Photo by Victoria Heath on Unsplash My 21-year-old daughter slammed her door in frustration. Turns out she had not heard back from her 101st job application for over five weeks. “Why don’t you go to their office and ask to be interviewed” I asked her. “I’ve tried that...
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Two Easy Yet Crucial Tips to Rapidly Improve Workplace Performance and Productivity
Photo by jesse orrico on Unsplash Gary owns an engineering service, with sixty-five employees. He struggled to minimise re-work, overdue project delivery and costs. As an introvert he also struggled to confront and work with the people involved, preferring to work...
Leader Do You Disrupt Yourself First Before Asking Others to Do So?
Photo by Will Suddreth on Unsplash Case 1 Max is the CEO of a mid-size engineering company. He’d just attended a conference of engineers examining the future of fabrication. He was brimming with ideas. Calling a meeting of his direct reports on his return, he...
When Saying No is Good for Business
Adam is his firm’s top rainmaker. He brings in more business than the other three salespeople together. When Sheryl joined the team as the fifth member, she went on calls with Adam as part of her induction. During two weeks with Adam, Sheryl was at first confused,...
How A Leader Resolved Internal Conflict in the Office
The Conflict Phil asked Sheryl for a hand completing a proposal for their client. Sheryl responded quite firmly: “No, Phil, you’re always asking for help at the last minute and I’ve my own deadlines to meet. You should have started the proposal earlier!” Phil:...
How to Rapidly Reduce Employee Turnover
Have you, as a business owner or managing partner, experienced the gut-punching surprise of that talented person leaving unexpectedly? I was asked to help a large labour-hire company overcome their quality staff turnover problem. Despite very competitive conditions,...
Have you Noticed This?
Everyone is trying hard to get good at marketing and selling! I want to help my clients so that I can help myself. That’s my golden rule. The more people I help, the more value I give, the more I’ll be OK. If some of my clients can’t pay, I ask them to commit to...
Small Business Owner with Staff: How to Rapidly Improve Performance and Productivity in Your Business
Small business is the backbone of our economy. Your success is good for all of us, especially for you and your people. You can rapidly enhance your success by attending to these five ideas: Persistent problems in your business occur mainly because the right leader...
Success, It’s a Journey for Us All
He started as an electrician, with a small team and a couple of vehicles. Twenty-odd years later he sold his national company for several million and began another journey. He did well because he worked both hard and smart. He did well because he looked after his...
The Main Reason Why You Have Persistent Problems in Your Business
You’re probably won’t like what I say next, but here goes. The Bad News Your problems in your business, such as: systems and processes not working well sales performance not good enough cash flow challenges staff turnover too high recruiting people who aren’t quite...