Leadership
The Creative Reason Why a Five Guys Franchise Texts Employees
I love stories like this… Just the other day, I did a call with a friend who works at a FIVE GUYS franchise. If you’ve never had a FIVE GUYS Burger… stop what you are…
Small Yet Simple Ways to Show Employee Appreciation
Your employees thrive on the work hard philosophy, and consistently help your business grow and thrive. Sure, a paycheck is a way of saying thanks, but it’s a mandatory way of doing so. Perhaps you…
How to Keep a Savvy Millennial Team Happy & Engaged
Opinions continue to fly about the nature of millennials. People argue over what they care about, how they view the world, and whether they’re entitled layabouts or driven idealists. In reality, of course, there are very…
How Can Your Startup Retain Staff as You Grow? Do These 8 Things
A company is only as good as its employees, but startups have additional pressure to attract the right talent and retain it. When the budget doesn’t allow for turnover, it’s especially important to find the…
Don’t Sink Your Sales Team with This Bad Management Choice
What makes a successful sales rep? Here are some often mentioned attributes: Total focus on their own accomplishments, and The ability to work independently. What makes a good manager of sales reps? I don’t think…
What Does Science Tell Us About the Key Secret to Happiness?
What are your goals? Become an entrepreneur. Climb the corporate ladder. Make more money. It may be to travel the world as a digital nomad. But the reason we write these goals down and strive to…
How to Avoid Compromising on Team Alignment with Your Remote Workforce
While the trend of remote workforces is growing larger by the day, many business leaders are unsatisfied with strategies that frequently compromise on business fundamentals to the detriment of their companies. Team alignment is one…
3 Tips from the Sports World for Creating a Winning Culture
You can learn a lot from failure. A few years ago, I remember reading about Sir Clive Woodward when he was head coach of the England rugby team and how they created a winning culture,…
10 Types of Paperwork You’ll Need to Create for Your Business
Nobody likes to think about the paperwork and documentation necessary to run a business, but your company won’t get far without these practical necessities. Thankfully, for most types of paperwork, this is a one-time process;…
Make Achieving Your Goals a Team Sport. Here’s Why—and How
A person’s success isn’t the result of superhuman feats. It’s the outcome of doing the things anyone can do—though most of us just don’t. Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist, observed:…