Thought provoking questions raised by Jason Fried at the Small Giants Summit.

Why it doesn’t need to be crazy at work.

In my last post, I shared how during a trip to Salt Lake City to meet with team member Chris Abel, I was able to learn a great deal from Carl Churchill, co-founder and Chief Coffee Officer of Alpha Coffee. (Catch up on that blog to learn more about Alpha Coffee’s mission.) Alpha Coffee is … Continue reading 3 Lessons from a Chief Coffee Officer on How to Become a Better Servant Leader

Last month I had the opportunity to visit Chris Abel, an Edoc associate who lives in Salt Lake City Utah. While there, we held a meeting at Alpha Coffee, a veteran and military-spouse co-owned and operated coffee company. In doing so, I saw firsthand how Alpha Coffee is an example of a values-driven company that … Continue reading Inspiration for Paying It Forward: Lessons from Alpha Coffee

In 1984, Tom Walter founded Tasty Catering, a catering and event planning company in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, with his brothers Kevin and Larry. For years, Tom says he and his partners had a command-and-control leadership style. About 12 years ago, all of that changed. One day, two of Tom’s employees—who were in their 20s … Continue reading How to Lead & Grow a New Generation of Entrepreneurs In Your Business

What if you could do something that would help your business increase profitability, help you better market your services, increase clarity, and help employees see and care about how their effort directly relates to the big picture? At our latest Small Giants Executive Breakfast, we had the opportunity to hear from Tony Schroeder, CEO of … Continue reading Small Giants Executive Breakfast Recap: 6 Lessons from Tony Schroeder

You’re on the way to building a great business…why do it alone? That’s what the Small Giants community is for! Download the PDF version of this infographic here. Kim Sykes READ MORE: “#SGCSummit2017: Growing With Purpose” Kim Sykes is a marketer at Edoc Service, Inc.

Photo courtesy Small Giants & Rooney & Company This year’s Small Giants Summit, held in Detroit, Michigan, included two full days of learning and relationship-building with like-minded, purpose-driven business leaders from around the globe. There’s simply no way that one blog post could cover all the topics and insights we uncovered alongside one another: from Kirsten … Continue reading #SGCSummit2017: Growing With Purpose

In part one, I highlighted some of the messages that resonated most during our trip to Chicago to meet up with other Small Giant community members. There were many more lessons learned, and too many to include in just two posts, but I’ll do my best. After we left Tasty Catering, we headed to Nick’s … Continue reading Lessons Learned From Our Friends at Small Giants Chicago (Part 2)

This past week, Small Giants Cincinnati took an action-packed trip to Chicago to connect with some of the Small Giants members who live and work there. So What is Small Giants? Small Giants is a group of like-minded leaders who support each other in their businesses, simply put. The name “Small Giants” comes from the … Continue reading Lessons Learned From Our Friends at Small Giants Chicago (Part 1)