Treat People Like People
Working in a service business can feel like an amazingly thankless endeavor. A client relationship can be tough when the relationship feels like a one way street with one side always giving and the other always demanding more. Have you ever felt that way about a client relationship? Sometimes we get so caught up in results and our day-to-day that we forget to treat people like people. Don’t get me wrong I love working with people to solve problems in their business. It’s what I do best. However, there are certain instances or relationships that give me pause at times. I had a former client who used to treat me
Unlike My Women…I Do Like My Projects Fast and Easy
Fast and easy projects? Oh you like those too? Not all projects are going to be as fast and easy as we would like. One asset that I have utilized to help our business get projects completed on time is people. More specifically, people that we know and trust. When it comes to people you know and trust, you don’t even have to specifically know them. If I have a partner that I know and trust that recommends someone to me, then that is good enough. I mentioned recently what happened to my consulting firm, The Business Blueprint, when we weren’t ready for the growth we had experienced. We broke
One Important Rule For Small Business Owners
When you are running a business in its beginning stages the only thing you focus on is making it work. Somehow. Someway. (Insert Snoop Dogg reference here if necessary.) Everything else seems unimportant in the grand scheme of things. In reality growing your business is the most important. But there is a proper way to do it. This brings me to one important rule for your business, don’t wait until you need it. Growing our businesses is hard enough without having to worry about the more seemingly inconsequential aspects of our business. Take for example the process for hiring people for your business that I talked about a couple of
Top 5 Personnel Mistakes by Small Businesses
For all my talk previously about systems and processes, they are worthless if you don’t have the right people to run them. Personnel is a tough area for small business owners due to a lack of experience in the personnel development process. There are 5 mistakes that small business owners make with regards to personnel. Mistake #1: Not defining roles for the partners in the business. This applies even to the individual business owner. It’s important to decide what roles that you will play in your organization both short term and long term. It’s especially important with regards to partnerships. I have personally seen the damage that is done in
