Small Business Insights

Decision Fatigue and What to Do About It
Leadership & Small Business Growth Decision Fatigue and What to Do About It Every decision that lands on your desk costs you something. Here’s how to stop paying for the ones that don’t matter. A huge problem I hear from clients and other business owners is decision fatigue. Every day, hundreds of decisions have to be made, and if you

Business Insights from Coffee with a fellow Veteran
Leadership & Small Business Growth Business Insights from Coffee With A Fellow Veteran. A conversation over coffee highlighted a major challenge most business owners struggle with. I sat down recently with a veteran small business owner who built his company from nothing six years ago. It’s a solid business now — the kind that took real grit to get off

5 Advanced Uses of AI to Scale Your Business
5 Advanced Uses of AI to Scale Your Business | Leader’s Edge Consulting Business Strategy · AI & Scale 5 Advanced Uses of AI to Scale Your Business By Jim Hendley, CEO · Leader’s Edge Consulting · 7 min read Basic AI use gets you efficiency. Advanced AI use gets you scale. There’s a real difference between those two things,

How One Furniture Maker Used AI to Cut Shipping Costs by Nearly $500,000
A Case Study on the use of AI

10 Uses of AI Every Business Owner Should Be Taking Advantage Of
10 Uses of AI Every Business Owner Should Be Taking Advantage Of | Leader’s Edge Consulting Business Strategy · AI & Efficiency 10 Uses of AI Every Business Owner Should Be Taking Advantage Of By Jim Hendley, CEO · Leader’s Edge Consulting · 7 min read While I was in the Navy I learned to always use the right tool

What the Navy Taught Me About Running A Business
What the Navy Taught Me About Running a Business – Leader’s Edge Consulting Leadership & Business Strategy What the Navy Taught MeAbout Running a Business By Jim Hendley, CEO · Leader’s Edge Consulting · 10 min read I spent 23 years in the United States Navy. I led people in high-pressure environments where the margin for error was razor-thin and

5 Signs Your Leadership is the Bottleneck (And What Executive Coaching Can Do About It)
5 Signs Your Leadership Is the Bottleneck | Leader’s Edge Consulting Leadership Development · Executive Coaching 5 Signs Your Leadership Is the Bottleneck(And What Executive Coaching Can Do About It) By Jim Hendley, CEO · Leader’s Edge Consulting · 11 min read Most business owners will exhaust every other explanation before they consider this one: the biggest obstacle to their

What Does an Executive Coach Actually Do?
What Does an Executive Coach Actually Do? | Leader’s Edge Consulting Executive Coaching · Leadership Development What Does an Executive Coach Actually Do?(And How to Know If You’re Ready for One) By Jim Hendley, CEO · Leader’s Edge Consulting · 10 min read Most business owners I talk to have heard the term “executive coach.” Very few can tell me

10 Habits of Effective Leaders
10 Habits of Effective Leaders | Leader’s Edge Consulting Leader’s Edge Consulting · Leadership Development 10 Habits ofEffective Leaders By Jim Hendley Commander, USN (Ret.) · Leader’s Edge Consulting 12 min read Most leaders are waiting for the right team, the right moment, the right resources. Here’s the truth: effective leadership isn’t a destination — it’s a daily discipline. After