The Great Systems Mystery

Mystery because you hear every business owner saying that they need systems. Everyone knows that they need them and that healthy productivity of the business depends on them. Problem is, few know what they really look like or how they work.

So, we can begin with the definition of a system. In business, a system is a way of getting the same result or outcome repeatedly. Continue reading

Managing People Effectively

The Most Important Things to Remember to Manage Your People Effectively

Assuming you already have employees on board, how well do you manage them?  Do you manage them or are they managing you?

Today, small  businesses have to make the most of limited resources, and that includes people.

My definition of managing people is easy; it’s simply to help the people who report directly to you to be the best they can be.

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Classic Hiring Mistakes

Whenever I ask my clients to think about the worst hires they ever had in the past, and why they were not right, the reasons generally come down to one, or a combination of these, seven classics.

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Hire the Right People for the Right Reasons

When you run your own business you can’t live in a vacuum. Not if you want to build a successful business.

You must have on board the right people who are engaged in the process and the vision and bring them along with you.

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Systems in business and why people ignore them

In this post I want to address the thorny issue of systems, and why people don’t follow them and what you can do about it.

Here are 7 Reasons Why Systems Aren’t Followed and What You Can Do About It.

Okay – everyone knows a business needs systems.  But what do you do when you have systems and they aren’t being followed?  Or when they are being blatantly ignored?

You go and find out why.  You ask.  It may be one or several of these reasons.

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