At The Lakeside Park, we serve a variety of small businesses in different industries. Our office spaces are ideal for many small local businesses and organizations, from Boston area start-ups to established businesses expanding into the Wakefield area.
We take pride in helping small businesses and their owners to thrive and prosper in today’s competitive market. Here, we share some of the ideas and insight we find to be most relevant for small business owners, like those found in our office park community. These articles are great resources for small business owners looking to continue learning and improving themselves and their businesses.
If you’re looking to improve your effectiveness as a manager, a great place to start is by understanding both your personality type, and the personality types of the individuals you manage. Motivating and connecting with your team can be challenging, largely due to the fact that one management style is not going to apply to…
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Securing capital to start a company, or grow a budding business, can be one of the biggest challenges for entrepreneurs, particularly if your personal credit is less than stellar. Unfortunately, traditional banks and credit unions have tough credit requirements for small business owners, and poor credit scores can make it difficult for entrepreneurs to qualify….
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Webinars and online trainings have grown in popularity in the past decade, but their growth has accelerated rapidly in the past year. With the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, many business owners have turned to hosting webinars as a new way to connect with their clients and potential customers. Some have used webinars to drive…
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The start of a new year means a fresh start, new beginnings and maybe even time for change. It’s also a time when many of us set goals and intentions for the year ahead. Unfortunately, only about 10% of the population actually achieves their New Year’s resolutions. That’s because we tend to set goals that…
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If ever there was a time for small business to believe in Freidrich Nietzsche’s philosophy that “what does not kill us, makes us stronger” – it is now. Still in the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic, and struggling to dig out of what some have called the Great Repression, many entrepreneurs and small business owners…
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It’s that time of year again when we all draw names from a hat and need to come up with something clever and inexpensive for an office Secret Santa we may or may not know very well. Whatever type of gift exchange you’re participating in, we’ve come up with some holiday gift exchange ideas for…
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The year 2020 has been a doozy to say the least. Just like you, your team is exhausted, frayed and trying to survive the day-to-day. As a leader, your ability to show up, problem solve, and effectively deliver difficult news in these trying times could mean the difference between a business that just gets by…
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Holiday party season is almost upon us. This year with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, many employees still working remotely, and social distancing requirements still in place, office holiday parties are likely going to look a bit different – if they even happen at all. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of…
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The work world as we know it has changed significantly over the past few years, and perhaps even more so in just the last several months with the onset of COVID-19. In this day and age, office set-ups are constantly evolving – and evolving quickly. Some employees are working from home or other remote locations….
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Low morale is contagious, and it can spread through a company like a virus, killing productivity and ultimately turning your office into a terrible place to work. Even in a remote work environment, low morale can become an issue. In fact, without being able to see employees and feel the negativity, low morale can quickly…
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