Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
Putting a Stop to “Mean Girls”: Bullying in the Workplace
If the national spotlight on bullying has taught us anything, it’s that bullies aren’t just ornery kids picking on helpless classmates in the schoolyard. Bullies have invaded social media, and they’re becoming more prevalent in the workplace.
Read More How to Maximize Efficiency at Your Startup
Is your startup company experiencing rapid growth? If so, it’s essential to know how to maximize efficiency, while still expanding your services. Startup owners must know how to restructure their organizations properly in order to position them for success. We go over a few of the best ways to do this below.
Read More Tips for Having Your Small Business Stage a Large Event
Small businesses can throw large events. But, as you know, large events come with large responsibilities. If an event coordinator is out of your budget, you’re using in-house staff to plan the event, and each individual involved needs to wear many hats throughout the event coordination and execution process.
Read More How to Be a Great Leader in Just Two Steps
When you start your own business, you have leadership thrust upon you, whether you’re ready for it or not, and I’ve seen plenty of people who have never even led a team, let alone a business, completely transform in taking on that responsibility and rise to the occasion.
Read More 6 Key Business Goals for Company Leaders
There are any number of reasons for setting goals for yourself as the CEO of a small business. Even with a successful track record behind you and a well-oiled process in place, new challenges will always appear on the horizon and you never know in what ways you might soon be tested.
Read More Customer Service from the C-Suite to the Mail Room
In a recent interview, I was asked questions about why the leaders of a company in the “C-Suite” should focus on customer service. While the customer service vision may start in the C-Suite, everyone must own the responsibility.
Read More The Benefits of a Corporate Activity Day for Your Staff
People often enter team-building activities with feelings of trepidation, suspicion, and nervous intrigue. If you’ve ever sat in a circle of chairs while sporting an illegible name badge and peered across at a colleague with a droll smile, then you might sympathize with these negative perceptions.
Read More Why We Decided to Do Away with Meetings and Remove Bosses from Our Startup
Our start-up is now 6 years old, and during that time we have learned a lot, but mainly from mistakes. However, there were only two initiatives that were correct from the beginning and are still present until today.
Read More Why Parents Make Great Entrepreneurs
Starting and growing a business presents many of the same challenges as raising a family, and many of the same skills and attributes come into play in both pursuits. In fact, we firmly believe that parents are uniquely suited to be entrepreneurs.
Read More Your Business Could Be Suffering Because You’re a Bad Boss
The high-level of stress entrepreneurs deal with often precludes them from seeing how they interact with their team members. If you’re a bad boss, not only do your employees suffer, but so does your business.
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