Posts Tagged ‘Setting Goals’
10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy
Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. If you have been working 20 hours a day, and spent your last dollar, but have no results to show, investors will be sympathetic, but will probably tell you that your dream doesn’t have wheels. Traction means forward progress.
Read More Setting Bold List-Building Goals (and 3 Lessons Learned Along the Way)
There are different types of motivators that work for different people. For some, just an inner knowing that they want to achieve something is necessary for them to take action and make it happen. For others, no matter how good their intentions are, if they aren’t being held accountable by an outside force, they’ll continue to avoid doing it.
Read More How to Give Performance Evaluations and Employee Feedback
Feedback is an essential component of any organization, no matter whether it’s a big one or small one, as it enables workers and managers to understand what they are doing well and how things could be improved.
Read More Why You’re Probably Not Achieving Your Goals
So you’ve been trying to grow your business and now you’re frustrated. Really frustrated. You want customers and clients, but so far, things aren’t happening—at least not the way you’d like. Want to know why?
Read More Understanding a Franchise’s Mission
What is the goal of the franchise you’re considering? Some franchises share their mission statement publicly—but that might not mean that you know what their goal is.
Read More How to Get What You Want in 2014
I always laugh when people comment that I seem to be very productive. I think it is based on the illusion created by social media, when all we see are celebrations of finished blog posts, or program announcements, media coverage or photos of glamorous travel.
Read More 4 Reasons Why Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Leaders understand that, to achieve goals, it’s important to have everyone working in unison. If they all have different goals, the only result you’ll get is chaos.
Read More VIDEO: Get Unstuck
What you need is a better way of planning a complex project. A way that’s not overwhelming, helping you stay committed to reaching your goal. Here’s a simple 4 step process to help you take control of any project, no matter how overwhelming, and start making immediate progress towards completing it.
Read More Characteristics of an Effective Team
Whether it’s a band, a sports franchise or a company, chemistry is what makes teams great. Much of modern business thinking is centered on understanding what makes great teams tick. More often than not, effective teams share the following five characteristics.
Read More 5 Ways to Use Market Competition to Your Advantage
When envisioning and establishing my business, I focused on both short- and long-term goals. My short-term goal was to outgrow a local competitor’s annual gross sales. I knew I wanted to eventually compete with multimillion-dollar giants, but first, I needed to examine my strengths and their weaknesses.
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