Small Business Insights
The Owner’s Seat: The Loneliest Seat in the Building
The Loneliest Seat in the Building Why so many business owners are running the whole operation without a single person to talk it through with — and what that silence is actually costing them. You made the call on the new hire by yourself. You made the call to cut a client loose by yourself. You decided whether to take
Efficiency isn’t about doing more, its about doing what matters.
Leader’s Edge Consulting Efficiency Isn’t About Doing More. It’s About Doing What Matters. Most veteran business owners we meet aren’t short on effort. They’re short on a system that lets that effort actually compound. If you’re running a business under $1M in revenue, chances are you’re still doing a little bit of everything — sales, scheduling, payroll questions, the occasional
The Two-List Rule: How to Make the Big Calls and stop making the small ones
The Two-List Rule: How to Make the Big Calls and Stop Making the Small Ones Leadership & Decision Making On a ship, not every decision belongs to the same person. The officer of the deck doesn’t wait on the captain to change course for a fishing boat crossing the channel. But if the ship is heading into contested water, that
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
