4 Reasons to Be Timely With Your Confrontation
When you are in a situation where you need to confront an employee about their performance, the first step to proper confrontation is to handle it immediately. Being timely with your confrontation drives four important results: Employee morale, performance, impact and mission. Employee morale is a sensitive thing and your leadership will go a long way to dictating if the morale is good or bad. Yesterday I gave two scenarios of confrontation to illustrate what can happen when we choose to confront or not to confront. The bottom line is that when we confront right away, it sends a message to your team that you care about doing the job
The Benevolence of Confrontation
I know it’s not often that you hear confrontation referred to as a gift but when used properly it is a powerful management tool. If you are in any type of leadership position, you know there are times when confrontation is essential to your business. So with all the talk about avoiding confrontation, why is confrontation good? We spend a lot of time talking about how to avoid confrontation. On the flip side, we rarely talk about how to confront people to create positive outcomes in the workplace or in your business. We fear confrontation so that we don’t hurt people’s feelings or rock the boat. When it comes down
I’m Writing This Post While Watching TV
Ah multitasking. It sounds so sexy and so self important and it has become a way of life for a lot of people. Wait, hold on for just a sec, I need to answer this text…………….OK I’m back. Because of multitasking’s popularity, it has also become one of the biggest problems for personal productivity. The problem is likely to get worse as technology get easier to use and more readily available. Take a look at these stats on multitasking and interruptions: When drivers text, their collison risk is 23 times greater than when not texting. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, 2009 Organizations lose around $1,250 per user in annual productivity because
One Simple Personal Inventory Task for The Upcoming Year
Productivity is not just about systems and getting tasks accomplished. It’s more about where you spend your time and the specific tasks that you accomplish. One simple personal inventory task that you can implement for the coming year is to identify your most critical tasks and also the time waster/less important tasks that you need to stop doing altogether. This is something that should take you maybe an hour to complete and once it’s done, will help you in your goal setting and planning for next year. The first step is to look at what tasks that you could engage in that would ensure personal success. This could be in
Waking Up In the Morning, A Love Story
Morning time can really be a pain in the ass for a lot of people. Each day the challenge of waking up in the morning starts anew with one more bleary eyed tribute to sleeping less. The really damning thing about mornings is how important they really are. In fact, they are often an overlooked piece to being more productive in your life. Today’s productivity tip is all about getting your ass out of bed in the morning. Tell me if this sounds familiar to you. You have a 9:00am job that you go to Monday-Friday. Your morning routine starts with your alarm going off at 7:00am (if you’re a
Systematize Your Productivity
Right now is a great time to do some adjustments to your approach on how you get things done. With the year coming to a close, it’s time to do an assessment on how you are approaching your day and look for ways that you can be more productive. There is not a one size fits all approach that is best when it come to getting things done. The important thing is to systematize your productivity so that you are approaching each day in a consistent manner. The only way that you can improve your current productivity is to make some changes in your approach. Maybe I have been watching
But I Am Great….Trust Me
Have you ever tried something new or, as a business owner, tried to offer a new product or service? It can be difficult to head in a new direction especially if you are charging people money while heading in that new direction. The question that comes up during this time centers around how to get people to trust that you know what you are doing. One way that business owners overcome this is to give away some free value to the public in exchange for getting the word out about their products or services. The web has given everyone the ability to offer free value because of the fact that
Try These 2 Things To Make Better Connections
When it come to networking and making connections, either you love doing it or you hate it. Whether you like it or not, you still end up in positions where you have the opportunity to meet new people who can positively influence your business. When these situation arise, you need to make sure you make the best use of your time. With that being said, I will give you my top 2 things to try when you’re networking to make better connections. My top 2 techniques from making great connections are listening and asking great questions. If you are like many, you are going to be bombarded with get togethers
Book Review: The E-Myth Revisited- Michael Gerber
The E-Myth is an important read for inspiring entrepreneurs if for no other reason than to keep you on track with doing what’s important for your business. Specifically making sure that you are always working on your business. The overall message of this book is for small business owners to have systems and processes in place for their business. The main model that Michael Gerber uses is the franchise model that ensures that companies like McDonald’s can operate anywhere in the country and still provide the same level of service to their respective communities. As business owners, the last thing we seem to want to do is work on our
Who You Know is Important Just Don’t Ignore Who You Want to Know
If you have ever taken some time to assess who you know in your life and take stock of the relationship capital that currently exists, that’s great because it’s important. Taking the concept of who you know one step further is taking some time to assess who you want to know. Our existing relationships can be a great source of inspiration, assistance, accountability, love and friendship. Small business owners need lots of all of these things. There’s come a point, however, where you need to make new connections to move yourself and your business further. This doesn’t mean that your old relationships aren’t important anymore, it just means that you
