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How a Little FUN Pays Big Dividends 

How a Little FUN Pays Big Dividends  GUEST BLOGGER: Karen Callahan, Program Coordinator, ActionCOACH Foundation  Have you ever noticed how you always look forward to being with certain people? It’s usually because you feel comfortable with them, and they are just fun to be around. In life, that …

Make Time for Gratitude

Make Time for Gratitude  by ActionCoach PJ Weiland  “Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude  for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” — Zig Ziglar  Why Is Gratitude Important?  Studies show there are m…

Tackling Work-Life Balance

by ActionCOACH PJ Weiland, Greater Chicago As a business owner or entrepreneur, you may have the freedom to control your work schedule, but that doesn’t make it easier to achieve work-life balance. In fact, a study conducted by Melissa Milkie and her colleagues at the University of Toronto found t…

Communication Planning

COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING  By Magdalene Borowicz September 2022  Hello, my name is Magda (from Marketing), this week I am guest blogging to highlight your communications planning and provide resources to build a strong forward-thinking communications strategy. If you already have a plan, I hope to i…

Honesty is the Best Policy. Building an Integrity-based Workplace

In a marketplace where getting great employees is harder than ever, building a culture of integrity is a great way to attract and retain personnel. It is often said that ‘honesty is the best policy’ and in today’s work environment where employees have more choices of where to take their talent…

The OWNERSHIP Mindset: The Most Powerful Weapon in Business

“Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.”    ― Pat Summitt “I own that”. You have heard the saying. You have heard of people taking ownership but what does it really mean? What d…

Commitment is CAPITAL. What does commitment mean for your business?

There are many ways one can commit. In business there are specific commitments that owners make with regards to time, money, energy, emotions, creativity and values that they must invest to make their business success. How do you spread the sense of commitment throughout an organization when you as …

Raise Your Hand Marketing: How-To Get Engagement

We all remember in school that if you wanted to participate, you raised your hand. It was a response to a question or perhaps to add to a discussion, but it was a part of a structured dialog format we learned early on in our lives. In today’s digital world, sometimes we forget to engage […]

ActionCOACH Expanding Globally: Coming to a Country Near You

Starting a business is the dream of many. “Among the most common motivations, 55 percent of respondents said that they were opening their own business because they wanted to be their own boss (Guidantfinancial, 2019).” The next most popular reason is the ‘pursuit of a passion’. But desire an…