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How many direct reports is the right amount?
If you’re a small business owner, you became a leader the moment you hired your first person. You might not have intended to add “leader” to your title, but here you are. And whether you’re managing employees or outsourcing to contractors, leading people requires emotional energy, time, and bandwidth. So…
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Not everyone’s coming with you
When you make a big change in your business—whether it’s scaling up, adding infrastructure, hiring leadership, or evolving into a version of the company you’ve been building toward—there will be disruption. And not the bad kind. Disruption is not failure. It’s growth—with all the friction and stretch marks that come…
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How to fire gracefully
How to Let Someone Go Without Losing Yourself (or Your Team’s Trust) If you’ve built your business with care, firing someone might feel like the hardest thing you’ll ever do. You’ve built relationships. You’ve invested in people. And if you’re like most small business owners, you care deeply about both…
