Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
Is Your Business Stable Enough for Growth?
The question might appear almost redundant: what business wouldn’t benefit from growth? But while growth is the lifeblood of any company, it also brings significant challenges—particularly in the cash flow department. In fact, a growth phase can be particularly dangerous as it will involve heavy investment in the business, including the purchase of new stock…
Read More10 Ways to Show You Care in the New Year
How about making a New Year’s resolution that you’ll do more for your community? The concept of “giving back” can grow stale unless we all put forth some real effort. Let’s face it, there are do’ers and those with good will who don’t follow through. So, as we look ahead, I challenge you to consider doing one good deed for…
Read More5 Steps to Create a Culture of Leadership
In a previous article, we discussed some ideas on how to assess leaders and their capacity to lead. Now let’s discuss some of the steps required to create a culture of leadership. Creating a culture of leadership is a key component in your companies’ ability to grow year over year. It is not something that can be…
Read MoreOrganizations are Reflections of Leaders’ Priorities
I have lots of different conversations with sales executives. They cover any number of issues: “Dave, how do I get our people to use the sales process?” “My people aren’t using the tools we provide them….” “We need to be more customer focused….” “We need to create and communicate our value more effectively…..” “We need…
Read MoreIs Your Leadership Limiting Your Organization’s Ability to Grow?
Leadership capacity is more than simply skill development; it’s about performance, growth, transformation and change. For the purpose of our discussion in this series of articles, let’s define it as; “Leadership Capacity is the skillful use of leadership attributes for the growth and development of ourselves, our colleagues and our organization.” Great leaders not only…
Read MoreHow Employee Engagement Impacts You
Wasting money is one of the quickest ways to drop a small business to its knees. As a small business owner, you know it’s critical to avoid unnecessary expenditures and to look for the best deal in all your transactions. Yet you may be throwing money out the window when it comes to your own…
Read More3 Key Elements of a Strong Change Management Framework
Realizing a need for change and having a plan to stimulate change are very different. Making any type of change to the status quo is never easy—it’s even more difficult without a clear change management plan to help guide your organization through the disruption, chaos and unfamiliar territory that is brought on by change. As…
Read MoreIs Leadership Really About This?
I was stunned reading an article in Fast Company: Five CEOs On The Skills It Takes To Land The Corner Office. The skills they identified were: How to say “No.” How to pitch. How to read financials. How to take criticism. Knowing how the work gets done. It’s amazing there was virtually no mention about effective leadership–that…
Read MoreHow to Start Your Employees’ Day on the Right Note
The way you start a day can set a precedent for the several hours to follow. That’s why nutritionists say it’s so important to begin a day with a balanced meal. The same goes for any workday. For employees, starting the day on the right note is so important for setting a positive tone for…
Read MoreStartup Culture is as Leaders Do
The question over on Quora was How should a new startup develop and sustain a strong company culture? I decided not to answer the essential how-to, but rather to share my experience in this area, which is more like a reality check on startup culture than anything else. The following is straight from my Quora answer. Culture is not what…
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