About the author, Julie Easterling
Director of Marketing, ActionCOACH Columbus
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Be The Coach: Cliff & Sarah from Puptown Lounge
- We’re very proud to introduce you to our very first Guest Coaches, the owners of family owned Puptown Lounge in Columbus, Ohio. Who better to offer advice to Business Owners than ones that have been through it! We have so many success stories, we’re going to let them share their wisdom. Peg and Pete kicked […] Read More
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Be the Coach
- We’d like to introduce you to our newest coaching team… our most successful clients, or as they’ve now been named, our Guest Coaches. Ever wanted to know what advice they would give another business owner? One of the things of which we are the proudest is our client community. Each client has a place in […] Read More
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Overcoming Adversity: Words Matter
- Quite simply, we’ve all been put through the ringer in these past couple of years. If we really think about it, life has turned upside down. And our lives overall are pretty great. We are one of the approximately 40% of the world’s population who has indoor plumbing, we are likely one of the 45% […] Read More
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Labor Shortages: Think Outside the Box
- “We can’t find enough workers!” “Sorry, we’re closed due to staffing shortages.” “We’re busy but can’t find enough people to work.” Sound familiar? We’d be willing to bet that you’ve seen a sign like this in the last couple of months, or even said it yourself. We’ve even blogged about it recently. This, like every […] Read More
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It’s Time to Look at Price Increases…Again
- If you’ve read a financial news article lately, or just even shopped at the grocery store, you’d notice that prices are increasing. On everything. We’re at the highest inflation rates since 1991. The Consumer Price Index is up 6.2%. The Producer Price Index (the wholesale market) rose 8.6%. A few months ago, we wrote about […] Read More
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Stop Making Business So Difficult
- Innovation! Change! Creativity! Thinking outside the box! All of these are business buzzwords that are captivating the minds of Business Owners everywhere. The reality? There’s very little about the basics of business and growing a business that have changed. So many experienced people have been successful before. Especially when times get tough, we often see […] Read More
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Best Companies = Highest Standards. Still True?
- Many of the companies with which we work are having unprecedented growth. And as we’ve talked about recently, hiring the best is getting more and more difficult. But just because it’s hard doesn’t mean you need to drop your standards. Remember, business ownership is a long game – it’s the businesses that can grow and […] Read More
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Being the Smartest in the Room
- Have you ever been the smartest, fastest, best in any room? Think back to school. And be honest – we’ve all been there. It’s kind of fun, right? You get to have all the answers, help people, and have an easy, comfortable experience. We should, as leaders, seek out those ways to help people by […] Read More
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How Often do you Update Your Employee Handbook?
- Employee handbooks are what most Business Owners consider a necessary evil – something that is nice to have but it rarely changes. But employee handbooks can be a living, breathing document that can increase team culture, help avoid extremely costly HR-related lawsuits, and more. We say this often, but the more you can do to […] Read More
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Financials: Why Everyone Needs to Know the Score
- Most of the high-performing businesses that we coach have the entire leadership team, or at least the owners, have a solid grasp on the financial health of the company. Profit and Loss Statements and Balance Sheets are typically familiar terms. But, of course, the net profit is the most important – it is how much […] Read More
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