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 …
Continue Reading about 5 Strategies for Confidently Dealing with Conflict in Your Workplace
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 …
Continue Reading about Take Back Your Time & Learn How to Work Smarter, Not Harder
8 Ways to Improve Your Business Communication Skills
Effective communication is one of the most important skills you need to learn to be a strong business leader. Improving your communication skills can save you from costly mistakes, and misaligned expectations, and also helps your business run more smoothly and efficiently. Think about it, if an employee or a collaborative partner isn’t clear about your business objectives or how you operate, they are likely to produce a product that doesn’t cohesively align with your brand or …
Continue Reading about 8 Ways to Improve Your Business Communication Skills
Reviewing Annual Goals and Reprioritizing Next Actions
Running your own business means holding yourself accountable for your actions. Nearly every success, every inch of growth, and every learning experience rests squarely on your shoulders. While you may have a business coach, family, and friends cheering you on from the sidelines, ultimately, the only one who can take the actions and be accountable for your business’ success is you. One of the best ways to measure accountability is simple—set goals. But it is not enough to set goals once and …
Continue Reading about Reviewing Annual Goals and Reprioritizing Next Actions
How to Stop Should-ing on Yourself
How many times a day to find yourself saying, “I should…”? I should be more grateful.I should be more productive.I should do more to grow my business.I should do more volunteer work.I should visit family and friends more often. And the “shoulds” pile on. Let’s talk about those “shoulds.” When you really look at it and break it down into its simple message, shoulds are just the way we make ourselves feel guilty for not being better people. Of course, that’s not to say that you aren’t …