Isolate Facts From Personal Opinion One time-tested method is to isolate the...
Isolate Facts From Personal Opinion One time-tested method is to isolate the relevant and specific facts from personal opinion. The most significant hurdle is to consciously put a barrier between...
View ArticleReal-time case studies One of the most effective ways that I have tested over...
Real-time case studies One of the most effective ways that I have tested over the years is real-time case studies. In its most basic version, you have the employee do 2 similar tasks: one the way they...
View ArticleLearn From Mistakes Most of the time, before innovation can occur, mistakes...
Learn From Mistakes Most of the time, before innovation can occur, mistakes have to be made. That, however, is not unique to top companies. Small business can take an active role in using those...
View ArticleLaying The Foundation For Your New CMO So you have decided to hire an interim...
Laying The Foundation For Your New CMO So you have decided to hire an interim or part-time CMO. What are the next steps for your business and how will your new interim CMO fit in the picture? It is...
View ArticleAccept And Become Aware Of Your Stress Stress, much like a task, has to be...
Accept And Become Aware Of Your Stress Stress, much like a task, has to be managed. It boils down to understanding and accepting that being stressed is part of the journey. That acceptance then leads...
View ArticleDo you have a purpose besides earning money? Though the standard...
Do you have a purpose besides earning money? Though the standard considerations such as viability, earning potential and other similar factors should be the main basis of the decision, a secondary...
View ArticleTest Your Doubts Against The Data Emotional decisions, both in personal and...
Test Your Doubts Against The Data Emotional decisions, both in personal and business lives, tend to have debatable outcomes at best. A better way is to formulate those doubts into tangible hypotheses...
View ArticleAim To Be Better Than You Were Yesterday Be better than you were yesterday....
Aim To Be Better Than You Were Yesterday Be better than you were yesterday. Personal and business lives are always evolving, and we encounter obstacles that we have to overcome. The goal is not to be...
View ArticleThey Exhibit Above-Average Performance When and if an employee asks about...
They Exhibit Above-Average Performance When and if an employee asks about additional ways to contribute, it is a good sign that they are ready for more responsibility. Granted, said employee has to be...
View ArticleChoose Your Language Carefully A promotion to a managerial role will...
Choose Your Language Carefully A promotion to a managerial role will inherently alter the dynamics between peers. However, the language used to express that can provide context and help; it is easy to...
View ArticleImplement Reading Time I have had the pleasure to work with many...
Implement Reading Time I have had the pleasure to work with many entrepreneurs over my career. The single factor that all the successful ones had in common was their reading habits. It goes something...
View ArticleWillingness To Sacrifice Entrepreneurship by nature requires sacrifices both...
Willingness To Sacrifice Entrepreneurship by nature requires sacrifices both in your personal and business life: be it sacrificing personal time to learn a new skill to help the business or the...
View ArticleEncourage Cross-Collaboration As someone that has worked 16-plus years...
Encourage Cross-Collaboration As someone that has worked 16-plus years remotely, the single most important cultural tool is cross-collaboration. Remote teams that integrate cross-collaboration among...
View ArticleYou’re Putting Out Daily Fires Rapid growth entails change, which tends to...
You’re Putting Out Daily Fires Rapid growth entails change, which tends to create friction. That sort of friction tends to manifest in a wide range of symptoms such as quality control...
View ArticleWhat They Do With The Information You Provide Them Much like any other...
What They Do With The Information You Provide Them Much like any other service provider, recruiters depend a great deal on information to provide the best possible result. Hence, it is important to be...
View ArticleLook In ‘Little Ponds’ The simplest way to exponentially grow inbound leads...
Look In ‘Little Ponds’ The simplest way to exponentially grow inbound leads in later stages of a business is to adopt the “big fish, little pond” methodology....
View ArticleSeek To Self-Fund First Though there are many tools and platforms that make...
Seek To Self-Fund First Though there are many tools and platforms that make fundraising more accessible, there is still a lot to be said about self-funding. A self-funded company tends to signal...
View ArticleOperate With Consistent Integrity Though communication is the obvious answer,...
Operate With Consistent Integrity Though communication is the obvious answer, there is more to it. Communication at its face is great; however, in order to have the proper impact on stakeholders,...
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