The good news is you want to scale your business. The bad news is that a lot of businesses have tried to scale and haven’t succeeded. In fact, some have gone out of business exactly because they tried to scale. So how can you avoid that? What are the major breakdowns...
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Five Ways Adding More Margin Can Save You and Your Business
Over the past week or so, how often would you say you’ve felt overwhelmed, exhausted and/or stressed? If you’re like most of the business owners and entrepreneurs I know the answer is one of the following, “A lot” “Frequently,” “Most of the time,” or, “More...
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How many times has this happened to you? One of your employees comes to you with a problem, you talk about it for a few minutes and then say, “I’ll tell you what. Let me do some thinking about this and I’ll get back to you.” Can I get an Amen? It happens to all of us....
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As you know, there are leaders and then there are Leaders. Small “l” leaders are leaders by position. Capital “L” leaders are leaders because of influence and their ability to deliver remarkable results. Just because someone is a business owner or entrepreneur (or CEO...
read moreWhat’s Keeping You From Delegating More?
As you look at your “to do” list, how many items on your list are items that you and only you should be doing? If you’re like most business owners and entrepreneurs chances are you have far more items on your list than just those that “you and only you” should...
read moreWhat Do You Need to Let Go Of?
Every entrepreneurial leader I know of is busy. As they grow their business and add more staff, complexity crowds out their schedule and they feel overwhelmed with no sense of hope in sight. Sound familiar? Probably! So, what causes this familiar experience and...
read moreDelegation Mastery: Could You Be the Problem?
Typically when a leader delegates a task and the work product doesn’t come back as intended, the normal assumption is that the fault lies on the side of the delegatee (“Why can’t they ever get anything right?”). But is that correct? To find out...
read moreAre You Delegating the Right Level of Authority and Responsibility to your Delegatees?
When you delegate a task to someone on your team, do you take the time to clarify the level of authority and responsibility you’re delegating? Do you know the five levels of authority and delegation? Do you use regularly use nomenclature like, “This is a L1 (or L2 or...
read moreWant to Be a Master Delegator?
If there’s one skill that every leader needs to master it’s the ability to delegate well. Unfortunately, very few leaders have ever had any real training on how to delegate well—which is one of the primary reasons why most leaders are dumpers, not delegators. What’s...
read moreFive Time Management Questions That Can Save You Massive Time Every Day
What if there were a just a few questions you could ask yourself every day that—if you asked and answered them every day—could save you massive amounts of time. If that were so, would you want to know what those five questions were/are? Well, if you would, keep...
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