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4 Success Strategies I Took from the NFL to My Business
If football taught me anything about business, it’s that you win the game one play at a time. It’s an analogy I’ve used in the past. As a small business owner and entrepreneur, I face many of the same challenges I did on the field and I use similar strategies for tackling them.
The 7 Stages of Facing Change in Business
Sometimes change in business comes when you least expect it. Things are going along perfectly, and then BOOM. A big client leaves. A competitor moves in across the street. Something happens that changes, well, everything.
6 Ways for Leaders to Create Organizational Change
How you approach change is just as important as what you want to change in your organization. If you want to be a transformative leader and create long lasting organizational change, you need to approach it in a way which minimizes negative reactions, is aligned with business strategies and corporate cultures, and is inclusive in nature.
How Strong Performance Can Mask Issues in the Future
The truth is strong performance can actually mask issues if you are not careful, which can come back and bite you in the future. This is why leaders need to stay sharp and keep their foot on the gas to ensure that today’s good performance leads to tomorrow’s exceptional performance.
Doing Persuasion Right
We often see people say and do things when attempting to persuade that bring them the very opposite results they desire. They’ll argue, plead, beg or scream before finally walking away in anger and frustration.
The Magic of Being a Great Leader
There is no magic formula that helps you become a great leader. Just like there is no one-size-fits-all leadership style. A great leader is a person who is capable of altering his or her thoughts, actions or feelings in a way that enlists others so that a common goal can be pursued and accomplished.
Startups and Business Owners: The “Have to Do” Factor is Infinite
Do you use what you “have to do” for your business as the constant recurring excuse for missing things that matter to people they love—soccer games, recitals, appointments, and so on?
Two Very Powerful Words: Great Job!
The best managers we all know are the ones who take the time to praise good work in public, before an employee’s peers. For all of us, we should remember that the best possible way to honor great work is to do so immediately.
The Impact of Compassion: Trust in Business
Who do you trust more, firefighters or mortgage brokers? Librarians or lawyers? Nurses or salespeople? One of the biggest reasons for trust is the perception that someone is concerned beyond themselves for the good of the whole.
Social Media Strategy Drives Employee Engagement
Spherion Staffing commissioned a study by Harris Interactive on the Emerging Workforce. The study identified key strategies to help organizations become socially engaged and ultimately, positively impact business performance.
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