Your Quantum Leadership Lesson: Organizing a Skip Level Meeting Have you ever organized or been part of a skip-level meeting? If you want to keep your finger on the pulse, periodically invite a few of your employees to a “Skip Level Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner.” This means if you are the business owner, you invite some of your front-line employees from different departments to meet with you in a group…
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4 Essential Steps for an Easier Leadership Transition Managers and leaders may sound the same but there are big differences in the roles they play and the people who perform them. While managers do often lead a team, a leader such as a C-suite professional, has larger responsibilities that go well beyond tasks with predefined goals. Management is a big responsibility, and a good manager can be the backbone of…
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Your Quantum Leadership Lesson: Using Desk Procedure / Standard Operating Manuals Having a desk procedures manual, often called standard operating procedures or a training manual, is essential to assure that the job gets done right every time and that nothing slips through the cracks. For small to mid-size employers that often face high turnover, it’s especially important that each position in the company has an up-to-date desk procedure manual, and…
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Many entrepreneurs and small business owners start out because their skill set is in demand and they are in a position for growth and expansion. Once they are in charge though, trust can become a serious issue. Without proper delegation of duties the owner inadvertently harms their own earning potential by controlling too much of the business. There is an old saying that every business owner should know by now:…
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Your Quantum Leadership Lesson: How an HR Expert Helps You Manage Your Team Once you have employees working in your small business, you need to understand how to manage your team. You are an expert in your current profession but most likely you haven’t had any training in the complicated field of Human Resources. Hiring an HR expert as a consultant to set you up for success just makes good…
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Running a small business is hard enough but what happens when an employee turns toxic? Everyone else (including you) suffers. So how do you spot them and what can you do once you’ve found them? There are several key factors at play when it comes to a functional work environment and one is a cohesive staff who work together rather than in spite of one another. Today we’re going to…
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How to Lead Your Employees Through a Better, Brighter 2018 There are consistent expectations from a leader. Whether you’re a small business owner looking for help growing your business or you’re a manager handling a team, you have people looking to you for direction and guidance. How you achieve meeting those expectations is the part that changes year after year. Each year presents different challenges to the workforce. Businesses in…
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Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing. What do they mean and how will they help you build your team? How effective is your new team? When building a new team within your company or reorganizing personnel to work on a new project there are normal stages of team development that can be the key to your project’s success or the weight that drags it down. By understanding the stages of team…
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Do you ever feel like there is just never enough time in the day? Do you often feel stressed out with managing your workload? Are you trying to do it all rather than delegate to others in your support circle or your work team? Despite the fact that time is perhaps the most sought-after resource available, most of us are dreadful at spending it wisely. As Benjamin Franklin once said—“By…
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