Posts Tagged ‘Team’
Collaborative Decision-Making on Startup Teams
Decision-making on startup teams presents no shortage of potential pitfalls. Decisions may take forever to make. Or team members grow frustrated when they are left out of the process of making a decision. Or decisions are made but not executed and then get revisited. Sound familiar?
Read More How to Tackle Your First Year as an Entrepreneur
We’re about two weeks into the New Year and I’ve already seen a quarter of my Facebook friends declare that “2014 is gonna be my year!” Let’s hope such is the case for all you entrepreneurs out there!
Read More How to Motivate Your Team at Work
Thanks to the likes of David Brent, it’s easy to see team motivation as excruciating at worst and slightly cringey at best. But if you’re in charge of a group of people then it’s your responsibility to commit time and effort to ensure they’re happy and productive.
Read More Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Communication?
As leaders, we all understand the undeniable power of communication. While it’s important to build a culture of communication within your business, it’s equally important to understand its limitations, and when it can actually start to work against us. This is what it means to be an effective communicator.
Read More 7 New Years’ Resolutions to Set for Your Company
As 2013 draws to an end, you’re probably focused on closing out the year with a bang. You’ve got to think about taxes, dealing with old inventory and any other details that will help you make sure that the you can move on to next year.
Read More 5 Simple Ways to Increase Employee Productivity
There is an abundance of distractions that prevent employees from being as productive as possible. From cell phones to lack of motivation to employee discomfort, these distractions can cost your company thousands of dollars in wasted time.
Read More Overcoming Excuses for Not Doing Something
The first step in overcoming excuses from anyone, whether it is your team, your hostess or your kids, is to stop accepting it. We have a tendency to just wave it off with a flip answer.
Read More Employee Trust: Strategic Planning Can Kill It
Trust is the foundation of effective and authentic leadership. Without trust, leaders lose teams through attrition, or dangerously low engagement. Among the many qualities of trusted leaders, clarity is key: People trust the clear and mistrust the ambiguous. So, leaders who earn employee trust provide transparency around goals, plans, and expectations.
Read More Discover How Great Leaders Communicate
Whether you’re leading your own team or an entire company, solid communication skills are an absolute must. It sounds obvious, but have you taken the time to analyze and work on what areas of communication are necessary to move your startup in a powerful direction?
Read More 3 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Aptitude
Being a leader is not the same as being a manager. And while we’ve looked at qualities a true leader possesses, let’s consider how to become a better leader—especially for those who are not lucky enough to be “born leaders”.
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