Posts Tagged ‘Team’
Top Tips for Productive Delegation
How often do you find yourself complaining about how busy you are? Stop to think about it. Contrary to popular belief, work overload is not necessarily a badge of honor.
Read More Problems with Staff Getting Along
Frequently you have to deal with staff members who do not get along. This is one of those things that is just part of human nature. However, you cannot ignore these problems because they will only get worse with time.
Read More An Unexpected Leadership Lesson from Nelson Mandela
There has been much written and discussed this past year about late South African leader and political icon Nelson Mandela. The recent death of this extraordinary man prompted me to reflect on an important lesson I learned when reading about him a few years back.
Read More Transactional Managers: Is This Old-School Approach Killing Your Company’s Productivity?
Which type of salesperson is more valuable? The one who follows the rules and accomplishes nothing, or the one who is so efficient and effective that the company can count on her to be successful no matter how long or hard she works?
Read More Why Self-Evaluation and Job Descriptions Matter Even More for Startups
One of the most challenging aspects of working for a startup is also the thing that makes it so exciting. As the company grows, roles and structures change. For better or for worse, your job description can change dramatically in mere months.
Read More How Adam Silver Aced His First Leadership Test
Adam Silver worked for the NBA for 22 years before becoming commissioner of the league this February. But he was only the man in charge for less than 3 months before he was faced with one of the biggest crises I’ve seen in professional sports. And he aced the test.
Read More Employee Retention in a Franchise Business
Businesses where higher-level employee skills are integral to the business typically need to place a higher emphasis on employee retention than businesses where training new employees is less costly.
Read More Never Underestimate the Power of a Group
As leaders, voicing your ideas, problems, and concerns to a group of trusted peers offers perspectives you could not otherwise access. Belonging to a trusted peer group or a board of advisors opens up a variety of benefits.
Read More Team Building Tips for Founders
Founding a successful startup is a task that can easily overwhelm—unless the entrepreneur has built an excellent support team. If you think you can go-it-alone, you are sadly mistaken.
Read More The First 5: How to Hire Those Critical Early Employees
Similar to the foundation of a house, the founding team of a startup ultimately determines its future and potential for success—it’s the base on which the rest of the business will be built. Without a strong, durable, and well-balanced founding team there for support, a startup could crumble under the pressures of entrepreneurship.
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