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5 Simple Steps to Executing the Plan
It is all about execution. Waiting over a year to see results is too long, since your chance of mid-course correction is greatly reduced. To make the point, Harvard’s Robert Kaplan believes that less than 10% of corporate strategies are effectively executed. Ouch!
Improve Team Communication with Brief, Daily Meetings
Increasing the speed of communications and receiving information in a timely manner was the name of the game, and I needed a platform to enable the flow of information.
10 Principles Define Your Startup as Open versus Closed
Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors.
Problem Employees or Problem Managers?
When I ask managers what their biggest challenge is, it seems like they always say the same thing: problem employees. This is something every business and organization struggles with.
Cancelling One on Ones
As a company grows one on ones are critical. Show me a manager who doesn’t schedule regular one on one’s with her direct reports and I’ll show you a bad manager.
7 Ways to Build Collaboration and Trust into Your Culture
Do you want to build trust and cooperation in your organization? Then walk the talk. It may sound simple, but it’s one of the most effective ways to build trust internally and get people to support your vision.
Turning Adversity into Opportunity
In times of uncertainty, it is especially important to go above and beyond to strengthen employee engagement. Leaders may set the direction, but it is the people throughout the organization who make things happen.
Let Your Expectations Be Known
Managing people requires a broad array of skills, but basic management skills are sometimes overlooked. Simply put, staff will not know what to do unless they are told what results are expected.
Marketing Tactics and Strategies Aren’t as Important as You Thought
We’re repeatedly sold on the idea that we have to just use the right marketing tactics to get great results. How many “right” and “guaranteed” tactics have you tried?
People Quit Their Managers, Not Their Jobs
Manager (noun): The person with the arcane power of either making a perceived “boring” job fun and fulfilling, or making a great job seem miserable and hollow.
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