Signature Resources
Tools, insights, and guidance to support your business journey.
At Tribeworks, we are all lifelong learners and believe that knowledge should be shared—and that well-timed, well-framed insights can spark transformative decisions. Our resource library is designed to share and inspire.
Enjoy and please check back periodically, as new ideas and information are shared here often.
Thought Provoking
Business ownership leaves very little time to pause—and even less space to think. This section is designed to slow the moment just enough to ask better questions, challenge assumptions, and look at your business from a higher vantage point.
- Articles & Insights
Short reads with a long shelf life. These articles address the challenges business owners face daily – and the questions that keep you up at night.
Why You Shouldn’t Hire a Mini-You It’s tempting. You’re overwhelmed, the business is growing, and you just want someone who “gets it” — someone who thinks like you, works like you, and can take things off your plate without much explanation. In other words: a Mini-You. But hiring a Mini-You won’t solve your problem. It […]
You’ve finally made it past survival mode. The clients are coming in. Revenue is up. You’re no longer worried if you can make payroll — but you are worried if anyone knows what’s going on. Welcome to the beautiful mess of growth. It’s a strange season in business. You have what you once dreamed of, […]
- Reading List
A curated collection of books we actually recommend—and reference often. These aren’t “trend reads,” but thoughtful works that shape better leaders, stronger businesses, and more intentional decisions over time.
Leadership & People
The basics for inspiring and leading your team – plus one to remind you to improve your own people skills.
Dare to Lead – Brene Brown
Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek
Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t – Imagine a world where almost everyone
wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home
feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. …
7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of
presidents and CEOs, educators and parents – millions of people of all ages and occupations.
Strategy & Systems
Essential reading for getting your business to run smoothly, efficiently, and ideally without you.
Traction – Gino Wickman
Get a Grip on Your Business – All entrepreneurs & business leaders face similar frustrations –
personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or, once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It’s not complicated …
Scaling Up - Verne Harnish
“This book is written so everyone – from front line employees to senior executives – can get aligned in contributing to the growth of a firm. There’s no reason to do it alone, yet many top leaders feel like they are the ones dragging the rest of the organization up the S-curve of growth.”
Finance & Exit
These make finance easier to understand and cover everything.
Built to Sell – John Warrillow
Creating a Business that Can Thrive Without You – This book is about how to create a business that can thrive without you. Once your business can run without you, you’ll have a
valuable—sellable—asset.
Profit First – Mike Michalowicz
Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine – a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability.
Entrepreneurs
Great reads for reframing
10x is Easier Than 2x – Dan Sullivan
How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less – Dan Sullivan, the world’s
leading coach for highly successful entrepreneurs, wants you to know that achieving 10X
growth is exponentially easier than striving for 2X growth
The Rainmaker’s Dilemma
Almost half of all business owners will hit the same stumbling block. They become the
primary revenue driver for their company – The Rainmaker. Avoid the downhill trap of becoming the Rainmaker and make the transition to Architect of your business.
The E-Myth Revisited – Michael R. Gerber
Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It – Gerber walks you through the steps in the life of a business – from entrepreneurial infancy through adolescent growing pains to the mature entrepreneurial perspective: the guiding light of all businesses that succeed …
Monkey Mind
Navigating the Emotional Highs and Crushing Lows of Building a Successful Business – The
term “Monkey Mind” is a Buddhist metaphor for the restless, unfocused, and scattered state of the mind … 8 strategies to effectively navigate the emotional peaks and valleys inherent in
cultivating a thriving business.
- Bonus Thought Starters
Sometimes the right question does more than a dozen answers. These short prompts are designed to spark reflection, uncover blind spots, and open conversations you may have been avoiding – intentionally or not.
What would happen if you didn't show up tommorow?
Four questions to ask before promoting someone
- 1. Are you promoting them because the excel in their current role – or because they’re truly ready for the next one?
- 2. Does this promotion address a real business need – or are you solving for convenience, loyalty or relief?
- 3. Have they demonstrated the ability to lead people, not just manage tasks?
- 4. If you didn’t promote them, what problem would still exist?
Are you spending your time on what feels urgent - or what actually matters?
Workbooks & Planning Tools
Custom – crafted tools to help you and your team clarify direction, track progress, and
make smarter decisions.
- Guides & Toolkits
- Templates & Checklists
A clear, practical guide to help you hand off responsibilities without dropping balls (or losing sleep). Use it whether you’re stepping back or elevating someone else. Request Download Request Download First NameLast NameEmailBusiness NameCompany Size < 5 ppl 6 – 10 ppl 11 – 25 ppl 26 – 50 ppl 51 – 100 ppl 100+ […]