Leadership
Why Great Leaders Need to Develop Emotional Intelligence
Leading a team isn’t an easy job on a good day. Our current circumstances, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, mean that good leadership is more important than ever, but also more difficult than ever. What…
Especially Now: Play nice!
To survive this nasty Covid-19 surge facing businesses of all types, leaders must make decisions that hurt but are necessary. Keep the employees for the SBA PPP requirements regarding loan forgiveness, or furlough or let…
Solving Digital Challenges as a Bridge to Leadership
Sound leadership might be defined as the quality associated with being able to navigate a group of people through a complex set of challenges. In 2020, with much of the world experiencing an unprecedented upheaval…
Could You Be Your Company’s Bottleneck?
So many tasks; so little time As a manager, you have a number of critical tasks that are general to your position as opposed to specific to your industry. These include ensuring the continued health…
Remember the FAIRNESS Doctrine to Avoid Lawsuit Threats
Reduce the emotion; reduce the threat of lawsuit. You’ve almost certainly experienced an angry “it’s unfair” outburst from an associate or employee. Usually it’s just after they’ve learned of an action that they took as…
A Culture of Teamwork Starts at Home
My parents’ example was a lifelong lesson in the most fundamental fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Dad pursued his two passions—religion and education—while always finding ways to keep us fed, clothed, and housed. He never put our…
Just 5% of Small Business Owners Have Received PPP Money
Small business owners are anxiously waiting to see if Congress will inject more money into the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the federal rescue program that failed to reach the vast majority of small businesses it…
The Future of Work-Life Balance? Over Half of the US Supports a 4-Day Week
New survey finds majority of Americans have experienced symptoms of workaholism Just 47% regularly get 8 hours of sleep each day, but 71% work at least 8 hours With large swathes of the world population…
How to Step Into the Other Person’s Shoes
A big part of becoming a highly-effective, Genuine Influencer, is to be able to understand the other person. After all, when you know what they need, want, and desire, you’re in a much better position…
Do These 6 Practices to Raise Workforce Engagement
Whether you are an entrepreneur managing a startup, or a corporate executive with thousands of employees, it’s hard to ignore the evidence of big value from happy employees. According to a classic study from Deloitte, happy…
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