Tag: Management
What Successful Companies Do Differently
What is your big organizational initiative right now? Perhaps, you’re focused on increasing sales, decreasing production costs or streamlining internal processes. Maybe you’re in the strategic planning process or in budget hell. Successful companies have processes in place to continuously monitor the performance of every function of the business. ResourcesRead More
5 Things Great Leaders Do
No one expects their boss to be the next Nelson Mandela or Richard Branson, but every manager should be aspiring to be a better leader. While it’s true that nearly anyone can become a manager if they apply themselves and play their cards right, not just anyone can become aRead More
10 Tips to Keep Employees Happy
As job-hopping millennials infiltrate the workforce, employers need to be aware of the value of keeping their employees happy. Considering the time and money investments associated with the hiring and training processes, it makes much more sense to keep current employees than take on the challenge of bringing in newRead More
Bad Bosses: They Cause More Than Just Headaches
Regardless if you work in a local chicken shack or a Fortune 500 company, a bad boss can ruin the entire experience for you single-handedly. It doesn’t matter if you enjoy the work or not, a bad boss will seemingly go out of their way to undermine you at everyRead More
9 Qualities Employees Love in Leaders
Ever wonder what your employees think the perfect leader is? Do you wonder if you are a good leader for your people? You could directly ask them. Of course, they could be brutally honest or lie just so they don’t get in trouble. Unless you have good communication with yourRead More
5 Tips for Firing Up Your Team
We’ve all been there. New team. Old team. New goals. Complacency. How do you get your people fired up to accomplish a big goal? How do you motivate employees to bring their A-Game to work? Here are five ways to help you push complacency aside and start getting the GREATRead More
How to Find & Delegate Tasks to Virtual Assistants
Have you ever watched, eyes green with envy, as administrative virtual assistants skillfully smooth away the bumps in an executive’s day? “If only,” you think, “I could afford to have someone like that to answer the phone, keep my calendar, keep me organized, make travel arrangements, keep up with socialRead More
The Good Manager’s Guide: Conducting an Employee Evaluation
Employee evaluations (or staff appraisals) should be an enlightening experience for both parties involved. These reviews should be in no way intimidating for either you or your employee. However, for a lot of people the process has become exactly that. The reasons for these discouraging occurrences can range from whenRead More