Category Archives: Business mentality

Be Different by Better Positioning Your Expertise

By Paul Foster

When your business positions its expertise in a way that adds real value to the customer, the conversation moves from ‘How much is it?’ to ‘What incredible value!’ and eliminates the competition. Continue reading

Business Style: Family or Corporation?

By Paul Foster

One of the intangible assets of any small business is its culture or style. In developing your own style for your business, there is a big difference between operating it ‘like a family’ or operating like a large ‘corporation’. Continue reading

Employer – Employee Dynamics

By Paul Foster

One management philosophy states that business owners need to have control over their employee, in order to for them to be productive, and the other style says employees will thrive when given the freedom to be productive without supervision. Which one is right? Continue reading

Acting Versus Thinking

By Paul Foster

Today marks a significant milestone at The Business Therapist Inc. This is our 100th blog post! Continue reading

Email Etiquette Reminders for Business

By Liz Grady

Email is the most effective manner of communication in business today. Often proper etiquette is overlooked in haste. Here are a few email etiquette reminders. Continue reading

3 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Your Team

By Paul Foster

In the book, ‘The Magic of Thinking Big’ by David J. Schwartz, Ph.D suggests: “To activate others, to make them enthusiastic, you must first be enthusiastic yourself.” Dr. Schwartz provides 3 ways to get motivated or activated. Continue reading

Does IQ Matter in Business?

By Paul Foster

I have just completed reading Successful Intelligence by Dr. Robert Sternberg. He makes a good case for reducing the reliance on tests like SAT scores in order get accepted to a College or University. Continue reading

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