Mark Sullivan, LegalShield Independent Associate

01/28/2026

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03/06/2020

"Specifically, a well-articulated and oft communicated vision will provide a north star for decision-making for your people, ensure alignment on where you're going and inspire your team to deliver quality work on an ongoing basis." https://www.inc.com/dave-mckeown/5-steps-to-build-a-vision-that-inspires-excites-motivates-your-team.html

Jargon filled vision statements won't help guide your team.

03/05/2020

"Whether you're trying to increase sales, hire more or better people, enter new markets, or bring on new investors, having a good understanding of your business as a system will help you with both developing and correcting your strategy and empower you to achieve the success you want." https://www.inc.com/bruce-eckfeldt/to-grow-your-business-fast-become-a-systems-thinker-heres-how.html

Seeing your business as a system can help make you a better strategist and a more insightful leader. Here are five ways to get started.

03/04/2020

"It's about the simple difference Buffett found between the most successful business leaders, and other entrepreneurs who always seem to come up short." https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-key-difference-success.html

'You don't get any extra points for the fact that something's very hard to do.'

03/03/2020

"It isn't always fun, but knowing that they'll be held accountable for their actions or performance is one of the strongest motivators for your team to stay focused." https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/leadership-isnt-only-about-vision-here-are-4-things-just-as-important.html

Help your team thrive by focusing on what they need.

02/28/2020

"You need clear, helpful, and accessible ways to deliver information, and you need to position that information in a way that doesn’t overwhelm your audience." https://www.forbes.com/sites/serenitygibbons/2020/02/25/how-to-educate-your-customers-without-burdening-them/

If you want your company to succeed, you can’t burden customers and prospects in your attempts to educate them.

02/27/2020

"Plan a buffer, schedule meetings with yourself to take bio breaks between meetings." https://www.inc.com/melina-palmer/heres-why-rushing-to-back-to-back-meetings-is-hurting-your-reputation.html

A brain bias called fundamental attribution error makes it so others judge you much more harshly than they do themselves. You can combat it with a few tweaks to your schedule.

02/26/2020

"There is some good news about how to do more with the time you have left: BJ Fogg, the Stanford scientist who founded Stanford University's Behavior Design Lab, has discovered that people want more than anything to get more productive." https://www.inc.com/peter-cohan/4-small-habits-that-can-make-any-business-owner-more-productive.html

Technology can sap your productivity, but these four tiny habits can get much of it back