Develop Your Peeps!
The beginning of the year is a great time to think about what’s next for you, your career and your staff. The number one reason employees look for another job is prompted by their bad manager. Employees stay – where and when they feel valued. One of the easiest ways to value an employee is to encourage and support their development. Here are some tips for you to use to develop your employees (or yourself):
Tip 1: It’s about them, not you. You may enjoy taking classes, looking for new responsibilities, having new experiences… Continue reading
I want to be the boss! – Part 1
You may be thinking about starting your own business or perhaps you’ve already started? An overwhelming task even just thinking about it! So many moving parts. Great ideas keep coming at you. You want to get started, yet where to begin?
This is the first in a series of blogs to give you something to think about. I’ll be posting these once a week for the next six weeks.
I want you to optimize the start.
The following tips will not guarantee your success – not putting these in place may lead to failure.
Step… Continue reading
It’s not fair!
My husband and I have had the opportunity to play golf around the world. For the amount of time and money that we have spent, we should be much better. Golf courses are in beautiful places and walking 18 holes is great exercise – like walking in a lovely park. I’ve learned a lot about myself and lessons that apply to business.
See if any of these situations applies to you?
Lesson 1: Even if you hit a great shot, the ball can go in a bunker (sand trap). In your career you can do… Continue reading
Energy Drain
Do you feel exhausted at the end of the day? Middle of the day? Beginning of the day? Read the blog post before this one if you feel like a ping pong ball. Getting that game under control is a great step to shoring up some drains.
Here are some additional drains that can be turned into boosts.
To do list: Super way to stay organized! Remember to just have one (one life, one list). When you complete something on your list and you cross it off – your list can become overwhelming… Continue reading
Ping Pong
Do you ever feel like a ping pong ball being bounced around every day? Think about your actions. Who are you rewarding? Disrupters or schedulers? How are you training people to interact with you? Do you give your attention to squeaky wheels? Whose agenda is it anyway – yours or are you allowing it to be someone else calling the shots?
Factoid: If you’re looking at emails as they come in you are allowing someone else to manage your time.
Factoid: If you’re looking at texts as they come in you are… Continue reading
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