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James Hargreaves was a creative weaver who worked in Lancashire England in the mid 18th century. He is one of the people credited with the invention of the “spinning jenny”, which was a multi-spindle weaving machine, that lined up 8 wooden spindles at one end. With the advent of the steam engine at the start of the industrial revolution, the spinning jenny evolved into the power loom. The power loom had a tremendous impact on the workforce of the time. Spinners were put...

My colleague Nick recently posted on social media that he received a text from a former lacrosse teammate, and they spoke about their last game together. What he gleaned from that conversation is how much he misses going to battle on the lacrosse field every day with his team.

But then he had a revelation.

He still does go to battle with teammates each day, only in a different way—in a business setting.

Maybe you’ve played team sports—maybe you haven’t. Maybe you are a sports fan, or maybe you get together...

Of course, we had to start the year with a goals/resolution type post. Are you even a blogger if you don’t?

In all seriousness, I start here for one big reason. I don’t hear many small business leaders talking about their people-related goals. If I ask, they will tell me how many people they want to hire or an area where they may want to improve skill sets. Beyond that, they haven’t given much thought to goals specific to current employees.

If this is you, here are a few ideas....