Employee engagement is a shared understanding of the issues that affect the business, and that understanding leads to changes in employees’ attitudes and behaviors. If you have employees, how engaged are your employees?
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7 Mistakes Made by New (and Even Some Seasoned) Business Leaders
The challenges facing businbess leaders today is never ending and we get caught up in the stuff necessary to accomplish the immediate task at hand and we sometimes lose site of the ultimate goal or mission. Here are seven of the most common pitfalls that will blow any leader off course:
The Role of Decisiveness in Achieving Results
Read some advice from Denny F. Strigl, former president and CEO of Verizon Wireless, on how to become an effective manager. One core quality he looks for in a manager is decisiveness — he wants managers to make decisions and take action. When decisions need to be made, effective managers gather the facts, analyze the situation, consider alternatives, and decide on the best course of action — and they do it quickly.
How Entrepreneurs Should Face Business Challenges and Manage Change
As an entrepreneur, you will constantly be faced with business challenges, and chief among them is managing change. When your small business is faced with a challenge, here are 7 steps you should take.
Lessons from a Shopping Mall
Shopping malls are changing, just as the behavior, lifestyle and attitudes of their customers are evolving. Your business has to learn how to adapt to the changing times if you want to survive and thrive. Stay ahead of the trend or risk being squashed by it!
A Conversation with Brian Tracy
From Brian Tracy’s upcoming book Full Engagement! Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People, Tracy opens managers’ minds to the amazing power and bottom-line payoff of practicing the Golden Rule in all of their actions in the workplace and developing clear values, vision, mission, purpose, and goals.
7 Market Focused Questions You Must Ask to Help You Grow
The economy maybe showing signs of recovery, but the real question is… whether it’s showing signs of recovery for you and your business. To answer this question you need to stop thinking like a small business owner and start thinking that you are running a multi-million dollar enterprise. Think big.
Guidelines for Allocating Scarce Resources
Scarce resources are a fact of business life. In the wake of devastating budget cuts, furloughs, and/or layoffs, however, “normal” levels of scarcity have been exacerbated. The question for many organizations has become, “How do we move forward from here most effectively?”
How to Use Workshops, Seminars and Events to Grow Your Business
Offline marketing is sometimes ignored by solo service professionals – but it shouldn’t be! By holding workshops and in-person appearances in your local area, you can increase your income, raise your public profile, and build a foundation for a stronger business in the future.
How to Use Freelancers for Your Small Business
As a small business every pound has to be accounted for and it can be a difficult balancing act juggling the need for a particular skill or service without incurring the cost of hiring an extra staff member. A great way around the problem is to hire a freelancer or contractor to tackle specialist areas such as bookkeeping, marketing, IT, HR and office admin.