If you’ve grown your company past the first few employees, chances are you’ve wrestled with culture issues. When it was just you and a handful of employees, your culture was you and you controlled it. However, as you’ve added employees, with fewer...
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6 Keys to Building a Better Company Culture
Do you ever get frustrated that some of the people in your business are choosing to do something in a way that you wouldn’t? Or do you ever watch someone doing something and think, “Why would that ever choose to _____ that way?” Or, as you’ve added employees,...
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You’ve taken the time and gone to the expense of hiring people in order to create leverage in your business—that’s the good news. The question is, “How can you maximize that leverage?” Well, as you’ve probably already discovered, there are a number of factors that...
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While very few business owners would ever say, “I don’t want a culture of excellence,” the reality is that very few businesses actually do create a culture of excellence. If you don’t believe me, just think through how many customer service...
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If you were to pick one thing that could kill your company, business, and/or organization fast, what would that one thing be? Would you pick … A bad strategy (or lack of a strategy) An arrogant or difficult leader/boss A change in the economy A lack of teamwork...
read moreWhat Standard Are You Setting for Your People?
As you know, people do what people see. We can argue about whether that’s fair or not, but fairness is irrelevant to this conversation. Your people (whether you call them your staff, direct reports or employees) are, for good or for bad, a reflection of you. So,...
read moreThe Two Keys to Changing The Culture of Your Business (or Organization)
Simply put, if your business or organization isn’t growing, you have a culture problem. In other words, businesses don’t plateau or decline for no reason at all. There’s always a reason. And usually it’s a culture problem. Assuming that you’re the leader of your...
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