Posts Tagged ‘Performance’
Are your managers Coaches?
It is said that employees don’t leave companies, they leave mangers and I believe that. We have all known this for a while. Lately I have been asking people how they were first trained to be a manager. The most common answer is “I wasn’t”. Most of us began managing people the way we wanted…
READ MORE...Personal Strategic Direction Questions
Ask yourself the following questions, remember to be honest with yourself when answering. When you have finished writing your answer read them. Is that the life you want? If so, go after it. How important is balance of life? How do you balance personal and business life? If you had unlimited resources (money, time, people)…
READ MORE...Prepare yourself for stress!
When you are a business owner or a CEO, the job can come with some significant pressure. Everybody expects the business leader to be there for everyone and everything. You are supposed to be all things to all people and no-one is really interested in the fact of whether you are having a bad day…
READ MORE...…We’re Having a Great Year!
A few months ago, many companies and many industries suffered tremendous losses of customers, sales and profits. Many, but not all companies and industries have bounced back, if not all the way back, at least well on their way. But not necessarily all companies in those industries…Why? What we need to realize is that, customers…
READ MORE...Gaining Time
Time management is a skill that takes time to develop and perfect. It’s also is a skill that is different for everyone. If you’re like a lot of people you spend your days in a frenzy of activity but achieve very little because you are not concentrating on the right things. As an entrepreneur, you…
READ MORE...Goals are a Great thing!
Setting goals gives you that feeling of accomplishment and the ability to check another item off your list. It is also a crucial part of business, helping us to keep track and measure our progress. But when you think about reaching those goals does it include an actual reward? Research has shown us that more…
READ MORE...4 Steps to Improve Your Performance in 2021
With today’s speed of change, if you aren’t looking and moving forward, you are quickly falling behind. Even though 2020 is almost ¾ complete, now is a great time to be looking forward to 2021 and how you want to improve upon your 2020 goals and performance (so you don’t fall behind your competition). If…
READ MORE...Building Your Company’s Value
Building for exit (a.k.a. enterprise) value optimization is a great way to build a highly valuable business regardless of your interest in selling it or not someday. Here is a relatively comprehensive list of areas to address in priority order to optimize exit value and build a healthy and thriving company. Things that drive exit value: Reduce…
READ MORE...Get Sales Strategy In Place….NOW!
In order to have an effective sales staff and successful sales numbers within your company, requires a very intentional and meticulous undertaking. Your company needs a sales strategy that you and your salespeople can implement time and time again that will generate abundant business ventures. It is not easy to turn these plans into action…
READ MORE...10 Key Leadership Skills to Learn For 2020
You might be an expert in your field or even the smartest person in the room — but that’s no guarantee of success! As a leader, you need a set of skills that are compatible with the changing times and increasing obligations of your business. There is no crystal ball to help you predict what…
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