Small Businesses are always looking for new lead generation ideas, but many of the things that entrepreneurs do before they even make their first cold call or before they attend their first business card exchange practicaly ensure that they actually fail in the Lead Generation department. Folks say that “Experience is the best teacher,” but that is really only about half right. In fact, “Someone ELSE’S experience is the best teacher,” because they have already made those mistakes. Learn from their mistakes, and you get to a higher level of success in a much faster time frame.
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Quiet Quitting: Its Impact on Employees and the Workplace
New Form of Setting Boundaries in the Workplace The newest trend floating around on social media is called "Quiet Quitting." In this post, we'll both explain what this trend means and dig into it from both the employee and leadership viewpoints. It's important to set...
The 5-Step Group Problem-Solving Process
Looking for a way to get a group to solve challenging problems without coming to blows? In this session, I'm going to cover a few effective group problem solving techniques. In fact, the process below is known as the 5-Step Group Problem Solving process, and it is...
Why Interpersonal Skills are Important in the Workplace
As a teacher, I learned to create different personas to fit the environment. I had to learn to communicate in ways that were deemed “correct” in various situations. My principal and AP needed a fine balance between formal and friendly. While I kept a strict line of...
Complacent: 7 Surprising Ways Your Past Successes Limit Future Success
The word complacent may just be the biggest enemy of success. If you look at history as well as the current business climate, you'll find that past successes almost always limit future success. They invite the status quo to plateau. That is unless you are constantly...
Five Ways that Poor Leadership Skills Can Ruin Team Morale
Poor leadership skills can ruin team morale. As a manager, you hold more power than you might think. Obviously, you can hire and fire your subordinates. You can also promote them... or not promote them. You may also have the ability to approve a raise. If not, you at...