The HeART of Design Business is a five-part series that addresses the tensions artists feel when they face the creativity-sapping realities of running a business. Part one dealt with matters of money and finances, part two with measuring time, part three with marketing, part four with managing growth, and in this final installment we’ll get […]
Category Archives: Motivation
As a part of my marketing process for Rewarding Toil I spend a lot of time on LinkedIn reviewing design firm websites. Sadly, the frequency with which my research leads to 404 page is far too great. Design firms go out of business with sobering regularity.
One of the distinctives of Rewarding Toil consulting is the 5th “M” of my methodology, that is “motivation.” Sometimes when we think about business motivation we conjure up thoughts of sales teams gathering for a hyped-up, pre-game pep talk. That’s not the kind of motivation I bring. My purposes in addressing motivation goes much deeper […]
My consulting and mentoring service is called Rewarding Toil. I use the word toil very intentionally. It goes to the heart of my work in helping business owners. As a consultant I do the things all good consultant should do. I review finances, I instill sound business practices, I evaluate management and employee performance, and […]
In my consulting and mentoring work, as I get into the nitty-gritty of evaluating and accessing the particulars of a business, I also work to restore joy and contentment to the business owner in their work. Work is hard, that’s why they call it work. But it can also bring great reward (and not just […]