Posts Tagged ‘Mentoring’
How a Buddy System Enhances Onboarding for New Employees
The onboarding process sets the tone for an employee’s tenure within a company. It’s the first impression, and as the saying goes, you never get a second chance at a first impression. The buddy system transforms traditional onboarding into a more personalized and supportive experience. New hires often feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of…
Read More4 Things You Can Only Learn From Business Mentors
Running a business is not all about coming up with great ideas. If all businessmen did was produce heaps of amazing new ideas to work on, no one could have achieved the greatness they desired. Business is all about learning things from the experts and investing your energy in the right directions. In this fast-paced…
Read MoreHow to Build Your Support System As a Consultant
If you’re a consultant or coach, you know how competitive the industry is for professionals like you. If you’re just starting out or looking to shake up your business model, you need to ensure that you have the solid foundation of support you need. Here are 4 steps to build that foundation and set yourself…
Read More4 Surefire Ways to Ramp Up Your Networking Results
Getting started as a small business owner is tough enough. You’re trying to build a solid team, perfect your product, and create a marketing strategy. That doesn’t leave you with a lot of time to network. However, you absolutely need to make it a priority as a new entrepreneur. If you don’t, you’ll be missing…
Read More6 Ways Businesses Can Give Back to the Community
There are many ways for businesses to give back to the community. Whether it comes in the form of donating to charity or donating knowledge or experience, every company has something to offer the community. It is important that businesses act as a force for positive change within the environments they operate. We have compiled…
Read MoreHow to Mold Managers That Propel Your Business Success
Here’s a shocking fact of U.S. businesses: Leadership training doesn’t typically happen until managers have been on the job for some 10 years. I think it’s easy to understand why this is so. Very often individuals sort of “morph” or evolve into management positions. It can happen several different ways: The organization grows and a successful…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Mentorship and What It Can Mean for You
In the early days of my career, I wasn’t enthusiastic about structured mentoring programs. I appreciated the advice given to me by more experienced co-workers and managers and was happy to help my peers when I had the time, but formal mentoring seemed to be taking it a step too far. What could it give…
Read MoreAre You Coachable?
Being coachable, whether you are a top executive, a middle manager, a front line sales manager, or an individual contributor is critical to your success. To grow and develop, to improve our abilities to achieve our goals and results, we have to be constantly learning and developing. Having others providing feedback, coaching, helping us think…
Read More8 Coaching Myths to Avoid in Building Your Team
Business productivity is all about having the right people, even though I’m bombarded daily with online tools and mobile apps that promise to solve every problem with automation and data. In reality, business success and satisfaction is about doing the right things at the right time, which requires leadership and coaching. But coaching doesn’t always…
Read MoreGive Back, Get Inspired: How Small Businesses Connect with Community
Community engagement can be a major determinant in business success – people prefer to work with companies that give back to their neighbors. But while there are plenty of mundane ways businesses can partner with the community, such as adopt-a-highway programs or volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, these activities often fail to make a long-term…
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