Enlightened SMB leadership fosters employee ownership, accountability and responsibility for performance. That leadership provides opportunities for growth by providing employees with a strategic and operational sandbox for success, as well as failure. That environment is critical for SMB growth, expansion and sustainability. The 2017 Gallup State of the Global Workplace report (opt-in required) continues to… [Continue Reading]
Why Enlightened SMB Leadership fosters Owning Roles
The Cost of Professional Incompetence
Have you ever considered the cost of professional incompetence? To your company, your customers, your Self? Pull up a chair. Let’s have a chat, shall we? The root causes of professional incompetence are personal biases and baggage towards learning and education. This baggage and bias is rooted in: your own attitude towards educating yourself, as… [Continue Reading]
Marginalized Employees need Glass Slippers to Shine in the IIoT
What is the percentage of marginalized employees in your organization? Are you one? Marginalized employees may be on the short side of education and experience. Yet many of these folks may be natural managers. They have the ability to engage, motivate and lead their teams. They create positive and productive work environments. On the other… [Continue Reading]
The Small Business Leader of Sheep
A small business leader of sheep isn’t necessarily a good shepherd. These folks tend to hire people who will be docile, complacent and non-controversial. These are Figurehead leaders. They give orders – directives – to others. They expect their instructions to be followed. Your employees are an amazingly agreeable lot, aren’t they? They’ve got your… [Continue Reading]
5 Productivity Tips when Your C-Suite is YOU
How would you assess your own productivity? The smaller the business, the larger the impact of everyone’s productivity on revenue outcomes. How big is your business’s C-Suite team? Do you have a crowd or is your C-Suite only YOU? Here are 5 Tips to keep your CEO head on straight and work like an effective… [Continue Reading]
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