Crowdsource Ideas to Grow Your Business
You may be pretty smart, there are plenty of other smart people out there. Never assume that, just because you are a leader, you have a monopoly on good ideas. Try to crowdsource ideas within (and potentially beyond) your organization. As you grow, you need to take advantage of emerging opportunities and deal with emerging […]
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- Jun, 17, 2019
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Jun, 17, 2019
You Should Prepare For Learning
We talk a lot about developing your employees, but how about developing you? There’s a concept that says 70% of learning comes on the job, 20% comes through relationships, and only 10% comes through formal means. That’s not much time to spend in a classroom. When you will be taking a class, then, you should […]
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- Jun, 13, 2019
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You Cannot Change People
Do you have an employee who has the skills they need, but is not proactive about using them? Maybe you have someone who is talented, but cannot work well with others? Perhaps you have a team member who is disruptive in the office but who, for various reasons, you cannot fire? Don’t try to change […]
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- Jun, 10, 2019
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What Will They Say About You?
June 6th marks the anniversary of D-Day, an incredible accomplishment during World War II that set the stage for the Allies to win the war. Every year on this day there are memorial services, speeches by world leaders, and other events to honor those who gave whatever it took to push toward victory. A few […]
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- Jun, 06, 2019
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More Than Just Training
The story goes that a CFO tells the CEO, “We need to cut back on training. What happens if we spend all this money training people, and they leave?” The CEO calmly replies, “What happens if we don’t spend the money to train them…and they stay?” Good leaders know that training their people is critical […]
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- May, 16, 2019
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