If there is a specific area where we, as leaders, can and do fall short of an acceptable standard, it is the area of gratitude. Especially if we have a "pioneer" personality which is focused on getting to the top of the mountain, we can be guilty of not being grateful. It is easy not to [...]
Are you one of those people who struggle with the tasks of sales? Are you selling as a non-salesperson? Do you lack passion for sales? If so, there are a lot of people like you out there. Don't worry . . . we'll talk about some easy ways to place yourself in a great situation to [...]
As part of OnlineAdvisor's efforts to educate, inform and encourage business leaders, we present key financial terms and concepts. For this article, we cover the concept of liabilities. A Brief Definition Liabilities represent company's financial debt or obligations. They include loans, accounts payable, mortgages, deferred revenues and accrued expenses. A great definition of a liability refers to [...]
With the exception of a few people, the vast majority of leaders and executives dislike conflict in their teams and within their workplace. A conflict can create a lot of tension and high emotions which have the potential of creating problems. As leaders and executives, we generally want to avoid unnecessary drama within our teams. However, [...]
Many of us think that we have some solid organization strategies for ourselves. We learned a lot in school and then we've improved those strategies as we have continued in our work. That's not to say that we're not using good strategies, but we always need to get better. Just like a professional athlete finds ways [...]
If you read the title of this article, you may be thinking to yourself: how can there be positive results from a team member's departure? If you consider the circumstances and implement the right strategy, there are potential positive results to be gained. Whether that team member was a positive or negative influence, the opportunity of [...]
Life is full of challenges. It starts when we're newborns and then it continues throughout our lives. In this month's "The Hard Lesson - I Can Do This", let's cover the question that we are facing on a daily basis: can I do this? I remember talking to a man many years ago about his future. [...]
There are a lot of you out there who work in either recruiting or Human Resources. This article will most likely be a review for you all - or at least I hope it is. If not, we need to talk about recruiting. Frankly, this article is targeted at all of you who are leaders in [...]
The messages which we communicate in our office are very important. Not only do we communicate them to our team members, we are also communicating those messages to ourselves as well. The messages on our walls communicate critical messages. Are they distractions or are they pointing us to the work that we need to accomplish? Are [...]
When you were a little kid, you had some opportunity where you wanted something really, really bad. To get what you wanted, you thought about your options and then went in for the big pitch. Whether your target audience was one of your parents, grandparents, relatives, friends or someone else, you gave it everything you had [...]
