One of the most frustrating aspects of owning a business is having valuable team members quit. Good employees are worth their weight in gold, especially in today’s market where there is strong demand to fill key roles in high growth companies. Not only is it challenging to find a new employee who meshes with your company culture, a recent SHRM
Performance Appraisals- Stop Dragging Your Feet
90% of performance appraisal processes are inadequate. ~ Salary.com survey
Without Processes What Can You Expect?
Jim began his business as owner and only employee. With persistence and good fortune, he expanded from his kitchen table to his basement, to his garage and on to a large rented building. As his client list increased, he added employees, expanded shipping and implemented new innovations to grow his business.
5 Lessons Larry Learned About Growing Too Fast
Larry never saw it coming. He ran a nice business and made a good living. His employees appreciated their jobs and enjoyed working with him.
Ask Your Customers These Questions
Every year about this time, company leaders start planning for the upcoming year. They look at equipment and technology needs. They make educated guesses about sales. If they’re lucky, they have a backlog of orders to carry into the next year. They add that backlog to historical sales data to produce a revenue target.
Please Don’t Make Me!
My friend Susan isn’t very adventurous. In fact, when anyone suggests a trip to another country or even another state she turns them down flat. “I’m not much of a traveler,” she’ll say. The truth is, the very thought of traveling to a strange place makes her feel uncomfortable and pushes her out of her comfort zone.
It’s Bosses Day, Pay It forward
One of the biggest challenges of owning a business is managing people. Some business owners seem to be natural relators; they were born with the gift of hiring good people and achieving great results through them. For others, it is not so easy.
5 Things To Remember When You’re Having A Bad Day
Bad days. Everyone has them.
6 Ways To Have More Fun Running Your Business
I was having coffee with a business owner last week. He was describing some of the challenges he was facing. He wrapped up his litany with the words, “Running my business just isn’t fun anymore.”
Are You Tracking These 4 Critical Sales Questions Every Day?
I was cleaning out files last week and ran across a list of questions one of my roundtable members shared three years ago. They are as relevant today as they were then.