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Incorporate Values into Your Business

by Lea Strickland | Sep 25, 2025 | Business Articles, Leadership, Small Business, Strategy

Companies today face the challenge of selling products or services while standing for something. Many businesses adopt core values such as patriotism, “America First,” diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), social justice, and environmental...
Looking for Oz, Behind the Curtain: How Business Really Works

Looking for Oz, Behind the Curtain: How Business Really Works

by Lea Strickland | Sep 2, 2025 | Business Articles, Entrepreneur, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy

Looking for Oz, Behind the Curtain: How Business Really Works Introduction Have you ever wondered what makes a business tick? Like Dorothy when she pulled back the curtain in The Wizard of Oz, peering behind the scenes reveals the actual mechanics of how businesses...

My Participles are Dangling, and My Modifiers are Squinting

by Lea Strickland | Aug 15, 2025 | Business Articles, Perspectives

What’s a Writer to Do? If you’re a writer, there’s a good chance you’ve stumbled upon a grammar rule that makes you break out in a cold sweat. Nothing quite strikes fear into a writer’s heart like a dangling participle or a squinting...
Why Queen Bee Leadership Is Vital to the Beehive

Why Queen Bee Leadership Is Vital to the Beehive

by Lea Strickland | Jul 8, 2025 | Business Articles, Leadership

 anBeehives are marvels of natural organization.  The hive functions with precision and purpose through the interplay of roles: queen bees, drones, and workers. Each member contributes to the colony’s survival, offering a compelling model for human leadership...
When Leaders Aren’t Ready: Lessons from Wolf Pack Leadership Dynamics

When Leaders Aren’t Ready: Lessons from Wolf Pack Leadership Dynamics

by Lea Strickland | Jun 25, 2025 | Business Articles, Leadership

Wolf packs, with their cooperative family-based structures, offer profound insights into effective leadership and management. As explored in Leadership and Management: Lessons from Wolf Pack Structures, wild wolf packs thrive on fluid roles, shared purpose, and...
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