Is a Career Reinvention in Your Future? As a consultant who helps businesses become more profitable by leveraging the relationships they have with their employees — and as a previously miserable employee — I know how challenging it is to have employees in the wrong role, at the wrong company and managed by the wrong… Continue reading Career Reinvention
Author: Carol Wain
As an entrepreneur, Carol Wain has created a number of brands which focus on integrating engagement, sustainability, and both personal and business performance.
She works with individuals in leadership and management roles and with aspiring entrepreneurs who wish to leverage the power of business to create positive change.
Carol is also an author, speaker, trusted advisor, and mentor who was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003.
Super Simple Marketing Plan
In this post, the last of the Super Simple Plans to reinvent your business or to launch your business quickly we are creating our super simple marketing plan. If you missed the Super Simple Business Plan post, click here. If you missed the Super Simple Marketing Plan Preparation post, click here. What you’ve done so far is get… Continue reading Super Simple Marketing Plan
Super Simple Marketing Plan Preparation
In the last post about the Super Simple Business Plan, I explained how important it is to be thorough yet quick to get your business going or reinvented — money loves speed. Business is moving so quickly these days that those who waffle will be left in the dust — as will those who don’t… Continue reading Super Simple Marketing Plan Preparation
Super Simple Business Plan
When I first got the urge to become an entrepreneur I needed to create a business plan so that I would be approved into a government program. The program was designed to support those who wanted to create a business instead of looking for work. In theory it was a great program because it… Continue reading Super Simple Business Plan
Make Money While You Play
In my experience, most people – employees and business owners alike – have the desire to work less and play more while making more money. I fall into this category myself and I have an answer. Many years ago, when I was on the management team at Whistler Mountain, I was permitted to ski during my… Continue reading Make Money While You Play
The Quadruplets of Discontent – Mind-game Specialists
The Quadruplets of Discontent are 4 little “darlings” which will mess with your reinvention so it’s important that you are aware of them. I’ve had intimate conversations with each of them, which is why the cartoons are meant to resemble me (albeit with less wrinkles and a fitter body!) Sometimes we’re best friends, which seems… Continue reading The Quadruplets of Discontent – Mind-game Specialists
STAR Businesses are Resourceful
The “R” in STAR Business stands for “Resourceful” which means that STAR Business owners leverage what they already have.They leverage their relationships with employees, customers, strategic partners, vendors, investors and their network. They leverage their expertise by becoming known as the “go to person” for traditional media and new media. They leverage their resources by licensing their… Continue reading STAR Businesses are Resourceful
What is a S.T.A.R. Reinvention?
People ask me all the time “What is the difference between reinvention and adaptation?” and my answer is that adaptation is like a chameleon whereas reinvention is like a caterpillar. The chameleon adapts and changes according to its surroundings yet you always recognize it as a chameleon. On the other hand, the caterpillar is unrecognizable when… Continue reading What is a S.T.A.R. Reinvention?
Higher Purpose – Stage 6 of the Entrepreneur’s Journey
Stage 6 of the Entrepreneur’s Journey is one that very few traditional entrepreneurs reach, although Enlightened Capitalists™ have been embracing it all along. Enlightened Capitalists™ create a business or reinvent their business so that it has a higher purpose which aligns with their personal higher purpose. Of course, this means that they took the time to… Continue reading Higher Purpose – Stage 6 of the Entrepreneur’s Journey
Freedom – Stage 5 of the Entrepreneur’s Journey
Freedom — that’s what we strive for when we embark on our Entrepreneur’s Journey. The dream of freedom is why we didn’t give up when times were tough. It’s what keeps us going when we’d really prefer to put our feet-up and watch TV. It’s what we all believe will happen a lot sooner and… Continue reading Freedom – Stage 5 of the Entrepreneur’s Journey