Leadership

How To Destroy Employee Loyalty

I had dinner a few nights ago with a friend who works for a Fortune 500 company.  He’s been looking for another job for nearly two years now, and he...

Do It Now!

Great ideas are useless, unless they are executed upon. Great initiatives are a waste if the initiative is not taken. So whatever it is. No matter how hard (or easy)...

Don’t Call Profit The Bottom Line

Let's say for a second that you have decided to exercise more. There's more than a tire around your waist, after all, you have tires everywhere. To fix your fitness,...

Surrounded With Naysayers? Here’s 12 Ways To Deal With Them

You have a great idea. Yet, the naysayers tell you it will never work. If you let them, naysayers can crush your dreams. If you don’t confront them they’ll continue...

Positive Thinking… Is It Bad For Your Business?

Is there such a thing as being too positive? Yes. Positively yes. At a recent Anthony Robbins event, run by the king of positive himself, nearly 24 people severely burned...

How To "Un-Gruntle" Disgruntled Employees

So you have an employee or two and they are disgruntled. That is a problem for lots of reasons but especially the function of your business. So how do you...

11 Leadership Styles To Avoid And How To Fix Them

Leadership is one of those things that every successful entrepreneur must have in order to succeed, but identifying what good leadership entails may not always be clear-cut for everyone. So...

The Lessons My Dog Taught Me About Entrepreneurship

I’m a bit of a business lit junkie: I love reading stories and advice from fellow authors and entrepreneurs. I dig tales of overcoming adversity, and I enjoy getting fresh...

5 Ways To Help Manage Someone You Hate

Hate your co-worker or employee? Congratulations!  You have completed the first step in making things work.  Acknowledging you have a problem, after all, is the first step. Ironically, teams where...

The Criticism Challenge

If you have ever had an employee need harsh criticism, you know just how difficult a task it can be. Most people don’t like to dish out criticism, which is...

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