In a study completed by TTI Success Insights, a supplier to Eure Consulting, the late Bill J. Bonnstetter found that while serial entrepreneurs have a specific set of skills that are more developed than in non-entrepreneurs, they also lack a specific set of skills that are more developed in the average working adult. The study … Continue Reading
Did you know that 91% of business leaders are confident as ever in their ability to make good decisions? Did you also know that 60% of those decisions fail? By using a disciplined approach to making decisions, you and your team can improve your bottom line. Here are the four proven rules to clear thinking, … Continue Reading
Throughout this pandemic, it’s been easy for business owners to lose their focus. It doesn’t mean you don’t know what to do, you’ve simply been overwhelmed, overloaded and overly frustrated. All normal reactions to a global crisis. But as we’ve said before, COVID is not an excuse for letting your business stall out. There are … Continue Reading
In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins talks about the need to not only get the right people on the bus but also to get the right people in the right seats. By that, he means that you can’t just hire great people and expect them to perform. You also have to put them … Continue Reading
This week we’re looking at a competency that you’re probably overlooking currently: Appreciating Others. Appreciating Others, as the name would suggest, is all about focus on others, specifically identifying with and caring about others. Those who are skilled at Appreciating Others are great at making people feel truly seen and heard. They take the time … Continue Reading
This week we’re looking at another critical skill that has been much needed of late: Resiliency. We define resiliency as quickly recovering from adversity. It is the skill of having thick skin. Being able to accept defeat, failure or rejection and letting it roll off your back so that you can get back to it. … Continue Reading
This week we’re going back in our blog archives to highlight a skill that has become more important than ever during the roller coaster that is the COVID pandemic: Futuristic Thinking. We define Futuristic Thinking as imagining, envisioning, projecting, and/or creating what has not yet been actualized. All it boils down to is your ability … Continue Reading
I recently attended a talk by a man named Jerry Bias. He was sharing lessons he’s learned over his career as a hedge fund manager and entrepreneur. One of the most impactful lessons he shared is that he doesn’t say no to people. Instead he asks them how. How are they going to reach that … Continue Reading
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, you must give your employees feedback on a regular and consistent basis. This point is important now more than ever. Working from home, and now the potential hybrid mix of working from home and the office, makes feedback imperative. Employees have less contact with their managers … Continue Reading
The past few months have been an overwhelmingly stressful time for everyone. People have been dealing with a host of different issues from adjusting to working from home to wondering if they’ll even have a job to work from home tomorrow. And you as a leader have worried about these things for yourself as well … Continue Reading
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