Your Power as a Leader Years ago, I had a very difficult boss. One-on-one he wasn’t a bad guy. He was warm and likable. But in a group—particularly in meetings—he became another person. Dr. Jekyll became Mr. Hyde. He would suddenly become cold and aloof. If I, or someone on my team, reported good news, he either didn’t acknowledge it or quickly dismissed it. “Okay, we get it. You had a great month. Can we …
Steps to Reduce Your Stress Levels at Work It might not be feasible – or even necessary – to change jobs, so what else could you do? Here are a few steps to help you better manage your stress at work. It may seem simple, but identifying the root cause of your issues will help begin the healing process. According to the American Psychological Association, some common workplace stressors are low salaries, excessive workloads, few …
10 negative employee behaviors that undermine success As managers, we expect the best behavior from each member of our team all the time. We fully expect our workgroups to be constructive and positive. We expect each member to contribute to a professional environment every day. But in the real world of business, how do you know when someone is damaging the success of your enterprise? How do you know when to cut someone some slack …
Steps To Inspire Confidence And Seize New Growth Why do some companies succeed in creating new market spaces while others fail? It is a question that is studied in MBA classrooms all over the world. Successfully answer that question and you might be paying off your business school tuition fees faster than you think. Fail to answer the question and you may spend the rest of your career engaging in head-to-head competition fighting over a …
5 Ways to Keep Your Team Motivated When Things Get Tough We all go through rocky patches from time to time, whether we’re struggling to reach our sales targets or whether morale is at a low due to a high profile departure or rumors spreading over cigarette breaks and around the water cooler. The best leaders are the ones who know that occasional dips in motivation are irrelevant. Instead of trying to sweep the issue …
3 Ways to Deal With the Anxiety of Being an Entrepreneur In 2016, I decided that I was going to own my own business—I was going to become an entrepreneur. This has been both the best decision I’ve ever made and the worst. They say “running a business is hard,” but it’s difficult for most people to conceptualize what that actually means. And when I talk to people about what I do and they say, …
Google for Business: A Small Business Guide From calendars and email to online documents, Google apps can help businesses organize themselves efficiently and function smoothly. Here’s how these solutions can help your business, and how you can get started. From calendars and email to online documents, Google apps can help businesses organize themselves efficiently and function smoothly. Proprietary technology like Google Analytics, Google My Business and Get Your Business Online helps businesses form an …
Why Reflective Leadership Is the Key to a Successful Purpose Transformation Perhaps more than any other generation, purpose is what inspires younger generations of workers to engage and put forth their best efforts in the workplace. So whether your organization has committed to a purpose transformation or not, the chances are it is undergoing one anyway, simply by virtue of the fact that the face of your workforce is changing.read more at inc.com To Get …
Talking Intellectual Property: How Openly Should Entrepreneurs Share Their Ideas? Should entrepreneurs ask investors to sign non-disclosure agreements? What are the advantages of seeking a provisional patent? What do you do if you’ve been waiting four years and your patent still hasn’t been approved? How do you decide when to proceed with marketing a product and when to hold off? And how can you protect yourself if you want to outsource the manufacturing of a …
How to Be a More Energetic Leader On more than one occasion, I’ve heard Andy Stanley say, “The best thing a leader can bring to his team is his energy.” I agree. If you are discouraged, pessimistic, or lacking in energy, people will feel it. It will spread faster than an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. read more at michaelhyatt.com 11 Ways to Beat Procrastination Procrastination strikes everyone, and once it …
8 Mistakes Business Owners Make Creating Their ‘About Us’ Page Despite being probably the most visited page on a business’s website, the “About Us” is often overlooked. It’s an afterthought following more seemingly important content and product pages. The fact of the matter is that your “About” page is very important. It introduces your business to website visitors, tells them what exactly it is that you do and builds the rapport and trust that drives conversions. Optimizing …
Stuck in the middle between alpha dogs Ever been around a scenario where one director makes a decision, only to have another director counter that decision right in front of you? Depending on the kind of person you are, it can be enough to make you want to grab your headphones and focus your attention elsewhere — or grab the nearest bag of popcorn and get your jollies if you are a fan of work …
The Best Way to Get More Results From Your Content Find out how to optimize your website to give your customers experiences that will have the biggest ROI for your business. Creating good content is expensive and time-consuming. It requires skill and subject expertise. It’s generally a pain in the … budget…read more at entrepreneur.com The 1-Hour Weekend Activity That Will Totally Change Your Week The weekends are a time for relaxation and rejuvenation …
Why Leaders Cannot Afford to Be Easily Offended Here is one big downside to being a leader: You are going to draw fire. You will have critics, trolls, second-guessers, and people who insist on thinking the worst of you. You may be falsely accused of wrong motives and much worse. It’s not any fun, but it goes with the territory. And your job in the midst of all this criticism is to keep your head …
6 Mindset Shifts That Will Improve Your Life | SUCCESS Is it true that people have a natural resistance to change? Dig a little deeper and you might discover that resistance to change is just the symptom and that people have a natural resistance to feeling incompetent. Humiliation is a deep fear we all possess; we don’t want to feel or look incompetent and change has the potential to activate that feeling…read more at success.com …
Do You Really Need a Business Plan? Starting a business was the last thing on Sean Hackney’s mind when he sat down to write a business plan. Hoping to persuade a soft drink company to hire him, Hackney scripted a plan for taking on his former employer, Red Bull North America Inc. But when he showed it to his corporate attorney father and former Red Bull managing director, “they said, ‘Don’t send this to Coke …
Can You Tell If Others Find You Truly Trustworthy? Trust can be hard to find in any business environment, especially in the volatile retail real estate world. After the industry shenanigans of 2008, many professionals in this field have found it twice as hard to build relationships. Many lenders struggled to trust borrowers, and many professionals fled the industry, not trusting that retail real estate could recover this time. Now, in 2017, trust is still …
20 Powerful Leaders Offer Up Inspirational Advice Chances are, there are days when you wonder if you are up to the challenges life throws at you. Most go through times when they feel that the weight of the world is on their shoulders. Those are the days to reflect on the wisdom the people for whom it actually is–the global leaders, captains of industry, and great minds who face enormous challenges every day. Below are …
7 Habits Of The Best Public Speakers Whether it’s a keynote speech for thousands or a sales meeting for a dozen, we’ve all seen speakers who keep the audience hanging on every word—and those who have their audiences counting the minutes until they can leave the room. Public speaking, whether it’s on a stage or in a conference room, isn’t some magical, innate skill, says renowned speaking coach Joan Detz, author of How to Write …
Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Set Irrational Goals Two of the most important pieces of advice I can provide to entrepreneurs are to not be afraid to be irrational when you set your goals, and that if you hope to realize these goals you need to focus on, you need to listen to and respect your team. Regarding the first piece of advice, history shows that the entrepreneurs who fundamentally changed how people work, …