Here are eight easy-to-implement tips that will help you encourage engagement in your employees as your push toward reaching your 2016 business goals. 1. Give your employees tasks they can feel proud of. While everyone has day-to-day work assignments that must be done, it is incredibly important to provide employees with meaningful work. Perhaps an…
It can be really hard to find the perfect new hire for your business. A person may look great on paper. They may even be able to talk the talk, but once you get them into production they pick fights, can’t do the work, or are in some way a bad fit for your team.…
Creating an effective business plan puts you head and shoulders above other businesses that muddle through, hoping what they are doing will work. Building and executing the perfect business plan doesn’t have to be difficult, it just takes detailed attention and an understanding of these basic principles of planning. 1. Brainstorm. Remember, at this stage…
Every executive has been mired in confusion at one time or another – which is why it’s important to understand how to dig oneself out of the chaos. Handling confusion and helping executives build a stable company is a huge part of what we do during our business management consulting. Confusing situations can be extremely…
Business owners and employees alike are simply stressed out. You have so many things to do and it’s hard to stop for a moment and figure out how to deal with stress in your business. You, as a business owner, are like an orchestra conductor: from a bird’s eye view, you know the whole piece…
It can be tough for a business owner or manager to understand how to motivate employees while still making a profit and increasing employee productivity. There are monetary or time costs often related to employee motivation. So, managers and business owners often hang pictures of cats and mountains on the walls and hope that gets…