Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
5 Ways to Manage Rapid Growth
Managing rapid growth can be a challenging and daunting task at times, as things are capable of unraveling at any moment in time. This is particularly true for startups as well as young, growth stage companies. There are several steps that you can take to ride out the storm and help to achieve a certain…
Read More7 Culture Elements Will Keep Your Business Learning
Many startups and entrepreneurs I advise still default to growing their business via the traditional top-down, order-taking culture. I’m convinced that you can’t stay competitive that way with today’s customers, and today’s employees. It’s time to push decision making down into the organization—insisting that the people closest to the customer and the markets learn and…
Read MoreHow to Create a Workplace Environment That Channels Employee Ambition into Success
Creating a work environment that instills ambition and drive for success rather than burnout doesn’t have to be that challenging. The key is to make employees feel appreciated. Nobody want to work hard Monday to Friday and leave their 9 to 5 jobs feeling miserable. Business owners should pay more attention to how their workers…
Read More3 Ways to Keep Female Employees from Leaving Your Small Business
Earlier this year, Susan J. Fowler published her exposé, “Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber,” sending Uber into some turmoil, and bringing the tech industry under scrutiny. For those unfamiliar, Fowler documented repeated cases of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. Fowler’s account was followed by reports that Uber managers defended their company…
Read More5 Ways to Create a Powerful Cohesive Team
Leaders are the people who guide companies into the future and inspire people to follow them along the way. In this article we discuss the specific thought processes that a leader uses to transform a team from average to awesome—into one cohesive, highly motivated team who are willing to go the extra mile to meet objectives.…
Read More6 Ways to Inspire Creativity in Your Office
To get something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done before. The same applies to the workplace and your team. The truth is, to spark creativity in a team, you have to be creative as a leader and think outside the box. You cannot expect your team to be innovative if you don’t…
Read More10 Keys to a Business Culture That Can Adapt Quickly
As an entrepreneur, you have to improvise and adapt quickly to survive and thrive in the face of the unpredictable challenges of the market. But this improvisation a not a comedy, although there are some distinct correlations, in relation to reacting, adapting, and communicating. In business and in comedy, you win most often with “Yes,…
Read More6 Ways Employers Can Encourage Healthy Work-Life Balance
Having and maintaining a healthy work-life balance seems like a dream sometimes. But is it really possible? These days, schedules have become busier and more hectic than ever, which often causes our personal lives to suffer. That’s why today, most employees are looking for more control over their lives, and even a bigger say in…
Read MoreHow to Run a Great Small Business When the Pressure Is On
In the summer of 2003 more than 26 wildfires started in Glacier National Park, burning a total of 136,000 acres of forest and sending fireballs and giant columns of smoke into the air from July to September. The fire closed down some of the most popular sections of a park that attracts around 2 million…
Read More5 Success Practices of Ultra-Effective Business Teams
It takes an effective team to attract and serve a community in business these days. With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer.…
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