There's no denying that the year tends to start off slowly for a lot of businesses, and business owners. Our clients are in recovery after a big month of spending in December, or are on holidays and not in need of our services. For many business owners, January can be...
Upland Insight
What Does 2022 Have In Store for Business?
Let’s play the New Year guessing game. What is 2022 going to bring for us business owners? First, I don’t have a crystal ball and nor does anyone else. We will have to continue to manage our businesses through uncertainty and rapid change, even when it scares us sh*tless. Back...
Our Post-Pandemic Workforce
The Upland commitment to “Head, Heart and Bottom Line”® extends not just to how we work with our clients, but also how we work together as a team. We want to welcome people with values, skills, talents and energies that fit with our own; to have them contribute to our...
Are your sales skills (or lack of) letting you down?
Here’s what’s been on my mind lately: SALES. We soon learn that there is a small group of “business disciplines” that you need to get your head around. Not to be an expert (you should outsource the detail on most or all of them), but enough to know if you’re...
Working From Home in Lockdown (with the kids)
So… we find ourselves in lockdown and working from home once again. Are you grappling with your home office setup? Which video call app to use? And have you found yourself with some new little work colleagues? As a virtual corporation at Upland Consulting, we are no strangers at working...
A Lifestyle You Love Built Around a Business You Love
At Upland Consulting, we think that’s what life as a business owner should be. That’s why it’s so important to get really clear about your purpose for being in business. Sure, you’re in business to make money. But that’s just a means to an end. Why are you really in business? It...