Finding the right advisor for your company can make all the difference.   Here’s the beauty of a top-notch advisor: They can make a big difference to your leadership team without breaking the bank. They can expand your network, fill gaps in your own knowledge, and just generally provide a sanity check.   But to [...]

Most leadership mistakes start with the leader’s own sense of identity — or lack thereof. How to keep your flaws from sabotaging your leadership.   Even a good leader like you makes mistakes. But a good leader learns from each one, so we rarely make the same mistake twice.   Or do we?   In [...]

One individual (or four) may embody these characteristics. In one way or another, you need these three traits to make your business thrive.   Having partners can be a tremendous asset or a terrible liability. If you choose correctly and get the right mix, your team can be unstoppable. Pick wrong and your business can [...]

Explore two types of motivation: extrinsic and intrinsic. See how motivating your employees could be easier than you think – and cheaper.   If it were nothing but fun, work would be called fun. But work is work, and it is not always a pleasant way to spend a day. Keeping workers motivated and committed [...]

Turnover costs you time and money. Understanding why your employees are leaving is the best way to figure out how to prevent them from quitting in the first place.   Recruiting great employees takes time, effort and money, so when they quit, it can be devastating to a small business. It also means you have [...]

Mistakes are a great way to learn. But why not skip the pain and suffering yourself–at least on these 9 mistakes.   Making mistakes is a great way to learn. Making mistakes is also not particularly fun.   It’s a lot more fun to avoid them entirely.   Here are some of the most common [...]

Within each of us is a desire to be our own boss. We’ve all had our “million dollar” idea or one too many horrible bosses that make us want to start our own company. Yet the truth is simple: Owning your own business takes hard work, determination, sacrifice, and a very clear understanding of not [...]

More Americans will choose a family visit over cost savings this Thanksgiving weekend even as gasoline prices stay near record highs, travel group AAA said on Thursday.   Some 38.2 million Americans will drive 50 miles (80 km) or more away from home over the Nov. 23-27 holiday period, 4 percent more than a year [...]

Rocky Mountain Connections, a longstanding destination management and special events company with divisions in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, will keep its winning growth strategy, but change its name to RMC as it moves into new destinations and hospitality markets.   Aspen, Colo. (November 8, 2011) — Rocky Mountain Connections, a longstanding destination management and special [...]

International tourist arrivals are forecast to reach 1.8 billion by 2030 according to the newly released UNWTO long-term forecast, Tourism Towards 2030. The report, presented on the occasion of the 19th session of the UNWTO General Assembly, confirms that international tourism will continue to grow in a sustained manner in the next two decades (8-14 [...]