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Surviving Threats to Your Business. How to Get Profitable Again

Dave Fuller

Nov 4, 20214 min read

Surviving Threats to Your Business. How to Get Profitable Again

The steely blade of the hunting knife at my throat, made me swiftly take stock of the seriousness of the situation and my immediate...

The Pandemic of Quitters - 3 Reasons Good Staff Might Quit and What to Do About it:

Dave Fuller

Oct 28, 20213 min read

The Pandemic of Quitters - 3 Reasons Good Staff Might Quit and What to Do About it:

There seems to be a pandemic of quitting that is rolling across the nation. This has compounded the issue that many organizations are...

Why Passion and Money Counts When it Comes to Business and Leadership

Dave Fuller

Oct 21, 20212 min read

Why Passion and Money Counts When it Comes to Business and Leadership

Jen’s business was on the rocks but I was a bit surprised when Jen came into the office and told me that she had just taken a job. Jen’s...

Dave Fuller

Oct 14, 20215 min read

Are You Being Ripped Off?

Here are 10 ways that you might be being cheated…. And what you can do to prevent it. James and John came into the office one day and...

Leadership in a Slump; 5 Things You Can do to Revive Yourself

Dave Fuller

Oct 7, 20215 min read

Leadership in a Slump; 5 Things You Can do to Revive Yourself

I bumped into Julie’s father at the grocery store and inquired about how his daughter was doing in the business she owned, he told me...

3 Things You Need to Do to Prepare for Calamity!

Dave Fuller

Sep 30, 20214 min read

3 Things You Need to Do to Prepare for Calamity!

My father had a stroke last week. Thankfully at almost 83 this is one of the first serious ailments that he has had in an otherwise...

3 Reasons You May Be Floundering as a Leader, and What to Do About It!

Dave Fuller

Sep 23, 20213 min read

3 Reasons You May Be Floundering as a Leader, and What to Do About It!

If you have been in a leadership position, you have probably gone through a time when you didn’t feel very effective. Perhaps it was a...

5 Reasons Your Sales Campaign is Falling Short

Dave Fuller

Sep 17, 20213 min read

5 Reasons Your Sales Campaign is Falling Short

Mike and James had a big plan to sell more of their widgets. The widgets that they had built were wonderful. In fact they had numerous...

24 Grants that Your Business Might Qualify For:

Dave Fuller

Sep 14, 20215 min read

24 Grants that Your Business Might Qualify For:

With the changes in economy, many business owners are struggling to get a foothold on what they need to do to ensure that their business...

Dave Fuller

Sep 9, 20213 min read

Why I Served Road Kill to My Investors

It was my lucky day when Emile told me that he had some road kill in his freezer that he would give me in trade for a couple cases of...

Why Vaccine Passports are Bad News for Small Business

Dave Fuller

Sep 2, 20213 min read

Why Vaccine Passports are Bad News for Small Business

The rollout of the requirement of vaccine passports is bad news for small businesses who have already faced the brunt of covid 19...

How Burned-Out Are You? Burnout is The Upcoming Leadership Crisis!

Dave Fuller

Aug 26, 20212 min read

How Burned-Out Are You? Burnout is The Upcoming Leadership Crisis!

If you are in a leadership position and feeling burned out, you are not alone! It seems that weekly I am hearing from leaders who are...

Dave Fuller

Aug 12, 20215 min read

Taking Family Out of Family Business

In early 2000, I had to fire my wife from our business. The business, a start-up, was struggling, and my wife was involved in running one...

5 Things You Should Know about Selling your Business

Dave Fuller

Aug 5, 20214 min read

5 Things You Should Know about Selling your Business

After a couple of years of pandemic stress, business owners are pondering their next steps. You might be an owner who has decided that...

5 Leadership Lessons from the Tokyo Olympics

Dave Fuller

Jul 29, 20214 min read

5 Leadership Lessons from the Tokyo Olympics

My Olympic fascination started in 1976 when the summer games took place in Montreal. As a 12-year-old I was glued to our black and white...

3 Things Every Business Needs To Do To Improve Sales (But They Don’t)

Dave Fuller

Jul 8, 20213 min read

3 Things Every Business Needs To Do To Improve Sales (But They Don’t)

Debra was flustered. She had taken over a business with the intent of growing it but had come to the realization that increasing the...

Incremental Change is the Key to Success!

Dave Fuller

Jun 30, 20212 min read

Incremental Change is the Key to Success!

Help is a word that is foreign to many entrepreneurs, and so when I get a phone call and the caller verbalizes that they need help, I...

Dave Fuller

Jun 24, 20213 min read

Don’t Let Your Job Define Who You Are!

Norm was a faller! For three years, Norm fell big trees in the wilds of British Columbia. Norm was so good at falling trees that he could...

Why Many Leaders Are Lonely, And What To Do About It!

Dave Fuller

Jun 17, 20213 min read

Why Many Leaders Are Lonely, And What To Do About It!

It was Sunday afternoon when I went over the handlebars of my bike, bent my front wheel and landed on my head. My son Caleb wasn’t...

What You and Your Business Can Learn From Strava

Dave Fuller

Jun 10, 20214 min read

What You and Your Business Can Learn From Strava

My cycling buddies have been using Strava for years to track their rides. Strava, for those of you who are unfamiliar with it, is a phone...