If you’re one of the many millions of fans of Michael Gerber’s The EMyth Revisited, you know that there’s no message that’s had a more universal impact on business owners than work on it, not just in it. Over the last 35 years, since The EMyth was first published in 1986, this phrase has become part of the busines...
Moving your business forward takes more than day-to-day productivity—it takes visionary goal-setting with solid quarterly plans. Our new guide helps you identify your top priorities for 2020 and build your timeline for the year.
To find and retain high-performing employees, you need to develop a management system that gives structure to their roles. Take our quiz to discover how you can grow your management skills to increase employee success.
You started your business to help you achieve a more fulfilling life—but is your business actually getting in the way of that goal? Take our quiz to find out.
If you sent your team a text today telling them you were never coming back, what would happen? Would your business be able to operate just as well without you? If the answer is “no,” it’s safe to say that you’ve built your business around your own ability to get things done. If that’s true, your business may be gi...
In our podcast On It, we interview business owners about the challenges and successes of running their own company. Each owner shares an inspiring story of how they broke free of their jobs by working ON their businesses, not just IN them.
After more than two decades, "The EMyth Revisited" continues to top business bestseller lists and is considered required reading for anyone starting their own company. See the principles of the EMyth Approach in this free excerpt of Chapter One.
Improving your work–life balance starts with understanding the balance you have now. Our free quiz can help.
To make financial decisions that align with your definition of value, you need short- and long-term strategies. Get started here.
To grow a profitable business, you need to connect with the right customers—and the perfect marketing message is your most powerful tool.
“I just can’t seem to stay focused on Strategic Work,” a client of mine told me recently.
The Seven Essential Systems represent every system your business needs to work. Our free EMyth Mastery Worksheets help you understand each system and give you the tools to start building more structure into your business.
Business owners are some of the busiest people I know. So it never surprises me when I hear a prospective Coaching client say they just don’t have time to work on their business. They don’t even have time to spend with their family or exercise or volunteer doing something they’re passionate about, so where are the...
How do you build a highly systematized, self-sustaining business that can give you the freedom to step away from it for days, weeks, or even months at a time? That’s what business owners like you most wanted to read about this year. In case you missed them, here are the 5 most popular blog posts of 2018.
When you think about your business, what do you see as your product? Is it the commodity you sell? The service you provide? The community you help build? Or is it the business itself?
If you want to confidently step away from your business—whether it’s for two weeks, two months, or two years—you need to trust that two key dynamics in your business can operate consistently and predictably whether you’re there or not.
Let’s be honest: Building a business that doesn’t depend on you isn’t easy. It’s going to take lots of time, attention, and know-how. You’re going to be drawn into fighting fires you wish weren’t happening; you’re going to worry about having the right resources to create the right results; you’re going to have to ...