The Rock Every Business Should Be Built On for Success Today and Into the Future Laying out the foundation for your business’s goals, as well as the principles that guide those goals, is an essential part of business planning. Making clear statements helps provide clarity to your customers and employees and provides a map for guiding your business toward success. Developing thoughtful mission, vision, and value (MV&V) statements are a key part of your strategic plan for your business to …
The Difficulty with Decision Making and How to Overcome It
Decision-making is a critical skill for all business owners. After all, good decision-making is one of the driving forces behind a business’s success. Yet it’s a skill that many people struggle to master. Why? Because we are afraid to fail. We often develop fears as a result of traumatic events or negative feelings experienced as a consequence of making a bad choice. Repercussions from poor decision-making can have deep and lasting effects on a person’s life. When compounded with fear that …
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6 Ways to Manage People Effectively, At Any Level!
Whether you’re a business owner, CEO, intern, or entry-level employee, the ability to work with others is critical for your success. Regardless of your position in a company, you need to manage relationships with supervisors, customers, suppliers, and others to be effective in your role. Here are 6 quick tips that can be applied to you and your team to help you better manage your relationships. Cultivate Your Communication Communication is critical to effectively managing relationships …
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How To Improve Your Company’s Leadership Performance and Increase Productivity
Effective leadership is absolutely essential to your company’s performance and success. Great natural leaders aren’t always easy to find. Fortunately, with guidance, most people can learn to become good leaders. There are many defining characteristics of a good leader. Determining which characteristics your employees naturally possess and which may require additional skill building are key to identifying which areas you need to focus on with a particular employee. The 360° Workplace …
5 Strategies for Confidently Dealing with Conflict in Your Workplace
If you’re a business owner with employees, you probably already know that conflict is inevitable. Learning how to deal with those conflicts when they arise is important to ensure your business continues to thrive. The following strategies will help you confidently deal with conflict when it does arise. Investigate. Use your detective skills to do some investigating to learn the backstory. Be sure you listen to all sides and dig deep to find the root of the problem. Sometimes what appears to …
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Take Back Your Time & Learn How to Work Smarter, Not Harder
We’ve all heard the term work smarter, not harder - most of us have probably even said it a time or two. Yet many business owners do exactly the opposite. With advances in technology, our work is often everywhere we are 24/7. Late night texts, early morning emails, phone calls outside normal business hours - multitasking has taken on a whole new meaning, and many business owners are working almost every waking moment of their day. While technology has made it easier to do all the work ourselves …
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