--- title: Small Business Coaching, Resources & Tools | EMyth Blog | Jayne Speich description: Jayne is Chief Engagement Officer at EMyth. With a background in training, adult education and public policy, Jayne became an EMyth Coach in 2004. She’s passionate about supporting a diverse, community-centered economy through building the capacity of EMyth Coaches to help small businesses take root, grow and thrive. --- [Small Business Finance](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-finance) ### [The first step to resolving your cash flow problems](https://www.emyth.com/inside/resolving-cash-flow-problems-in-small-business) Some small business problems lurk beneath the surface; others wave a red flag that’s impossible to miss. Cash flow problems can be the hardest to ignore. They feel big because they are. But issues with cash flow aren’t insurmountable. If you're not making enough money to cover your expenses, it means something abo... ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich ## Latest Posts [Business Systems](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-systems) ### [What’s the system for designing systems?](https://www.emyth.com/inside/implementing-small-business-systems-and-processes) [Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership)[Business Vision](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-vision) ### [How to design a business model](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-create-a-business-model-that-works) [Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership)[Small Business Organization](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-organization) 4 min read ### [How to eliminate silos in your business](https://www.emyth.com/inside/the-danger-of-silos-in-your-small-business) [Business Systems](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-systems) 3 min read ### [2 strategies for scaling when you don’t know where to start](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-scale-a-business) ![Smart Business Coach](https://www.emyth.com/hubfs/Smart-business-coach.png?auto=compress&fit=max) ## Request a free coaching session with a Certified EMyth Coach [![Talk to a Coach](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/411995/14924c09-8a82-42d7-90b9-55a5c68c5989.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/411995/14924c09-8a82-42d7-90b9-55a5c68c5989) [Lead Conversion](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/lead-conversion)[Customer Experience](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/customer-experience) ### [3 ways to build stronger customer engagement and retention](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-build-customer-engagement-and-retention) You became a business owner to earn a living. To do what you know how to do best, your way. To take care of your family (and maybe enjoy a nice vacation now and then). But it’s easy to get laser-focused on crunching numbers and forget that it’s people that make or break a business. And if you want stronger sales a... ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich [Entrepreneurial Mindset](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/entrepreneurial-mindset)[Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership) ### [How to turn limiting beliefs into productive beliefs](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-overcome-limiting-beliefs-as-an-entrepreneur) n less than two years, we’ve seen such incredible shifts in workforce trends that the traditional model of five days in the office seems like a thing of the past. And among the conversations of how, where and when to work, the theme of a shorter work week is slowly becoming louder. Recent studies on a four-day wor... ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich [Business Systems](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-systems)[Small Business Finance](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-finance) ### [Recession-proof your product or service](https://www.emyth.com/inside/recession-proofing-your-small-business) When you think about your business and life as a business owner, do you know why you do what you do? Does leading your business provide the life you imagined it would when you started it, or is it running you ragged with little payoff? ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich ## Want a self-sufficient business—and life you love? #### Get the latest insights, downloads, and practical tools, right in your inbox. ##### Get Our Newsletter [Small Business Finance](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-finance)[Entrepreneurial Mindset](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/entrepreneurial-mindset) ### [How (and why) to think of your business as an asset](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-think-of-your-business-as-an-asset) Pretend you’re seeing your business for the first time. Now ask yourself what you’d be willing to pay for it if you were in the market to buy a company. What gives it value, and what’s missing that, if present, would convince you to pay more? ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich [Small Business Finance](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-finance) ### [Using your profit and loss statement as key indicator for your business](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-analyze-a-profit-and-loss-statement) Some small business problems lurk beneath the surface; others wave a red flag that’s impossible to miss. Cash flow problems can be the hardest to ignore. They feel big because they are. In the earliest stages of a new business, people are often heavily focused on cash. Much like living paycheck to paycheck, new bu... ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich [Business Growth](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-growth) 5 min read ### [The 3-step plan for growing your business in the new year](https://www.emyth.com/inside/small-business-growth-2024) Change is everywhere—pandemic, inflation, interest rate hikes, social unrest—and the examples are obvious because they're happening to all of us, all at once. Underneath all this shared experience is the realization that even when things start to seem more “normal,” there’s still plenty of change impacting us. Sma... ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Employee Retention](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/employee-retention) 3 min read ### [Creative ways to retain employees when raises aren’t an option](https://www.emyth.com/inside/creative-ways-to-retain-talent) Retaining your employees takes creativity and problem-solving in the best of times. This is even truer for small businesses who may not have the financial position to offer higher pay. When your employees are weighing their options, watching job boards or responding to eager recruiters, the promise of making more ... ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership) ### [The key to re-engaging your employees (isn’t what you’d expect)](https://www.emyth.com/inside/the-key-to-reengaging-your-employees) As many teams are returning to work in some form, business owners are facing an uncomfortable realization. The old frustrations with your employees—the ones you’d forgotten about or maybe only realized with a period of unprecedented space from your team—are still there. The things that weren't working before still... ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich