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Which of These Planning Styles Defines Your Organization?
Imagine what it was like to be an explorer and discover the Grand Canyon for the first time.
What a view!
After you took in the scenery from the rim, what would you do? You’d most likely want to hike to the bottom to see what else you can find. That’s your next destination.
How would you get to the bottom of the Grand Canyon? As a first explorer, you’d have three basic options:
Management
What NOT to Include When Creating Job Descriptions
Maybe writing detailed job descriptions sounds like a good idea, but most job descriptions have one crucial flaw: they include too many details.
Job descriptions are not the place to explain the nuanced tasks you expect from your employees. In fact, the more detailed you make a job description, the more No’s you actually generate in an employee.
It’s time to reevaluate the way we approach job descriptions. Don’t focus on the details — here’s what to do instead.
Management
How to Choose and Manage the Perfect Sales Manager
Not every company needs a sales manager, but some companies will never grow without one.
Determining if your organization needs to change (or add) sales management depends on how effectively your business runs. I’ve seen companies with two salespeople that need a manager. I’ve seen companies with 15 salespeople that didn’t need one.
Management
How to Acquire and Grow Your Dream Team
Is having a “dream team” a realistic goal for your company?
Imagine employing only the people who work hard, know their craft, and contribute to the team in a positive way. These aren’t just great people — they’re people who are great at what they do. Who wouldn’t want to have a dream team working to advance their business?
Is the “dream team” idea too good to be true... or is it actually possible?
Management
3 Steps to Falling in Love with Your Business Again
Coaching business owners can feel a lot like marriage counseling.
I get the frustrations. I know what it’s like to be an owner who wakes up and thinks, “I don’t want to do this job anymore. I don’t like my choices and feel constrained by my options.”
Often these difficulties and the lack of motivation creep in because we’ve stopped loving the business like we used to. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up on the company.
Operations
How to Hire the Right Type of Project Manager
Not all project managers are the same. And depending on your business model, products/services, culture, and niche, the criteria for choosing the right project manager varies greatly.
So how do you know you’re hiring the right type of project manager for your company?
We see this most clearly when it goes wrong. You hire someone with proven PM experience only to realize they don’t understand anything about how you do project management in your organization.