An independent business owner (IBO) often thinks he has to “do it all.” For example, he may say, “I AM my business, who else can help with this?” You can outsource just about anything, for a price. Many IBO’s may do this for technical things (web development, printing, etc.) but
Here are some excerpts from an article, “Business Gains are Doubled When They’re Done With Love“, from one of my clients, Corey Blake. It was co-authored by Francesca Crozier-Fitzgerald a staff writer at Round Table Companies. “Loving and leading this way is a risk, no doubt about it. It’s a risk for
Why You May Be Terrible At Giving Feedback Kristi Hedges is a leadership coach, speaker and author of The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others. She blogs at kristihedges.com. In her article, Why You May Be Terrible At Giving Feedback, she shares “Last year, I wrote about the mistakes
SUMMARY: HIGHLY RECOMMEND. 5 star. This book is a MUST HAVE for business leaders. As a business coach and trainer, I often recommend it to most of my business owners and leaders. Those who are starting a business to those in larger organizations find it helpful. While it can take
A small business owner often thinks he has to “do it all.” He may say, ”I AM my business, who else can help with this?” However, you can outsource just about anything, for a price. Many people do this for technical things (web development, printing, etc.) but try to fight through the
We are in a season where activities and demands are picking up. There are more schedules to manage and pulls on our time. In general, we want to be helpful and accommodating to people. Therefore we hate to say “NO”. People often do anything to avoid this word. We will
As leaders, we are usually diligent at the end of a year to review where we have been and reflect on where we want to go. We take time to set goals and encourage our team to set goals as well. Sometimes people post their goals but usually they are
When leaders do not use a dashboard or scorecard it is hard to measure and track and therefore hold yourself and your team accountable. It is often difficult for everyone to be disciplined to keep a matrix or chart updated. However, the consequences of not tracking lead to the “feeling”
“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.” -H James Harrington
You can find different approaches to tracking, I encourage: #1 SCORECARDS: This is a daily or weekly tracker of the “activity” needed to move toward your goal and accomplish your milestones. FOR EXAMPLE: Goal: Grow business by 10% (60 new customers). Milestone: 5 new customers a month Scorecard
