When business owners talk about marketing success, the conversation often centers around big ideas. A great campaign, a new platform, a creative promotion, or a larger budget is usually seen as the key to better results. While those elements can certainly play a role, there is one factor that regularly separates effective marketing from ineffective …
Kindness is often treated as something optional.A personal trait. A nice gesture. A matter of personality.It is easy to see it as secondary to more serious qualities like strength, intelligence or determination. In public life especially, kindness can be dismissed as softness, something that belongs on the margins rather than at the center.That view misses …
If you’re a Kitsap business owner looking at your summer bookings and feeling uncertain, you’re not alone.Across the region, many hotels report little to no direct bookings tied to the FIFA World Cup in Seattle. In fact, 77.8% of Kitsap hotels are not yet seeing World Cup-related bookings. At the same time, overall visitation has …
In a previous post, I laid out a crawl, walk, run framework for putting AI large language models to work in your business. The opportunity is real, and the tools are more accessible than ever for small and mid-sized businesses. As you proceed down that path, consider this quote from noted quality expert and statistician …
Imagine the start of a typical workday. The alarm goes off. Coffee brews. Emails wait. For many people, work begins with a quiet tension in the body and mind as thoughts race, shoulders tighten, and anxiety begins to flutter. By day's end, the energy feels spent, while the to-do list didn’t shrink. For a long …
Health and wellness are no longer trends limited to gyms and nutrition plans—they are becoming central to how people choose where and how they live. Across Kitsap County and Washington State, homebuyers are increasingly prioritizing properties and communities that support healthier lifestyles. From walkable neighborhoods to homes designed with cleaner air and natural light, wellness-focused …
The second of a two-part series on Leadership Lessons from the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl season.Last month, we broke down three leadership lessons that helped propel the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl championship: Process Over Results, Alignment, and “We Did Not Care.”In this second and final part, we’re not running out the clock. We’re …
I’ll admit it. I’ve done it.At one point, I thought it was smart and posted an “evergreen” job. The idea? Always be open to great talent. Keep the door open. See who’s out there. So the job stayed on our careers page… indefinitely.Turns out, that’s not a best practice. It’s one of the biggest frustrations …
As we age, our relationship with sleep naturally shifts. The nights becoming lighter, the interruptions more frequent, and the wake-up times earlier. The conception that seniors need less sleep is false. Despite age, experts recommend 7 to 9 hours of sleep to maintain optimal cognitive function, emotional balance, and physical health. Poor sleep habits in the …
Every leader I work with wants the same thing: an organization that thrives no matter what comes next. Whether pursuing growth, recovering from setbacks, developing new capabilities, or building future-readiness, they all seek sustainable resilience that doesn’t crack under pressure.
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