Category: Business Leadership

Transitioning From Manager to Leader: How Leadership Coaching Can Help You Make the Change

July 3, 2023

If you’re a manager, chances are you’re the kind of person who’d like to move up the ladder into a more senior leadership role. But transitioning from manager to leader can be tough, as these roles come with vastly different responsibilities, and many of the traits of a great manager are actually not conducive to being an effective leader. This can create many issues for the organizations these leaders are…

How to Create KPIs That Will Actually Motivate Employees

April 27, 2023

If you own a business, or you’re leading a department, you’re probably well aware of how tough it can be to motivate employees. But believe it or not, one of the best ways to do this is by creating key performance indicators (KPIs) that clearly define what success looks like. Now, depending on what you think about KPIs, this might sound a bit counterproductive, but trust me on this. After…

How to Maintain Accountability for Remote Workers

March 14, 2023

After everything that’s taken place over the last few years, working from home has become more common than ever. Love it or hate it, remote work has gone from being an obscure luxury that only a select few enjoyed, to something that a large percentage of the workforce is able and willing to do. For example, a survey on flexible work from McKinsey & Company, which surveyed 25,000 Americans last…

What Does an HR Person Do?

January 26, 2023

After working in human resources for several decades, it has become painfully obvious that many business owners have no idea what an HR person does. And oftentimes, their ideas about what they should be doing couldn’t be any further from the truth. Generally speaking, HR people tend to do just about everything, whether that’s bookkeeping, office management, hiring, firing, or just ordering some pizza for an employee meeting. That being…

How to Set Business Goals and Ensure Your Team Can Help You Achieve Them

January 10, 2023

If you own a business, you want your team to hit the ground running as soon as the new year begins. And if you want to make sure that happens, you can’t wait until the spring to set business goals, define accountabilities, or decide how you’re going to evaluate your employees – you need to do it now before it’s too late. This way, everyone on your team will be…

Inflation Is Affecting Employee Retention. Here’s What You Can Do About It

November 8, 2022

Retaining your best and brightest employees can be difficult, even in the best of times. But when inflation is through the roof, eroding the value of every dollar, employee retention gets even tougher. This is nothing new, though, as the relationship between inflation and people quitting their jobs has been well-known for years. According to an article from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, research has shown that there’s a…

5 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement

April 8, 2022

One of the biggest challenges for business owners is trying to keep employees engaged. According to a recent report from Gallup, despite a steady rise in employee engagement over the last decade, between 2019 and 2020, it decreased by about two points. This dip is certainly not a surprise, considering everything that’s happened between 2019 and today. But even with the uptick in engagement throughout the 2010s, in 2020, employee…

4 Tips For Improving Employee Retention in Skilled Trades

March 8, 2022

If you’re a business owner in the skilled trades, you’re probably used to feeling like you’re constantly chasing a revolving door. Employees come and go as the wind blows, and skilled trades talent always seems to be in short supply, to say the least. As senior employees start to retire, you need to have people ready to take their place. Many of you might be thinking that this is just…

Use This Method to Improve Your Leadership Skills and Communicate More Clearly With Your Team

February 8, 2022

One of the most important skills to learn as a business owner, manager, or supervisor is how to effectively communicate with your team. This involves many aspects, including things like how to clearly articulate ideas and expectations, how to promote mutually beneficial relationships by speaking to your team in the right tone, and how to properly delegate responsibilities. But despite being one of the most important leadership skills for successfully…

8 Questions Every Business Leader Should Ask Themselves

December 27, 2021

It’s lonely at the top. When you’re the leader, you seem to be carrying the weight of the world and the future of your whole business on your shoulders. Most leaders spend their days barely surviving emotionally, but nobody talks about it. In fact, I bet if your employees and colleagues knew how you feel most of the time, they would be shocked. Starting and growing a company comes with…