Setting Clear Goals and Expectations During the holiday season, it’s important to set clear goals and expectations for your team. Clearly define the tasks and projects that need to be completed during this time. This will help everyone stay focused and understand their priorities. Communicate…
Teamwork is an essential part of the workplace. From small to large businesses, it is the backbone of successful operation and productive environments. Most would say that mankind is more evolved because human cognitive abilities are much higher than that present in the animal kingdom. However,…
Abolish performance appraisals? Certainly, if they don’t work! Performance appraisals impede genuine feedback, and there’s no solid evidence that it motivates people or lead to meaningful improvement. In fact it usually produces distorted and unreliable data about the contribution of employees. Consequently, the resulting…
In today’s busy world, one of the best ways to get more time for those top-priority projects is by delegating some of the lower-priority work to someone else. (If you’re able to eliminate it, that’s even better.) We can’t speak for everyone, but many people…
Most of us cringe when we hear there is an upcoming teambuilding, morale improvement, employee engagement, and team productivity workshop that we are expected to attend. Why are we so turned off? What is it about team dynamics that challenge many of us? Why does…
Clashing With Your Employee? It’s a harsh truth to accept that we simply don’t all see eye-to-eye. What’s worse is that you can in many cases be directly responsible for an employee that you don’t like. The question you may find yourself asking is ‘how…
Make Your Time Count Business owners like you have a lot of tasks and precious little time to get them done. When your responsibilities start to pile up, it gets harder and harder to identify a solution. There are lots of little tricks, tips and…
Customer loyalty is essential. In fact, we believe that having a loyal customer base is key to future success. We have witnessed businesses that doesn’t understand the value of loyal customers. It’s no surprise that these businesses often fail. Here’s a few reasons why loyal…
Do you want your business to be flexible enough to adapt, adjust and grow in turbulent marketing conditions? Of course you do. But what are you doing to inspire your employees? A good leader has a love for learning that is instilled in their employees.…
Are you going through your life on auto-pilot? Are you letting your reactions and responses to life’s circumstances and events be dictated by your previous values, attitudes, and beliefs. Perhaps your responses a result of living in the present? Most people tend to react as…
