Author name: Marco Soares

If your team keeps deferring to you, you don’t have a leadership team—you have direct reports. Here’s how to build a team that owns results and drives growth.

Over time, small compromises in behaviour and standards can damage your company culture. This blog explores how to reconnect with meaningful company values, reset expectations with your team, and lead from the front to build a culture that supports long-term success.

If your team constantly depends on you for decisions, it’s a warning sign – not a compliment. Discover why being the bottleneck constrains growth and how to fix it.

Time, money, and energy are your most limited resources. You only get so much of each, and how you use them will decide how far your business goes. A focused business strategy helps you make smarter decisions with less stress. It gives you clarity, direction, and control. Most business owners are constantly looking for ways

If you want to understand how well your sales team is really performing, forget vanity metrics. Look at one number that tells you almost everything — gross profit per salesperson. This metric is the clearest, most useful way to evaluate your sales performance. It reveals how effective your sales process is, where you might be

Most business owners know meetings are necessary. They keep the team aligned, communication clear, and projects moving. But when meetings drag on with no clear outcomes, they can feel like a complete waste of time. If you’ve ever walked out of a meeting thinking, “what was the point of that?”—you’re not alone. The good news

Every business owner faces setbacks. A missed opportunity, a pricing mistake, or an unexpected challenge. It’s frustrating, but here’s the truth: sh!t happens. The difference between those who struggle and those who thrive isn’t avoiding mistakes. It’s how they bounce back. You can’t change the past, but you can choose how you respond. The best

When it comes to driving business growth, many owners focus on big-picture strategies like marketing campaigns, product development or expanding their team. But often, it’s the small, everyday processes that make the biggest difference. One of the most overlooked yet powerful tools is how you follow up with potential customers. A strong follow-up process not

Running a business without tracking the right numbers is like building a house without checking your foundations. You might have a great structure on the surface, but if you’re not keeping an eye on what’s holding it up, cracks will start to appear. The good news is that when you track the right financial measures,