thanks this week. And at this time, we often give thanks for others who make our lives better, simpler, happier— whether they be our family, our co-workers, our staff, or our clients. But rather than just acknowledging these key people at a formal holiday, here are some ways you can extend appreciation to them throughout the year.

I’ve been using PowerPoint for over twenty years now. It is one of the most useful—and one of the most misused—tools ever created. An effective visual presentation should enhance your session, not overpower it. Here are five ways to ensure that.

The most productive people don’t focus on doing more things, but on doing the right things. In fact, if you’re truly productive, you’ll actually do fewer things but end up with greater results.

Here are five ways that you can enhance your productivity.

If you’re like me, you love technology when it works right and hate it when it doesn’t.  Data backups are boring, but your data is one of the most valuable elements of your business. But, imagine waking up one morning to find it gone.

Every employee of your firm has the potential to become a walking, talking company advertisement. Whether she is talking to prospective buyers, potential employees, or possible vendors—and whether he is the COO or a fork-lift driver—every employee can spread the good word about your firm.

If you work from home, you keep a lot of balls in the air. I’ve been doing this myself for about a dozen years, so I know that life in a home office can either be crazy or remarkably simple. The choice is up to you.

You’ve only got so many hours in the day, so it makes sense to invest your sales time with those who can truly buy. If you’re looking for a hot lead, here are five things that should jump out at you.

I’ve got the best Virtual Assistant (VA) in the state of North Carolina, and I’m not going to share her name with you because I don’t want you to steal her! Oh, I could find an intern or someone else cheaper than Gaynor Fries (oops!) but I love the way I can just throw things over the fence to her and take them off my list.

Even if you can’t find a Gaynor Fries (double oops!) here are five reasons it makes sense to hire a VA.

Are you proud of what you’re able to accomplish in a day? Or are you stressed because you’re constantly falling behind?  We each have 24-hours in our day, so why do some of us struggle to get things done, while others just cruise through their to-do list?  The real power is in deciding what NOT to do!

Here are five things that effective people have eliminated from their lives.

For the past year, I’ve been evolving a local offering into a national program. As we launch this effort nationally, I want to share the steps I used to build it. 

First, a bit of background: As a WPO Chapter Chair, I work with women who own multimillion-dollar businesses. A few local women with smaller businesses asked me to start an educational program to help them move to $1MM+ and qualify for WPO. I identified 12 women interested in paying for these monthly group training sessions, and launched The Woman’s Advantage® Forum.

Purely by word of mouth, women in another city learned about it and asked me to start a group in their city… then, women in a third city. Before long I was receiving requests (literally) from Tampa to Tucson to Toledo. So, I decided to launch the program nationally. Here are five key steps I worked through to create this successful national program.