Hire Qualified Employees
How to Hire Qualified Employees Culture / August 2026 / Nathan Miller Business owners complain that they struggle to hire qualified employees, and the data backs them up. NFIB’s June 2026 Jobs Report found that 84% of owners who were hiring reported few or no qualified applicants. Then I read their job post, and it’s […]
Level 5 Leadership: The Hidden Strength of Great CEOs
Level 5 Leadership: The Hidden Strength of Great CEOs And the One Test That Actually Proves You’ve Built It Culture / July 2026 / Albert Assad Researcher Jim Collins spent years studying companies that made the leap from good to great, and he found something most owners don’t expect. It wasn’t a strategy. It […]
Scaling a Business: Why Growth Exposes Weak Processes
Scaling a Business: Why Growth Exposes Weak Processes And How to Fix Them Before They Break You Culture / June 2026 / Nathan Miller Scaling a business doesn’t create problems. It reveals them. Many business owners discover this the hard way when scaling a business — they hit a wall somewhere between $3M and […]
Financial Ratio
The Dashboard That Changed Everything Financial Ratio/ June 2025 / Albert Assad Financial Ratio Sarah stared at her profit and loss statement, feeling that familiar knot in her stomach. Her Atlanta-based marketing agency had just crossed $8 million in revenue, but something felt off. The numbers looked good on paper, yet cash flow remained tight, […]
How to Master Your Cash Conversion Cycle
How to Master Your Cash Conversion Cycle Finance / May 2025 / Nathan Miller Understanding Your Cash Conversion Cycle Every entrepreneur has heard the mantra “Cash is King,” but that wisdom only tells part of the story. Profitability shows that your business model works over the long haul, yet day-to-day survival often hinges on your […]
Leadership Effectiveness
4 Behaviors that Account for Leadership Effectiveness in Management Teams Leadership / Albert Assad What is it about leadership that is so difficult to implement? If we were all machines it would be very easy: just say what to do and it gets done, no matter the time, no matter how you said it nor […]
What’s Really Driving Your Business Value?
Beyond the Bottom Line: What’s REALLY Driving Your Business Value? Business Value / Albert Assad The question that’s been flooding my inbox lately: “What’s my business actually worth?” As I shared with packed rooms during my workshop series in Toronto last week, the answer goes far deeper than your revenue numbers. Many business owners are […]
Employee Incentives that Drive Success
Employee Incentives that Drive Success Employee Incentives / Albert Assad On a crisp autumn morning in 2018, the CEO of an Atlanta-based professional services firm gathered her leadership team for what would become a pivotal meeting. Their company had reached the $4 million revenue mark but was experiencing troubling symptoms: high turnover, inconsistent performance, and […]
Company Accountability & Defining Success
How to build a Culture of Company Accountability March 2025 / by Nathan Miller Already back in 2019 workplace studies revealed a crisis of accountability. In my experience with small and medium sized businesses today, I would dare to say very little has changed. One study spanned multiple years and relied on 40,000 participants across […]
Retreat Focus – Elevating Your Business to New Heights
Retreat Focus – Elevating Your Business to New Heights Retreat & Focus // December 2024 // Albert Assad In the fast-paced world of a thriving service industry, staying ahead of the curve isn’t just an advantage—it’s a necessity. For small business owners who’ve weathered the storms of the first few years and are now looking […]
