Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
Deny Your Past, Risk Your Future
We all have relationships in our life that run out of gas. Sometimes there is a clear break and other times we just move on to different things and the relationship atrophies and goes away.
Read More Discover How Great Leaders Communicate
Whether you’re leading your own team or an entire company, solid communication skills are an absolute must. It sounds obvious, but have you taken the time to analyze and work on what areas of communication are necessary to move your startup in a powerful direction?
Read More 3 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Aptitude
Being a leader is not the same as being a manager. And while we’ve looked at qualities a true leader possesses, let’s consider how to become a better leader—especially for those who are not lucky enough to be “born leaders”.
Read More 7 Ways to Keep Your Team Productive During Holiday Season
In most workplaces, the move toward the busiest holiday season of the year is marked less by the change in décor and more by the change in productivity. Read on for seven tips to keep your employees happily on task through the holidays without seeming like a killjoy.
Read More The Importance of Corporate Vision
If you are a leader in your organization, share your vision consistently. If you are not sharing your vision at least every thirty days, your team doesn’t know it. A clear vision inspires, unifies, and gives powerful focus.
Read More Time for Your Kick Finish
We all know the concept of a kick start. An extra effort to get the machine going. Then again, there is the kick finish too, although we don’t put it in those terms like we do a machine we do talk about a “kick” at the end of a running race. That extra effort to dig just a bit deeper and drive toward the finish line. NOW is a good time for YOUR kick finish.
Read More A Franchisee’s Transferable Skills
Do you dream of opening your own franchise business because you’re not happy with your job? It happens. Your boss might be driving you crazy. Your coworkers might be the reason for your malaise. Or it could be that you’re feeling suffocated because you’re not using your skills.
Read More 3 Things That Can Put You Out of Business
There are three simple things you must do to survive in business. None of them will put you out of business immediately. However, lack of attention in these three areas causes a slow death spiral and will eventually lead to business failure. Here are the things to pay attention to.
Read More How to Write with Authority
Why do some blogs get traction while others languish? And why are some people recognized as experts and others aren’t? One factor is this: the ability (or inability) to write with authority.
Read More 5 Steps to Customer Service Glory
Sadly, the personal touch customers want—and deserve—is often lost in the daily grind of doing business, especially in larger companies. Too often the leaders do not model the very behaviors they expect from their teams.
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