Are you struggling with your compensation program? I worked with a client who had a "circus train" approach to how they were paying office personnel. Every person had a different deal...salary, hourly and no justification for why one person made more than another. It took some planning and clear communication, but we fixed it. We made [...]
Egads! How can we be halfway into October already? The holidays will be here in about 15 minutes. And, gulp, you are looking down the barrel of the dreaded Holiday Bonus. Have you struggled with what to do to celebrate your team at year end? Well, you may muddle through it this year. [...]
I love sharing the best of what I have learned in my long life and career. Mostly, I speak about simple financial systems and UN-complicated business planning. However, in most of my presentations, the conversation settles on employees. You need some help if you are going to clean up your financials, set up great scorekeeping [...]
If you can't say something nice.... Well, you can say something nice. You can edit your thoughts before they take flight. You can also say nothing at all. Or you can think nothing at all. In other words, thinking and speaking are skills you can develop. Your unbridled thoughts can be refined or changed or sent packing. A [...]
Once a week, I have a meeting with me. I review my UN-Business Plan. I revisit my mission, goals and Top Projects. Then, I make sure that my actions are aligned with my intentions, and I put together my calendar. If it's important, I spend time on it. I'm doing a very limited [...]
Maybe because they're a mess. Maybe because you don't want to know. Maybe because you'll have to start holding someone - you? - accountable for getting them caught up and accurate? Maybe you don't really know what to look at or how to use them. Maybe because you'll have to...change? My friend Howard Partridge is [...]
I've been asking this question of my seminar attendees recently, "What one thing did you do in the past year that made all the difference in your life?" One fellow shared that he committed to a sugar-free diet and lost 52 pounds. He looked great and he said he felt so much better. "When I was [...]
Are you feeling overwhelmed? I am. I'm cutting everything too close. My life has too little "margin". Richard A. Swenson, M.D., wrote a book about this...called, naturally, Margin. He talks about emotional and time margin, as well as financial margin. If someone or something comes up that you need or want to address...do you have the resources? [...]
The shadows are long and the days short. This is the time of year to reflect and be grateful. I'm grateful... That I have the most wonderful family. That I am blessed with awesome friends and team members. That I have been of service to a lot of people and am on track to connect to [...]
As a business expert, I am expected to offer advice. The danger is that I become so committed to what I know works that I am no longer teachable. Attending seminars and webinars, listening to great speakers, is one of the habits I have developed that helps me stay teachable. Teachable means willing [...]
