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To Listen or Not to Listen: That’s the Challenge
Developing the powerful habit of truly listening is the first step in becoming an effective communicator and creating more successful professional and personal relationships. If you’re endeavoring to build a successful business or increase the effectiveness of your team, I encourage you to begin with the foundational competency of listening.
Are You a Leader or Boss? There’s a Big Difference.
There’s a vast difference between leaders and bosses. Leaders collaborate, guide, influence, inspire, mentor and support others to foster movement in a desired direction. Conversely, bosses master over others and are often controlling, domineering and use fear and intimidation to get more out of the individuals they oversee.
Deal with Bad Apples Before They Spoil Your Business
The efficient, effective and smooth flow of information is critical to consistently meet and exceed the wants and needs of customers, foresee challenges and opportunities and overcome obstacles. It’s also essential to the production and delivery of high-quality goods and services in a timely manner. When communication is limited or even impossible because of personality conflicts, businesses weaken from within and the effects become far reaching.
Overcome Personality Conflicts and Thrive
The efficient, effective and smooth flow of information is critical to consistently meet and exceed the wants and needs of customers, foresee challenges and opportunities and overcome obstacles. It’s also essential to the production and delivery of high-quality goods and services in a timely manner. When communication is limited or even impossible because of personality conflicts, businesses weaken from within and the effects become far reaching.
Exceptional Service Depends on Caring Approach
It’s important to realize customer loyalty starts at the top — with the business owner. Who you are and how you treat people when doing business will determine customer satisfaction, loyalty and success. As you begin to involve, value, care for, recognize and support your team members to a greater degree, the quality of your business will rise along with them.
To Create Thriving Businesses, Create Raving Fans
When customers like — or better yet — love your business, they give you their patronage and share their glowing recommendations. Business owners who want to create...
Praise More Likely to Inspire Jobs Well Done
Business leaders intent on moving their companies to ever higher levels of efficiency, effectiveness, profitability and success constantly look for ways to improve...
Embrace Change by Focusing on the Benefits
Change is a reality in business whether we want it or not. Business environments and economies change. Team dynamics change. Technology changes rapidly. Life in general...
How Much Fun Do You Derive From Your Business?
Be honest here: How often are you so excited about your business you can’t wait to start the day? How often does just the opposite occur and you dread even the thought...