Productivity
Halfway Through the Year: How to Ensure Your Team is on Track
Invest Time Now to Build You and Your Team’s Reputation for Making Things Happen! Are you as dumbfounded as I am that we are halfway through the year already? When you realize that six months have slipped through your fingers, you may feel a sense of panic that all the things you and your team…
Read MoreHow to Lead Your Team to More New Ideas
We’ve all heard the saying, if you’re not moving forward, you’re moving backward. Moving forward requires change and change requires you to do things differently. Many teams struggle with moving beyond the status quo. By engaging your entire team in exploring options, you’ll increase the odds that they commit to the resulting changes. This makes…
Read MoreHow to Hold More Effective Meetings
In the work world, you’ll rarely see more eye-rolling as you do when you announce a meeting has been scheduled. Meetings feel like a necessary evil. Even if we believe communicating as a team is important, it feels like meetings steal time from individual productivity. The gatherings have developed a bad rap because they can…
Read MoreHow to Approach Spring Turnover with a Fresh Perspective
Spring is in full swing here in the Midwest. The leaves are filling in, the grass is growing, and the flowers are showing their colors. There’s an energy of growth and activity in the air. Even a mild case of spring fever can prompt someone to look for a new job. So as business owners,…
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