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Actual for You - Team Building Blunders
This is the second of a two-part article on overfilling your marketing funnel and client pipeline.Last week we discussed that, in order to quickly fill your funnel and pipeline, you will want to have these 5 tools:1. Unique Selling Proposition 2. Attention-grabbing, memorized elevator speech 3. Client attractive website 4. Effective business cards 5. A “full practice mentality”Now that you have those, you want to impleme
My purpose here is to suggest that you take another look a
With a large boom of new businesses over the past 5 years cleaning consultants are making a lot of money. What is a cleaning consultant? A cleaning consultant is a person that analyzes a companies cleaning expenditures and recommends ways to save money on their cleaning expenses. A cleaning consultant can make money both from the businesses that are being analyzed and referral fees charged to cleaning companies for referrals.Becoming a cleaning consultant is rel
As a consultant and corporate officer I've always been a proponent of the team concept. The value and contribution of a well-developed team is not at issue. What I've become concerned about what is, potentially, a mutation of the team culture.
I’ve seen some organizations where the emphasis on teams was so strong that an imbalance in the creative development of some employees was sacrificed for the benefit of “team think.” This group think mentality, while very effective in some areas, when over emphasized, can stifle that vital element necessary to furthering corporate goals. Some companies have mistakenly used the concept of team- building before they were adequately trained, confusing it with employee-participation.
For managers, the key question to ask yourself and explore with your leaders is this; are we sacrificing creativity and individual merit in the way we promote team effort? If so, trying a more balanced approach may be the answer. Stressing individual assignments on some projects or using teams for only special projects, at least temporarily, may help your staff to become more self-reliant and more creative.
My purpose here is to suggest that you take another look at
Contrary to popular belief, small businesses can survive a crazy economy by taking some proactive steps. Provide spectacular customer service -- every time. Have a friend or colleague visit your business and provide feedback from a customer’s perspective. This person should be unknown by your staff and willing to provide a candid assessment. Make sure your front and back office work like a well-oiled machine. Are the front line and the back office te
As a consultant and corporate officer I've always been a proponent of the team concept. The value and contribution of a well-developed team is not at issue. What I've become concerned about what is, potentially, a mutation of the team culture.
I’ve seen some organizations where the emphasis on teams was so strong that an imbalance in the creative development of some employees was sacrificed for the benefit of “team think.” This group think mentality, while very effective in some areas, when over emphasized, can stifle that vital element necessary to furthering corporate goals. Some companies have mistakenly used the concept of team- building before they were adequately trained, confusing it with employee-participation.
For managers, the key question to ask yourself and explore with your leaders is this; are we sacrificing creativity and individual merit in the way we promote team effort? If so, trying a more balanced approach may be the answer. Stressing individual assignments on some projects or using teams for only special projects, at least temporarily, may help your staff to become more self-reliant and more creative.
My purpose here is to suggest that you take another look a
Product development may be defined as the process of conceptualizing and marketing a product. And this product can be something new to the market or something new to an individual company, or it could be a product which already exists and has just undergone improvement.Why is product development important? Well, it's not just important. It's a critical process to retain and maintain customer loyalty and be able to contend in the today's financial service situation.
For managers, the key question to ask yourself and explore with your leaders is this; are we sacrificing creativity and individual merit in the way we promote team effort? If so, trying a more balanced approach may be the answer. Stressing individual assignments on some projects or using teams for only special projects, at least temporarily, may help your staff to become more self-reliant and more creative.
My purpose here is to suggest that you take another look a
As a company grows, the owner’s role begins to change. More and more of the owner’s time is spent “in the shop or in the field” handling day-to-day operations rather than focusing on high-level planning and strategic issues.As a result, a company often reaches a plateau and finds it difficult to continue growing. This may be the time for the business owner to consider creating an outside board of advisors.Owners that do not use a functioning outside board o
For managers, the key question to ask yourself and explore with your leaders is this; are we sacrificing creativity and individual merit in the way we promote team effort? If so, trying a more balanced approach may be the answer. Stressing individual assignments on some projects or using teams for only special projects, at least temporarily, may help your staff to become more self-reliant and more creative.
My purpose here is to suggest that you take another look a
If you are a business manager then you will know the importance to company productivity of effective business management. However, business process management software and financial management are only one part of the task. The best way to go about business management is to make sure that the staff you lead are happy and have clearly defined goals. With great people skills, effective business management is a hard task to accomplish. If you are struggling to meet the deman
My purpose here is to suggest that you take another look at how your organization manages teams, not whether the concept works. How can you and your people be even more productive? Are you too focused on one method? If you work alone, as an entrepreneur with a 30 second hallway commute to your office daily, you may be wishing that you had a team to work with, at least at times. However the odds are, that by necessity, you are more innovative than your corporate brethren. How both sides can improve on this will be a subject in the next Justin Times.
COMMUNICATIONS TIP
What do your e-mails look like? I mean the format, especially in initial business communications. Recently I saw an e-mail from an experienced businessperson who has also been a professional writer and editor. It was written in all lower case, no formatting with very long paragraphs. It was not only difficult to read, it looked unprofessional.
E-mails to friends and known associates is one thing. How we present to the world is another.
NETWORKING TIP
Have you ever attended a business networking event or been a member of a weekly networking group? If so, you may have noticed that there is either a high drop out rate or that many in the group don’t seen to do well through the contacts they are making. Wh
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