I have found the fear of effective delegation and trusting someone else to do something up to your standards is right behind the fear of public speaking, death and taxes! How significant a fear is it? My Google search for articles written ...
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Leadership
Want to Keep Employees Around Awhile? Here’s How.
Employee engagement is always important. Recently, as I was working with one of my clients to help them hire a salesperson, it became a top priority. They worried about finding someone that would stay for the long haul in their startup company. ...
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Independent Contractor or Employee?
Guidelines for determining whether you are hiring an independent contractor or employee
How to decide between hiring an independent contractor and an employee is one of the questions I get asked frequently. This is a very important distinction ...
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Have More Work Than You Can Handle? How to Hire Your First Employee
Is it time to hire your first employee? Running a business by yourself can be overwhelming and while bringing on another person to help can be exciting and relieve some pressure, hiring your first employee can also prove stressful. I've laid out ...
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5 Essential Pillars of Leadership
5 Essential Pillars of Good Leadership for a Positive Work Environment
Leadership pillars have really been on my mind lately. A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending a joyful reunion with some of my former employees. While it was an ...
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3 Tips to Becoming an Influential Leader
Leading As an Influencer, Instead of an Authoritarian
Influential leaders have the power to persuade. John Maxwell says that leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. To have influence means that you have won people over to your point of ...
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