Liz Kislik October 14, 2021 Recently a client asked me for a few straightforward steps that could help get someone to stop being rude. Other employees at the company had been trying not to take the rudeness personally, but eventually it really started getting on people’s nerves and became a management problem. Initially, the idea … Continue reading This Advice Will Actually Help You Handle an Employee Who’s Being Rude
Isaac Mashman October 4, 2021 The point of starting a business is to provide a solution in the form of either a product or in the form of a service. This is what you are bringing to the marketplace. Something of value. Yet, there is also absolutely nothing wrong with having an alternative motive for … Continue reading 5 Benefits of Being In Business For Yourself
With another independent CDP being acquired and integrated with a larger marketing suite, there are signs of a pattern. Kim Davis on October 4, 2021 Using psychology and data to get customers closer to purchase With limited resources, marketers need every edge they can get, including psychology, to get customers closer to purchase. The first … Continue reading Is the CDP category being shrunk by acquisitions?
Amit Patel September 15, 2021 The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted workplace environments and caused much uncertainty amongst workers. For companies to stay competitive, as well as to attract and retain the best talent, they must shift from just providing paychecks, benefits, and advancement opportunities to a more cohesive role of “caretaker.” In … Continue reading The Growing Importance of Being Your Employees’ Caretaker Post-COVID-19
Stefan Wolpers June 14, 2021 TL; DR: When Scrum Masters Fail — Making Your Scrum Work #13 There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Scrum thrives when the Scrum teams are self-managing while Scrum Masters embrace … Continue reading When the Scrum Master Fails by Being Overly Protective — Making Your Scrum Work
Mukesh Gupta June 7, 2021 One of the skills that all of us need to develop as we want to be and behave like a leader is to develop the skills of an improv actor. The foundational aspect of any improv actor is the ability to be fully present in the moment and respond to … Continue reading Being a Leader is Like Being an Improv Actor
Steven Imke May 18, 2021 New research shows that most business planning advice is wrong, More successful local services and infrastructure companies are adapting to the changing business climate by abandoning classic business planning and applying more effectual logic and principles to start their business. Entrepreneurship has changed in recent years. As a result, you … Continue reading Why Being Told You Need a Business Plan May Be Bad Advice
Susan Poirier March 11, 2021 Getting down to business is more than being busy. Busy focuses on getting things done and checking off items on a To Do List. It is easy to confuse being busy with being productive. As an entrepreneur, you’ve got an organization to manage, a product or service to market, and … Continue reading Stop the Task of Being Busy
Viktor Runov September 30, 2020 We all know how it feels. The anxiety. The self-doubt. The cold sweats. The pain and personal anguish. No – we’re not talking about the fear you experience as you mull over asking your crush on a date. We’re talking about the fear small business owners often experience as they … Continue reading How to Stop Being Scared and Ask for Referrals
Pete Laburn September 15, 2020 There is much debate on how leaders should be behaving in these extraordinary times. Hundreds of theories, more than most unproven, pose more confusion than they do solace, because the truth is that nobody is sure. Perhaps a far more interesting question has arisen during this forced, and largely unwelcome, … Continue reading Leadership – A State of Being
