Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
Eye of the Needle? Why to Worry Over Your Bottlenecks
Think for a minute whether there is any process or person that could be classed as the eye of the needle in your organization. Is there anything, process or person, that stalls the flow of work from start to finish? A CEO once told me that she was ‘the eye of the needle’ in her organization,…
Read MoreHaving a Clear Change Process: The 3 Elements of a No Excuse Mindset
A clear process is a vital component of achieving success in business. A strong process can be the difference between achieving some business goals occasionally or all of your business goals all of the time. Stimulating sustainable change starts with having a clear purpose, tapping into your teams emotions to get them engaged and willing to…
Read More7 Ways to Find Your Mentor
Running a small business is hard work, and having the right mentor can mean the difference between struggling and succeeding. A mentor has the connections that you haven’t yet developed, and is able to see a few more steps into the future with relative ease. Everyone could benefit from a little more guidance, so it…
Read MoreSolve These 4 Common Management Challenges
Every business faces specific management problems. Each business requires new product and service offerings as well as constant innovation. More so, while the number of qualified candidates has shrunk; staffing expectations have become more demanding than ever. There are also other daily demands that managers must juggle to stay in line with the legal requirements…
Read More4 Leadership Behaviors That Build High Performance Work Environments
Focusing on the small fixes will not put out the fire. Instead, this approach only takes up your time and leads to your company losing sight of larger, more important issues. Successful companies understand that achieving success is about addressing larger culture issues within the organization. Getting your organizational culture right is what leads to…
Read MoreHow to Communicate Your Company’s Vision to Your Employees
Your vision is exactly that: yours. Not everyone has the luxury of immediately understanding the strategy behind your decisions, but it’s important that your team grasps the deeper meaning behind their work. After all, how is your team supposed to think critically and be innovative if their perception of the work is misaligned? If you’re part…
Read MoreA Simple Test: Are We Managing Like Jerks?
Are we who issue orders to associates or employees ever acting as jerks? We’d never like to think so, or we wouldn’t do it in the first place. If someone is saying “This is confusing to me,” when you’ve given an instruction or order, there are a number of ways to respond. Of course it…
Read MoreThe Key to Running a Business as a New Parent
Whenever a person transitions to running their own business, they have to adjust their concept of work/life balance. In return for equity and the possibility of financial freedom, you’ve got more responsibility and much longer hours. This means that work/life balance as an entrepreneur is challenging, if not impossible, to achieve. Now imagine adding an…
Read MoreHow to Become a Catalyst Leader
If you’re in the Baby Boomer generation about to retire or already retired, congratulations! But this article is not for you. As the Baby Boomers retire they are taking with them critical leadership skills that the younger generations just don’t have. There are several reasons for this. First, the same skills set that worked for…
Read MoreHow to Make Your Sales Goals Real and Yourself Accountable
“A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” Samuel Goldwyn. There are a lot of quotes and adages that reflect the idea Samuel Goldwyn was getting at. The heart of the matter is this: When we get serious about something, we put it down in writing. Until something is on paper (or perhaps the…
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