From Atlantic Canada comes the second "Carnival of Small Business Issues". Nice to see another canuck providing thought leadership and contributing to the small business online community.

This week you will find:

Kathryn's Small Business Tip of the Week, Take a look at your activities to see if you are making good use of your time explorers the idea of hiring a professional to certain projects.

Six Disciplines post Barriers to Lasting Excellence Skip Reardon looks at six fundamental barriers to lasting business excellence.

hris Pangburn at the AeroDesigns Small Business Blog says Small Business Shouldn't Be Afraid To Say No. "In the first few years of trading, most small business owners chase or say yes to any business they can find ...

Sourcing: Patience, Persistence and Politeness is about having three important qualities when sourcing from a foreign land.

Jack Yoest at Reasoned Audacity presents an interesting analysis on this Wall Street Journal article titled Is the Manager Obsolete? Or when does consensus stop? "... and even if the building is not burning, too much 'consensus building' is exhausting for the manager and paralyzing the organization ..."

Well that's it for me, you can check out the rest of the links at the second "Carnival of Small Business Issues