Final Course Correction for the Year
Planning your business and team goals for the year is a lot like planning a stri [...]
AND don’t BUT
Wow, what an exciting week…and not in a good way. My CRM went down on Tuesday. [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Make Team Members Responsible
One of the biggest mistakes that you can make as a leader is to make someone responsible for getting something done...We tend to equate responsibility with accountability and these are two, very-different words. Responsibility is our ability to give a response, to act. Implicit in this is a sense of timeliness. If your response comes late, you aren’t being responsible.
Staying Connected with Your Team in a 2-Dimensional World.
As businesses shift to a virtual workforce, it becomes more critical that leade [...]
Leading in Crisis
How to Plan for Survival In my life, I have always found that nothing helps in times of uncertainty like having a plan. If you aren’t sure what you can do, this is the time to rally your team and develop a plan. Remember, your job, as a leader, is to ensure that your team survives and thrives. Here are some considerations and some questions you can ask: • What is the nature of your customers, business or consumers?
Soft Skills, the Secret to Successful Hiring
Today, I want to discuss soft skills as it relates to interviewing and acquiri [...]
Do Your Applicants Have the Right Stuff?
Today’s mission is “how to determine if a potential teammate is a behavioral [...]
Interviewing for Values
In the previous mission, “How to Conduct an Effective Interview”, we discussed [...]
How to Conduct an Effective Interview
A question that I'm frequently asked is "How do I know that the person I'm inte [...]
Hire the Best or Create your Own Elite Team
Hiring the Best, a Failed Leadership Strategy Today, we are going to discuss [...]