Posts Tagged ‘goal setting’
Strategy Simplified: What It Really Means for Your Business. (The Worksheet)
What is strategy, anyway? Many people equate strategy with having a plan or thinking deeply about an issue. However, strategy has a specific definition and plays a crucial role in driving success within your organization. Let’s look at the most recent evolution of the definition. What strategy was In the past, strategy was often simplistically…
Read MoreStop Writing Job Titles: Reimagining Job Descriptions For Business Needs (The Worksheet)
Let’s face it, job descriptions can feel a bit stale. Every business in every industry has the same ones. Sales Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Customer Service Rep, Admin Support, and more. But do these titles really capture the essence of what the job entails? Do these titles make the job feel tied to your business? From…
Read MoreBuild a Better Business: Understanding Your Organizational Chart. (The Worksheet)
In the last ten years, how many things have you heard are “dead”? Email, landlines, offices, retail stores. And yet all of these things still exist. They evolved. The same is true for the organizational chart, which people have been declaring as “dead” for almost ten years. But the org chart is not dead: the…
Read MoreEmpower Your Employees To Change: Change Communication Checklist. (The Worksheet)
The premise of the movie Frozen is to end a perpetual winter. Nobody is more excited about this than Olaf the snowman, who dreams of experiencing summer and sings a song of joy as others stand around whispering, “Somebody ought to tell him.”. Don’t make your employees a live-action Olaf. Do they understand what? Businesses…
Read MoreStart With The End Goal: Is Change Worth It for Your Small Business? (The Worksheet)
Should you update your Mission Statement? “Yeah. Why?” Should you create a new role in your business? “Yeah. Why?” Should you develop a new product? “Yeah. Why?” I must thank my niece for introducing me to a favorite fictional character and unaware business guru: Olaf from Frozen. (Yes: he is a snowman. And a cartoon). …
Read MoreEmployee Engagement Starts with Clear Communication. (The Worksheet)
Do your employees understand your emails? What about your conversations? Do they always do exactly what you expect? Do they ever ask you questions that you have already answered? More than once? Do your instructions sound too much like last week’s recipe example? What are you saying It’s not just your clients and prospects who…
Read MoreFrom Strengths to Strategies: Differentiate Your Goals. (The Worksheet)
There is a reason teachers don’t want us to copy in school. It’s not just so that we learn the material. It is also so that we learn not to copy. Because so much in life is better when it is our own. One such point: business goals. Your business goals can’t be based on…
Read MoreWhy Client-Focused Goals Drive Success. (The Worksheet)
Every business needs clients. But what is something that is even better than clients? Loyal clients. What makes clients want to come back again and again? The value of current clients Keeping existing clients costs less than finding new ones, so repeat business is a profit driver. But it is more than just that. Loyal…
Read MoreHow To Write Goals That Drive Employee Happiness. (The Worksheet)
Business goals are about success and growth. One thing you need to achieve business growth and success is happy employees. Because happy employees are productive employees, and happy employees are effective employees. Happy employee goals Make sure your business goals, objectives, and aspirations include making your employees happy. It is part of your responsibility as…
Read MoreTiny Wins, Big Results: How to Set Smaller Goals For Your Business. (The Worksheet)
“Shoot for the stars”. “Challenge yourself”. “The loftier the better” All things that people say about setting goals. And I don’t disagree … in principle. But don’t let it distract from the most important thing here: achieving your goals. Big Goals When we become more concerned with our goals making us uncomfortable, insecure, overworked, and…
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