Chamber Blog--Positioning For Success

McDowell Chamber of Commerce is invested in the success of our county and works to create opportunities, facilitate economic growth, and promote our area as an enticing place to live, work, and play. Our goal is also to be an advocate for our businesses and help them thrive and grow. In Positioning For Success, we'll share tips, tools, expert advice, and resources to help you do just that--Thrive & Grow!
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Guide to Creating Company Values & Culture

Ask any business owner what their cost of goods are, or their comp sales and they can probably rattle off numbers. Ask about their core values and company culture, they might not answer so quickly. Although vitally important to the success of any business, core values are tough to measure in a tangible way.

Tina Wolfe

Monday, February 1, 2021
Let Fear Teach You Instead of Control You

I use the f-word pretty freely now, although there was a time in my corporate life when I discovered that the f-word must not be uttered out loud. It happened in a project meeting. In the back of my mind I had recently joined a club. The name of my imaginary club might have been something like the “speak truth to power club” or the “insiders of big change club.”

GUEST BLOGGER, Lynn Carnes of Creative Spirits Unleashed

Tuesday, August 8, 2017
My Brain Has Been Hijacked!

Stress is one of those dreaded emotions that shows up at the worst possible times--right before a big presentation, an important meeting, or project deadline. It can literally hijack our brains; robbing us of the ability (albeit temporarily) to think clearly, converse intelligently, and perform productively. In this month's blog, we'll look at easy-to-apply tools to help you take back your brain and de-stress for those all important situations.

Tina Wolfe/Lynn Carnes