Being known or remembered for something isn’t just about people knowing your title or industry.

Revenue isn't the only way to measure progress in your business. Sometimes progress looks like growth.

In one of my recent CEO Power Planning sessions, one business owner realized her goals in past quarters had been too ambitious.

One structure I put in place for myself a long time ago was meal planning. With a husband, five sons, and my own business to run, I needed to have meals planned for each week.

Many business owners say they want flexibility, that structure is limiting. What’s really limiting them is inconsistency, avoidance, and lack of structure

Many business owners say they want flexibility, that structure is limiting. What’s really limiting them is inconsistency, avoidance, and lack of structure

When you first started your business, you set it up the way you thought would work best. The offers, your schedule, the way you found your clients, the prices you charged.

One of the things I see business owners struggle with all the time is indecision. They revisit the same decision over and over, hoping for more clarity or certainty before they move forward.

One of the things I hear all the time from business owners is: “I know what I need to do… I’m just not doing it.” Most people assume that it’s about discipline, but it’s not.

One of the biggest misconceptions I see in business is that confident entrepreneurs were simply born that way. They weren’t.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed trying to build a business, you’re not alone—and it might not be a motivation problem.

Visibility is the key to consistent business. Networking is still one of the most reliable ways for small business owners to generate leads and build visibility.

Right now, we are moving through a messy middle - it’s not the new year, it’s not summer, and the end of the year seems like a galaxy far away.

As this article from the Harvard Extension School explains, creating an action plan is one of the most effective ways to turn goals into concrete progress.

Ideas are great, but the only way to continue to grow your business is to make sure there’s a solid foundation.

If there’s one thing a CEO has to do for success, it’s take the time to work on their own business. Your time is your most valuable resource. If you don’t create foundational boundaries around this, you’ll learn the real cost of not protecting your CEO time.

When I meet many of my clients for the first time, they are convinced that they must lay out a perfect plan for their business before they take action. “Let me think about this for a few weeks,” is what they tell me. I tell them, “You don’t need a perfect plan. You just need to get started.” Clarity comes from action, not from thinking about it.

Discover how solopreneurs can move from chaos to clarity with intentional weekly routines, CEO mindset strategies, and productivity systems that reduce overwhelm. Kathleen Lawson shares simple, actionable planning techniques to gain focus, confidence, and calm in your business.

As a strategist and consultant for business owners, watching my clients schedule and prepare for time off during the holidays to recharge and enjoy their families brings me great joy. But sometimes they can be so eager to get back into their work life that they go full force, only to run out of steam quickly. So how do you get your rhythm back after taking time off?

Thinking about long-term sustainability for your business might sound like an assumed part of daily entrepreneurship, but the future feels more tumultuous right now than usual -  impacts of the pandemic, combined with both political and economic uncertainty, rapid shifts in technology, and a crazy number of layoffs.