by Ruth | Jun 24, 2021 | Blog
Clients ask me all too often, “Ruth, give me something I can do today to bring me one step closer to working fewer hours in my business”. The voice is usually edged with a bit of desperation and lot of emotion. Believe me, I can relate. I’ve been there … but no...
by Ruth | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog
Sometimes as business owners, we suddenly realize that our day consists solely of putting out fires for other people. Because we wear too many hats, we’re no longer focused on providing the ONE thing that we do best in our business … rather we sprint from fire to...
by Ruth | Jun 10, 2021 | Blog
So many times, in our business (and in life) we innocently believe that *relationships* will just happen without intentional effort on our part. Nothing could be further from the truth … particularly in the culture you want to encourage with your team. Now’s...
by Ruth | Apr 1, 2021 | Blog
So many articles have been written about the American cultural norm that implies that “busy-ness” equates to success or importance. As professionals and business owners, for the most part we are able to write our own version of success. We get to create our own...
by Ruth | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog
I hear it from my clients every week. They can’t find people to hire. I went into my dentists’ office … empty waiting room, empty operatories, an eerie silence in the hallways. They had to cancel some appointments because there weren’t enough available staff. Many...
by Ruth | Mar 19, 2021 | Blog
In my dental practice, I used to wish that high blood pressure was painful so that patients would know they had it and would want to do something about correcting it. Or maybe if Type 2 diabetes made you itch – more people would recognize that they have it and would...