Culture

How To "Un-Gruntle" Disgruntled Employees

So you have an employee or two and they are disgruntled. That is a problem for lots of reasons but especially the function of your business. So how do you...

Utopia Corporation

If you are like most people in business, you strive to be the best. Heck, we all do, right? Problem is, so many businesses strive to be the best –...

11 Leadership Styles To Avoid And How To Fix Them

Leadership is one of those things that every successful entrepreneur must have in order to succeed, but identifying what good leadership entails may not always be clear-cut for everyone. So...

5 Ways To Help Manage Someone You Hate

Hate your co-worker or employee? Congratulations!  You have completed the first step in making things work.  Acknowledging you have a problem, after all, is the first step. Ironically, teams where...

How To Get Things Better And Cheaper

In a few rare moments of downtime, I was flipping through TV channels when I happened on Suze Orman. I paused to watch a bit, and her words were profound....

The Criticism Challenge

If you have ever had an employee need harsh criticism, you know just how difficult a task it can be. Most people don’t like to dish out criticism, which is...

How To Make Your Office Space More Efficient

Have an office space that isn’t all that effective? Don’t feel bad. It happens to us all, from time to time. The good news is that there are things you...

How To Turn An Argument Into A Productive Discussion

If you think about how many hours you spend with colleagues per week, it is easy to see why you may sometimes find yourself smack dab in the middle of...

Empower Any Employee With 3 Questions

You can’t do it all by yourself.  I don’t care how brilliant you are, at some point, if you want to scale up your business, you’re going to have to...

If It Hurts…

My wife dresses impeccably. If I criticized her ability to pick a good outfit, or told her that she has no clue how to dress, she would scoff. When you...

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