Time for an immediate change in your life
Right now, many folks feel overwhelmed, lost, confused, angry, and uncertain with everything that is going on around them. We are in the middle of a pandemic. The political climate …
Time Management is Painful Real leaders do it anyway
We all want to feel good, and not feel bad. So, we prefer that change be comfortable. Sometimes it is. Most of the time it’s not. If you have ever …
Remain Flexible
One of the greatest challenges to success in business is to learn how to stay focused on your goals while remaining flexible enough to adapt to needed change. I am a …
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.