Culture & Team
What to Do When You’ve Hit the Ceiling
We all have or will hit the ceiling at some point when we are not sure how to grow ourselves or our business. We just seem to lose momentum. This can make us feel frustrated and in some cases, ill-equipped to lead or push through. However, “maxing out” is a normal part of growth. It…
Read MoreKeeping Teams Engaged in a Virtual Setting
Virtual meetings are nothing new. In fact, they’ve been around for some time. Do you remember the start of teleconference calls? It wasn’t that long ago! At the time, it seemed a novel concept to connect people without travel barriers. However, many of the same issues that arise during in-person meetings such as no clear…
Read More5 Ways to Drive Employee Engagement
Why is everyone talking about employee engagement? And what exactly is it? Well, simply put, employee engagement measures how passionate employees are about the work they do, how loyal they feel towards the company they work for and whether or not they’re willing to go the extra mile. It is NOT the same as employee…
Read MoreThe 2021 Plan: Using What We Learned
I recently heard someone say we should throw 2020 into a dumpster, set fire to it, walk away and don’t look back as it explodes. I think that’s how a lot of us feel about this year. It’s been weird and full of uncertainty, revolving around a global pandemic and the United States election. However,…
Read MoreWhy Set an Impossible Goal?
The 2018 Winter Olympics have been over for a few months now and though most of the excitement has died down, there’s one Olympian I keep thinking about, women’s half-pipe participant, Elizabeth Swaney. Swaney didn’t receive a medal. In fact, she placed dead last in her women’s half-pipe competition. Yet, when her run was over,…
Read MoreHarness the Power of Technology for Remote Work
Digital tools offer a powerful new way to accelerate the ability of an organization to work more effectively and collaboratively, from anywhere. However, resistance to change and disparate toolsets impede your business’s growth, slowing down collaboration and communication. And unstructured and ungoverned collaborative remote work technologies introduce additional business risk. So how do you provide…
Read MoreAchieve More with Less
I am often inspired by the teams I have had the pleasure of leading and serving. I’ve seen countless examples of selfless loyalty, of commitment above and beyond expectations and of tireless work ethics. When I think about some of the highest performing teams I’ve been a part of, I am always reminded of what…
Read MoreGo Big or Go Home with a Powerful Vision
When it’s time to build a company’s growth plan, goals are often created in a vacuum by its leader(s) and based on his or her financial goals. Or, plans are built primarily based on historical facts and performance using a simple percentage increase. Both of these approaches have merit as a part of the process,…
Read MoreWill Your Vision Ensure Your Company’s Survival?
Every business faces an existential dilemma. Its founder(s) conceived the business with a plan for where they want to go. They’ve dreamed of making a difference in the world but in most cases, that dream never becomes reality. Small Business Administration (SBA) statistics show only half of new businesses are still operating five years after…
Read MoreTime to Climb out of the Fishhook
In this final installment of a three-part series, we dive a little deeper into the “Ride it Out” phase. If you missed the first two, first check out Three Phases for Today’s Small Business, then read through Disrupt the Disruption to get the full picture. In the Ride it Out phase, we’re attempting to do…
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