Strategic business planning can make you feel like you have a latte to do. Here are five things Marie Kondo can teach us.

5 things Marie Kondo can teach us about 2020 business planning

Getting your 2020 business plan together can feel more stressful than decluttering your entire home just in time for your annual holiday party. That’s why Marie Kondo, creator of the KonMari organizing method, author of the best-selling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and now the host of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, can […]




5 ways leaders can practice gratitude (and boost their bottom line) 

World Gratitude Day is September 21, and it’s a great reminder for businesses to check in on how they’re promoting or practicing the art (and science) of gratitude in their workplace. Why? Because to the people who work there, and to your bottom line, it goes a long way. The proven benefits of showing gratitude […]




In charge of a marketing budget? We have 5 smart steps you can take to spend it strategically.

Responsible for a marketing budget? 5 steps to spending your money wisely 

If you’re in charge of a company’s marketing budget, there is a good chance you’ve wished that pot could get a little bigger. Especially when it comes to hiring outside resources like production vendors or agency partners.    But here’s the good news: It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. You don’t have to […]




Are you a leader trying to gain the trust of your team? Take off your work "mask" and embrace vulnerability. Read 3 ways to stay vulnerable in leadership.

Leading a team? Here’s how to take off your mask

If you’re in a leadership position, there have undoubtedly been times when, despite your best efforts, your team has seen you as inaccessible or intimidating. Or maybe you can even be seen as intense or abrupt (I’m virtually raising my hand here). Because those in leadership can seem unapproachable, vulnerability quickly becomes a major trust […]




Three simple practices to create a working environment in which being wrong is oh so right.

How to be wrong in three easy steps

We’re wired to want to be right. It’s just part of how we’re built. We associate wrongness with humiliation—a sure confidence crusher. So, as far back as our childhood classrooms, we’ve chased the feeling of rightness. And our lifelong avoidance of being wrong has kept us stressed, sweaty and silent, most certainly stopping some of […]




6 strategic ways to rethink your next event

Planning an event in Columbus, Ohio, and beyond goes so much deeper than linen choices and buffets. How do you want to make people feel? How should they interact with your brand? What do you want them to do after? When you focus on the strategy behind an experience instead of the execution of an […]