If You’re Acting Like a Leader, You Might Just Be a Scrum Master
What comes first to mind when you hear the term, scrum master? It may sound like something related to gaming but trust us; it’s nothing like that. It’s actually a term which is relevant to leadership....
View ArticleDo These 4 Things to Keep Your Remote Team Focused & Happy
As COVID-19 continues to take its toll on our ability to work regularly (among many other things), maximizing productivity in a remote work setting is now essential to keeping many businesses afloat....
View ArticleDo These 6 Practices to Raise Workforce Engagement
Whether you are an entrepreneur managing a startup, or a corporate executive with thousands of employees, it’s hard to ignore the evidence of big value from happy employees. According to a classic...
View ArticleHow to Step Into the Other Person’s Shoes
A big part of becoming a highly-effective, Genuine Influencer, is to be able to understand the other person. After all, when you know what they need, want, and desire, you’re in a much better position...
View ArticleA Culture of Teamwork Starts at Home
My parents’ example was a lifelong lesson in the most fundamental fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Dad pursued his two passions—religion and education—while always finding ways to keep us fed,...
View ArticleRemember the FAIRNESS Doctrine to Avoid Lawsuit Threats
Reduce the emotion; reduce the threat of lawsuit. You’ve almost certainly experienced an angry “it’s unfair” outburst from an associate or employee. Usually it’s just after they’ve learned of an...
View Article4 Top Leadership Tips to Manage Every Type of Team
“Managing a team is one of the coolest jobs in the whole world.” This is something people might say who never have managed a team before because the reality is completely opposite. Team management and...
View ArticleHow to Detect a Star Performer
Dave’s business was at that critical stage of growth where he knew he needed to advance some of his employees into manager and leadership roles. But which ones? How do you know that good performers are...
View ArticleUnderstanding The Psychology Behind Trusting Remote Workers
If your office has made the transition to remote work, how would you describe it? Chances are you are thinking it was scary at first but it turned out to be no big deal. That’s because most of what we...
View ArticleThese 4 Tips Will Improve Your Social Intelligence
The pandemic might make you feel like you’re losing your people skills, but social intelligence is more important than ever. Here are a few of the things you can start working on to improve your...
View Article6 Must-Have Skills for Effective Employee Management
Empowering your employees to perform at their best is a key aspect of your role as a manager. It ensures that the company, with the collective effort of its employees, achieves its short-term and...
View ArticleHow to Fix an Under-performing Sales Team
“Our leads are not convinced that our product works” “People are working from home. That’s why I have not been able to close leads” “Till we have the new version of the product ready, our close rates...
View ArticleBest Practices for In-Person Business During a Pandemic
While many start the reboarding process, prepare to go back to work, or simply increase their interactions with others out of business necessity, it’s still important to remember that following safety...
View ArticleWhy Employee Experience Needs More C-Suite Attention
Business leaders recognize the importance of customer experience and how it affects the success of their company, but what about employee experience? Over 80 percent of executives agree that employee...
View ArticleWhy a Peer Leadership Group Might be Right for You…Right Now
The expression used to be that it is “lonely at the top” but today with the global pandemic, it’s not only about being lonely but feeling alone as well. While you are keeping up with the day to day...
View ArticleLeaders: Why Going Easy on Everyone Benefits No One
During a meeting with a group of executives, one CEO shared her frustration about an employee who repeatedly failed to get his work done on time. We did some role playing, where the CEO said she would...
View Article4 Excellent Ways to Effectively Manage Remote Teams
Nowadays, we are often part of teams that are based all over the U.S., Europe and beyond. Just because you all work for the same company does not always mean that you end up working within the same...
View ArticleSmall Business Agility: What Corporations Can Learn from SMEs
SMEs stand for small and medium sized enterprises and are said to make up over 99% of the business sector, according to Simply Business. A company employing 250 people or less, SMEs are categorized as...
View Article3 Essential Networking Tips During COVID
There are very few regular activities that continued as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and social activities were even more scarce. In the business world, a somewhat-required social...
View Article5 Tips for Moving Workers Back Into Your Office
After state-wide shut downs and work-from-home orders, many businesses are planning on bringing their workforce back into the office. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of uncertainty about how to address...
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