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Archive for April, 2009

The Four Tasks of the Business Owner aka CEO

kathy | 29-Apr-2009
Here’s a copy of my Burns’ Biz Tips e-newsletter from May 2009.

Most of my clients are business owners who want to grow their companies. Business owners know that if they want different results, change is required. Yet, often the biggest change needed is the hardest change to achieve. I’m talking about an adjustment to the duties of the business owner or CEO. 

This month’s issue of Harvard Business Review has an interview with the CEO of Proctor & Gamble. He believes that, “the CEO has a unique external perspective to bring to his or her real work which is to link the outside to the inside.” This involves four tasks: Read full article >

Getting Started with Social Media

kathy | 22-Apr-2009

Welcome - this is my first blog entry EVER.  I’ve started a blog because everything I seem to read about business these days talks about how important  social media  is to growing a business. I thought I should learn about it and experience it so that I can help my non-techie clients understand its value. So, if you’re one or two steps behind me, I invite you to learn along with me. If you’re ahead of me on the learning curve, sit back and have a good laugh - maybe even clue me in if I’m really missing the boat. Read full article >