“Managing a team is one of the coolest jobs in the whole world.” This is something people might say who never have managed a team before because the reality is completely opposite. Team management and the fact that you have to become and act like a leader, is one of the most difficult things you […]
Managing Employees
4 Ways To Boost Employee Experience with Employee Feedback
Collecting employee feedback is crucial for the growth of any organization as employees are the biggest asset of every organization. Knowing that their feedback is taken into serious consideration makes employees feel valued. On the flip side, receiving constructive feedback also helps decrease employee turnover rates. Here are 4 useful methods for gathering employee feedback: […]
Do You Empower Others?
As a leader for your team or business, it is important for you to build consensus in most every major decision. To do that, you must be able to relinquish some degree of power, overriding decisions made by consensus only with some thought and certainly with an explanation to those involved. Never fear empowering others […]
Worker Management: Say No to Micromanaging and Yes to Technology
To 4 in 10 U.S. small business owners, becoming their own boss has always been their dream. And while the journey is far from easy or glamorous, they say it’s rewarding and well worth the risk. There is, perhaps, no stronger indication of success than when a business is ready to hire. While more help […]
Leadership is Not About “Monitoring”
Too often when I speak to sales managers, they focus on “monitoring” their sales people. They constantly focus on: Where they are on MTD, QTD, YTD numbers? Do their pipelines have the right volume/velocity of opportunities? Are the sales people hitting their goals on prospecting calls, customer meetings, and so forth? Are they keeping CRM […]
How Emerest Uses Texting to Organize Employee Work Schedules
The other day I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Isaac. He runs Emerest Health of Connecticut, a home care agency. Emerest, is a home care agency with headquarters in New York and registered offices in other states that they are licensed to service. Isaac told me about his business… “We do […]
Do You Make Any of These 5 Common Management Mistakes?
Nobody’s perfect. Especially where small businesses are concerned, even the best managers make mistakes. Today, we’re going to talk about the blunders that are made more often than any other—and how you can avoid making them yourself. You take a lot of pride in your management position. As you should—leadership isn’t something just anybody can […]
5 Things You Can Do to Become a Better Manager in the Modern Age
Management isn’t easy, especially in today’s changing world. It seems that as time goes on, the job becomes more challenging, with new technologies and progressive ideals taking over the workplace. This change demands an evolution in management strategies and techniques for anybody that wants to lead successfully in the modern age. The good news is […]
Are You Unknowingly Inhibiting Your Team Members from Doing Their Jobs?
Results, results, results: When you’re in a position of leadership, this is probably the thing that occupies your mind and dictates your actions the most. However, as managers and leaders, we are responsible for so much more than just results. We’re responsible for the people we lean on to get them. There’s no such thing […]
6 Management Mistakes That Will Kill Employee Motivation
I was talking to an elementary school teacher the other day who works for a major school district. While there are many things she likes about her job, her list of complaints was pretty long. It made me wonder how many small business owners are making these same type of management mistakes. She told me […]
