When I speak on partnerships (www.RShawnMcBrideLive.com), I often get a lot of eye rolls. People say, “Partnerships, yes I know about partnerships. I’m just going to avoid them.” Or “Partnerships are bad.” Or “Partnerships lead to trouble.”
But then I look to companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google and so many of my clients that had been successful over the years … Read the rest
I am a fan of airshows. I enjoy seeing demonstrations, particularly The Navy Blue Angels (https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/) and The Air Force Thunderbirds (https://www.afthunderbirds.com/).
And demonstration teams are impressive. Their maneuvers are precisely timed, and they work closely with each other.
I was recently blown away when watching a Blue Angels performance for a different reason. The announcer said that in the … Read the rest
I was recently presented with facts of a case where a business partner was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He knew he was dying, and what’s more, he refused to put together an estate plan.
What happens to a business in a case like this? Obviously, it puts on a lot of stress and strain on everyone. We don’t know … Read the rest
My friend Josh Patrick (http://askjoshpatrick.com/) wrote a great article for Book Yourself Solid about why we don’t delegate. I highly recommend you check it out (http://www.bookyourselfsolid.com/small-business-leadership-advice/stop-lying-to-yourself-heres-why-you-wont-delegate/).
In his article, he talks about why we don’t delegate, and really a lot of it has to deal with our comfort in our employees, and our confidence as business owners. There are reasons … Read the rest
We’re living in a culture of independence. A lot of people are working separately from one another in their businesses. We’ve created a “free agent nation” as author Dan Pink tells us.
With all these free agents, how do we work on bigger projects? How do we help one another? How do we leverage one another’s skills? For a lot … Read the rest
The following blog is from Sandi Leyva, CPA a guest of McBride For Business, LLC.
Is your website generating the amount of business you’d like it to? If not, take a look at these five ideas to see where your site might be lacking.
#1 Is Your Site Caffeinated? The main purpose of the home page is to keep people … Read the rest
Contracts serve a very specific purpose. At its essence, contracts bring together a meeting of the minds – that’s the legal requirement to have a contract – an agreement of two or more persons. You’ll hear courts talk about offer, acceptance and consideration in determining whether a contract has been formed.
It’s pretty simple at a basic level to determine … Read the rest
There seems to be a growing interest in managing millennials. Millennials are making up a bigger and bigger percentage of the workforce, as our demographics change. Baby boomers and older generations are retiring and newer workers are coming in to take their place.
Millennials have a very unique way of working. As each generation has done before, they bring cultural … Read the rest
You hear a lot in management theory about measuring. The old saying goes, what is measured is what matters. If you look at a lot of employment data, they’ll tell you that employees often do what is measured, what is looked at. The things that aren’t looked at are often neglected. What you are measuring does matter.
It’s very important … Read the rest
In the course of working with hundreds of businesses in my career, as an attorney (www.mcbrideattorneys.com), as a business strategist (www.mcbrideforbusiness), and as a speaker (www.rshawnmcbridelive.com), I have encountered a lot of different business structures. From my work, one theme is clear: Some businesses are built to last and others aren’t. The differences between the good and bad are subtle. … Read the rest
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