Over the last several years a lot of people have made a lot of money telling business owners and leaders that to effectively manage the modern workforce you must manage the generations differently. Why? They claim these generations are all different, have different values, work practices, and motivators. In the immortal words of my father…Horse pucky.
Becoming an Entrepreneur is easy. You decide you are good at something or have something people want. You start a business, and they come to buy what you have or do. It is that simple. Not exactly as that reality probably happens to about 1 in several million. For the rest of us, it is a …
Problem solving is a part of what we do and sometimes we spend way to much time doing it. What if there was a way to reduce the time you spend solving problems? Problems will always be a part of your business. Even if you have a strong problem prevention program you will still experience …
As a business owner and also as someone who helps businesses grow, I often see very questionable actions taken on the part of business owners or presented to them. Sometimes they are rather innocuous or expensive. Sometimes a play on words without substance attracts a business owner and like a fish drawn to a lure, …
Let’s be honest; most human beings dislike conflict. They avoid it because it makes them feel uncomfortable AND they believe it is either an affront to their authority or a sign of disharmony. To paraphrase Gordon Gecko (Michael Douglas in the movie Wall Street), “Conflict is Good.”
