Get More Done – Interrupt Your Interruptions
Constant interruptions reduce focus and effectiveness. Learn how the human brain handles interruptions (poorly) and how to work more effectively by stemming their flow.
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image source Expanding your business’s product offering is more than adding items to your inventory. It’s a strategic move that requires careful planning, market understanding, and customer-centricity. This comprehensive guide will explore the top tips for successfully expanding your business’s product offering. Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting, these insights will pave the…
Image Source Imagine walking into your office first thing in the morning, the sight of stacked papers, overflowing waste bins, and coffee stains on your desk meets your eyes. For most of us, this visual clutter creates an unconscious distraction that sets a negative tone for the day. In contrast, entering an organised, clean workspace…
image source Employee motivation is its animal when running a brick-and-mortar business. As a business owner, how can you motivate remote employees that are not physically in the office with you? Here are four methods for doing it to enhance productivity and other key performance indicators (KPIs) that showcase your business entity’s success. Running a…
image source Experiencing a workplace accident can be a traumatic and life-altering event. However, it is crucial to focus on recovery and rebuilding your life following such an incident. This article provides practical guidance and valuable insights on how to rebound after a workplace accident. By understanding your rights, seeking appropriate support, and adopting a…
Standing out in today’s hiring market can be tough. Job seekers have more options than ever before. So now, the best candidates are looking for more than just a salary. They’re looking for “above and beyond.” Gen Z and Millenials are shifting the paradigm. They value their work-life balance more, so we have to adapt…
Building a successful business in one state is great, but what about when it’s time to expand across the States? Before providing your products or services in another state, you’ll need to consider several things, which we’ve outlined below. Associated Costs Naturally, expanding your business will cost money, so you need to have a good…
Those darn employees
It is a common refrain across every industry and every size organization today. In addition to, “I am having trouble finding the right people or any people in some cases! And once we get them, keeping them is harder than ever.” There are a lot of innovative ways to address the shrinking labor pool and…
Get More Done – Interrupt Your Interruptions
Constant interruptions reduce focus and effectiveness. Learn how the human brain handles interruptions (poorly) and how to work more effectively by stemming their flow.
Thriving in Ongoing Change
And we can create whole new pathways, new structures and frameworks constantly. This neuroplasticity requires the crucial ingredients of time and intention. Typically in unexpected change, we go through various phases including: Shock | a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience | “What is this?” Denial | looking for evidence it is not…
4 Strategies for Hiring Bilingual Employees
Source The world is changing at an ever-increasing pace, and so should your company. In order to remain competitive, you need to keep pace by hiring writers that will spek the language of your consumers. By investing in bilingual employees who are able to speak and understand the changing trends you are enabling your content…
Seven Winning Habits to Practice in 2022
Want your organization to win in 2022? Start by practicing these winning habits.
GBG: The Acronym that Works
Many acronyms are negative and self-inhibiting. They stop us from pondering possibilities or alternatives. Here’s one that will switch your thinking from negative to positive.
Are you playing to win…to achieve excellence?
Your #1 job as a leader is to create a compelling vision of winning
Teach Employees the Business of your Business
Your employees are making decisions right now. How do they now the best ones if they don’t know the business of your business?
Transparent thinking
To make this a reality, leaders need to develop transparent thinking in themselves and their team members.
Are you clear on success in 2021?
Roger Bannister set out to become the first athlete to break the four-minute mile. “Experts” told him it was impossible. Some even suggested he was risking death; doctors told him his heart would explode! Not only did Bannister not die, but the week after he broke the barrier another runner followed in his footsteps,…
Are You Preparing to Win in 2021 or Just Continuing to Work Hard?
No doubt 2020 was a challenging year in so many ways. Whether you were busier than you ever dreamed because market conditions changed in your favor, or you were shut down, had supply chains completely disrupted, or found your customers were negatively impacted, 2020 tested us at work. And that doesn’t even begin to cover…
Top Workforce Issues
Effective business management requires balancing the big picture with the details.
Lead the Possible, Not the Probable
Today’s uncertain and volatile business landscape calls for new ways of thinking and working. So why do most companies attempt to solve problems and manage massive change in the wrong manner? A lot of it has to do with the way the human brain works. Our brains love certainty and predictability. So when faced with…
The Next Next
Individual and organizational brains in constant, unexpected change If you are like many, you were certain in April that by June we would see a settling in to the ‘new normal’. And then in May, once again, many of us were sure that by the end of June, our norms would be reset, and we…
Keeping Employees Connected
During times of uncertainty, human beings seek community and safety, and many find it in the workplace. Work typically provides a much-needed sense of stability and control over at least one aspect of our lives when everything else has gone topsy-turvy. Yet, millions of people have lost their jobs, either temporarily or permanently, due to…
Executing with Excellence in Uncertainty
Why is it so hard to keep up with the pace of change these days? Some ascribe it to the overwhelming amount of information we try to process every day. Others point to the rapid pace of change. Both are partly to blame. But the primary reason is our brains were not constructed to work…
How to Use Your Brain During Unexpected Change
The human brain is an amazing tool. But there’s one thing it doesn’t handle very well – change. Especially change of the magnitude brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nobody saw this virus coming, but it has turned our world upside down. Our challenge as leaders is how we respond to it – a task…
