8 Signs an Employee Is Exceptional
We can all spot a great employee: she's dependable, proactive, hardworking, a great leader, and a great follower. She brings a wide variety of easily defined attributes, but they also have some hard to find soft skills to the table. Some employees, though, are exceptional. They have skills and qualities that aren't evaluated on performance appraisals but make a huge impact on that individual's performance, the performance of the people around her, and especially on the company's results. Here are eight signs an employee is truly exceptional:
Sticking to your values – in a time of crisis
What are your values in your business? Are your values Integrity, Honesty, Trust, Ownership along with many more? Those values may have changed due to COVID-19. Are you still true to your personal and business values, or have they changed with the unexpected circumstances that are taking place?
What are YOUR hiring standards?
Standards. We may not think about them much. But we all have them. Individuals. Families. Companies. From time to time, we are forced to measure our conduct against our standards. ...
7 Steps to the Perfect Social Media Plan
Do you dream about the perfect social media plan? The perfect social media template? Many business leaders wanting to get social dream about it. They think they need it. The ...
10 Easy Ways to Resist Change
Having worked with many owners, leaders, managers and employees and a theme that keeps coming up is how to deal with change. The standard way of dealing with change in ...
How to Be More Persuasive
What will make you more persuasive? Thinking less about what you want and more about what you deliver for others. Think about delivering benefit instead of trying to win over ...
Six Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business
Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? Many people jump the cubicle (leave corporate JOBS in pursuit of being their own boss) and may have the motivation and desire. But, do they have all the other skills, education, focus and money to make the jump? Here are six simple things to consider.
What is your EXIT strategy?
Stephen Covey stated, “Think with the end in mind.” Many business owners are so excited and overwhelmed that they often overlook a big part of their business, operating plan. Their exit plans. You may finally figure your target market. Your USP (Unique Selling Proposition). Your business structure and much more, but you have not figured out how it all ends.
Top 10 Reasons Small Businesses Fail
Sad to say this but the stats don’t lie. The statistics for a new business to succeed is not too positive. Twenty-four percent of new business fail in the first ...
How to be strategic in your business
One reason that many businesses fail, is that they have no strategic plan. They are always chasing a sale, or marketing/advertising just to be marketing or advertising with no real purpose. Yes, we get it. You want more sales, but your marketing and advertising is not strategic towards the goals of your business. It has no real purpose; it does not have any strategy that is in alignment with the goals of your business. That is one of the many reasons you are not getting an ROI on your marketing/advertising investment. Strategic management is a widely studied field because it is through strategy that organizations attempt to reach their goals and out-think the competition. Thinking strategically requires research, analysis, and forethought in order to create a plan for how you will proceed as an organization. Most small business owners do not take time out of their schedule for strategic planning. They have no strategic “game plan.”
Don’t stop working during the holidays
The Holiday Season is upon us and for sales professionals and sales managers this time of year adds special challenges for maintaining focus on sales productivity. Being an entrepreneur has ...
What is your USP? And why is this important
What is your USP? You may have heard that question at some point when you were building your business or starting up. USP stands for Unique Selling Proposition. In very ...
