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When you go to a business conference, it is natural to expect the speakers to tell you what you're doing wrong.  Then they need to offer suggestions on what you need to do right to be successful like them.  I'm not one of them.  I'm not looking for what's wrong with you.  I look forward to joining you so we can remove barriers to you growing your business the way you want to.  Together.  Let me give you an example. 

Stan and Linda owned a successful family business in the construction trades. Their difficulty was not how to make money, but rather how to keep good people. Like any number of successful business owners, they had believed that great compensation packages produce great long-term employees. Their experience stated otherwise. They asked me over lunch what I believed made good people stay with an organization. I told them I believed it was when people viewed their company as 'their' company. We spent the better part of the next year making that concept a reality for their organization. Today, they don't wonder how they're going to get and keep good employees. They know not only how to refine the search, but how to maintain an environment that cares for their employees.

Sounds pretty easy doesn't it?  It's not.  That probably doesn't come as a surprise to you.  It's very hard work, like most other things in life that are worth it.  So, if somebody's not afraid of hard work, and they're willing to take ownership or admit what the barriers are between them and their business goals, the outcome can be very satisfying.