Happy holidays and thank you for being here!

How’m I doing? This question is relevant to ask yourself regarding your company’s and your own leadership. Especially now, in the fourth quarter, which I like to refer to as Strategic Planning Season.

It's really important to be aware that strategic planning and your success in planning really go hand in hand even if you're not ready to exit your company or sell your company.

I was delighted to learn that our podcast series, “Her Success Story,”  tops the list of Interview Valet’s “20 Podcasts For Women In Business and Leadership” in 2024.

I love Thanksgiving Week. It's always the time for me that I think about gratitude and the things I'm grateful for.

Effective leadership in today’s business marketplace involves more than keeping up with industry trends. It requires reinventing one's leadership style and inspiring others to do the same.

The fourth quarter is always when I like to focus on strategic plans for the future of a company. It's that time to pull your leadership team together, bring your coaches and consultants together, whatever that's looking like for you, and take a half a day maybe longer and think about strategically planning what the future of your company is now.

Welcome to November, or, as I like to call this time of year, the strategic planning season. Strategic plans can start as early as September or October and should be in full swing during November. Please try to complete them by December so you can go into 2025 with a fully realized Strategic Plan, Tactical Plan, and Team Plan.

You never know where you're going to meet people. Recently, we were on vacation in Puglia, and in last week's blog, I highlighted Vito Dicecca, a local cheesemaker who we spent and amazing time with on a tour. Read more.

In a fourth-generation business with five siblings, how do you scale for growth and make it profitable enough for all? 

Vito Dicecca, the innovative cheesemaker from Altamura, Italy, has a solution: “Never rest on past success; travel extensively to learn how other cheesemakers experiment with new ideas, and keep your brothers and sisters happy to work in the family business by doing what they love.”

There has been a huge outpouring of love, support, and kindness after I shared the blog about my mom passing and the impact she had on me as a businesswoman as a leader. What legacy are you leaving behind?