Checklist, Employee Engagement, Leadership Development
Business systems boost your team’s productivity while giving them autonomy. Creating systems is an essential skill for a leader’s peace of mind. This checklist can help the most inexperienced create a great first system. It provides a fresh perspective...
Advice for New Leaders, Checklist, Small Business Advice
A number of companies now require ISO compliance to be considered for a contract. To me, it means that you have completed the work needed to earn a ISO certification. Your potential client may have a different opinion. My customer wants us to be ISO compliant. Where...
Checklist, Small Business Advice, Succeeding as a working leader
ISO standards drive companies to document their processes. EVERY process. When companies are striving to achieve ISO certification, It is too easy to paint yourself into a corner where you HAVE to violate a procedure. To avoid this, wise quality professionals give...
Advice for New Leaders, Checklist, Leadership Development
With power comes responsibility and ethical challenges. It can be tempting to use your position to push others around to further your own objectives rather achieve what is best for your team. Don’t let an ethical dilemma cause you to stumble. Ethical behavior...
Checklist, Small Business Advice
Restarting the LEAN transformation process is not the end. Developing and implementing LEAN may have been harder than you thought. This is especially true for those who have never implemented it before. Wise leaders take a step back, re-evaluate the situation and...
Checklist, Employee Engagement, Small Business Advice
LEAN is a powerful method to boost your team’s productivity.Unfortunately, it has been around long enough to have negative connotations. Many have falsely claimed to be LEAN when they did not change much less transform! Wise leadership teams do the ground work...
Checklist, Employee Engagement, Small Business Advice
Your culture is your reputation. It is shaped by a leader’s words and actions. It establishes the rules for professional conduct. Wise leaders know how important culture is to ethically get the most from their team. They know it is a strong ally in recruiting...
Checklist, Employee Engagement, Small Business Advice
You will meet with your team for a range of reasons and under a variety of circumstances. A one on one meeting is essential for performance and to keep communication flowing. Every leader needs to provide feedback and set a new course of action. You need to be able to...
Advice for New Leaders, Checklist, Small Business Advice
Meetings are EXPENSIVE. Do you always get what you need from them? This checklist can help you have EFFECTIVE strategically short meetings. Stop wasting time in long meetings and frustrating your team! They have work to do and so do you! Strategically short meetings...
Advice for New Leaders, Checklist, Small Business Advice
Your supplier wants you to be successful. You can drive them nuts, add additional expenses and needless delays by NOT getting everything out in the open to BEFORE signing a contract. Every change you make is an opportunity to re-quote your job! Be specific and up...
Checklist, Employee Engagement, Small Business Advice
Delegation is CRITICAL for YOUR success. Every leader has the same dilemma — how do I ethically get more from my team AND do it with minimal mess ups? You need to multiply your efforts and delegation is the best way. Don’t be fooled — there is a...
Advice for New Leaders, Checklist, Succeeding as a working leader
Working leaders know staying organized can be a challenge and their success depends on it. You have more demands on your time and a multitude of projects to track. You need to have the answers at your finger tips. Being organized is the most critical thing to master....
Advice for New Leaders, Checklist, Small Business Advice
Change is slippery slope for even the best leaders. Some believe it is best to do it quickly to avoid confrontation. Other prefer to go at a slower pace but they risk getting stuck. As a leader, you need to know how to make ANY change stick! Spend time getting to know...
Checklist, Leadership Development, Small Business Advice
Wise leaders know the importance of building a team of dependable, engaged employees. Ownership is the key to outstanding performance and engagement. To ethically get the most from your team, you need to strive to give every employee a chance of earning it. Be upfront...
Checklist, Leadership Development, Small Business Advice
Wise leaders know they need to create more leaders to have a more productive team. They get to know their team and start grooming select individuals to promote. When considering promoting someone to management, there are a number of questions you should ask FIRST....
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