Ninety days in. Running solo most days. Insomnia. Coffee running in my veins. Emails opened, no replies. LinkedIn messages sent, few responses. And the ones that do Ninety days in. Running solo most days. Emails opened, no replies. LinkedIn messages sent, few responses. And the ones that do respond? “No, thank you.” Meanwhile, impressions are up. Profile views are up. Subscriptions are up. Revenue? Zero. Let's be honest. That gets old. Fast. You put yourself out there every

For a long time, business was pretty simple. The big companies had the money, the people, the technology, and entire departments dedicated to things a small business owner was probably doing at 10 p.m. from the kitchen table. If you were small, you learned to compete with what you had. And if you couldn't compete with the big guys, well, that was just the way business worked. Not anymore. The playing field has changed, and I don't think enough small and mid-sized businesses r

I watched the business story in the news this week about two company leaders caught in a very public dispute, with serious allegations being made and a company trying to navigate the fallout. I am not interested in taking sides or pretending I know what happened behind closed doors. What caught my attention was something I know very well: what happens inside a business when leadership conflict starts creating uncertainty, distraction and chaos. I know what chaos looks like be