DON’T BE SCARED OF YOUR BUSINESS THIS HALLOWEEN: 5 TRICKS FOR ELIMINATING FEAR Have you noticed that when Halloween arrives, we tend to look for scarier moments the older we get? When we’re little Halloween means putting on that princess or ghost costume, going door-to-door and getting candy. When we’re a teenager, it’s about pulling… Read More »
Adopt a Big-Picture Perspective
“The best plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why and how much.”-Paula Nelson Be an Effective Leader To be an effective CEO and leader, we must adopt a big-picture perspective. As a leader it’s important that we don’t over complicate our businesses. Keep it simple and straightforward. Simplicity allows for… Read More »
Leadership, the link in the chain
Effective Leadership helps to strengthen the links in the organizational chain Leadership and People Management Recently I conducted a workshop on people management. In preparing for the workshop I came across a diagram of how our employees affect our business results. Basically it described how employee beliefs will affect employee attitudes and actions. Those employee… Read More »
People Management Workshop
People Management Workshop – Tickets. I am conducting a Strategic Mindset workshop on People Management on Saturday October 4th. This workshop is designed to help business leaders and owners understand the dynamics of people management, and to help you. Are you managing others? Are you finding it more and more difficult to keep good people?… Read More »
Enthusiasm
“Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier.”-Susan Rabin Great leaders live their lives and run their businesses with ENTHUSIASM! Legendary Leaders have Enthusiasm When people think of legendary football coaches, they nearly always mention Vince Lombardi. He said to his team, “You are to have confidence in me and enthusiasm for my system. Hereafter, I want… Read More »
“The Innovator’s Method: Bringing the Lean Start-Up Into Your Organization”
“The Innovator’s Method” by Dr. Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer shows you the methods that the best innovators use to conceive, test, and validate ideas before implementing them. Developed through research on world-class innovators such as Google, Tesla, Amazon, and Regeneron, this process helps take the risk out of innovation and offers an additional perspective… Read More »
Ask your employees for input
“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.”-Henry David Thoreau We should be asking our employees for input Do you regularly ask your employees for input, to share their thoughts and suggestions? Do you allow them to contribute ideas and then buy… Read More »
Be a Role Model for Others
“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.”-Claudian As leader, we must be a Role Model for others! Know that we set the tone, pace, environment, and personality of our company. By our consistent actions, we establish what the company values and what gets rewarded. We… Read More »
Eight Marketing Strategies for a Small Budget
“There are no magic wands, no hidden tricks, and no secret handshakes that can bring you immediate success, but with time, energy, and determination you can get there.” – Darren Rowse, founder of ProBlogger Eight Marketing Strategies for a Small Budget Everyone knows that building a business takes time and persistence, but it also takes… Read More »
Employees want to be held accountable
“Accountability breeds response-ability.”-Stephen Covey Employees want to be held accountable! We should meet with our key employees or managers at least once a month for a one-to-one, good-old-fashioned accountability session. Remind them of our expectations. Help them to grow and improve. Again, when we create clarity of expectations and standards, there is less confusion and… Read More »