Does Your Small Business Suffer
from Owner Neglect?
By Carol Tice
When times get rough at your small business, do you dive in and tackle the problems head-on? Or, are you more likely to stand back and hope for the best?
On a recent episode of Spike TV's Bar Rescue, restaurant expert Jon Taffer finds himself at Champs, an aging sports bar sited near the movie studios in Burbank, Calif. The bar has been going downhill for years. The decor inside and out are "right out of the 1970s," as Taffer says, with goofy megaphones tacked to the outside walls and diagonal strips of wood trim. Worse, owners Joe and Helen Handy have delegated the job of ramping up sales to a bevy of buxom barmaids who are rude -- and over-serving liquor to the tune of $1,600 a week.
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Determine Your
Leadership Style
"As an entrepreneur, you are the leader of your company. And to become a great leader, you'll have to look within yourself. Start by examining the different types of leadership styles."
By Randall D. Ponder
Randall J. Ponder, a consultant focusing on leadership development, has extensive leadership experience as an Army officer, the owner of a small business and a manager in a Fortune 100 company.
An important point of this introduction to leadership styles is that effective leaders can be true to their own nature and not have to assume radically different personae when in a leadership position.A person's mannerisms and personality typically don't have to change when assuming a leadership role. This doesn't mean that great leaders don't make some changes in their leadership presence and style, especially when changes are needed.
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For those Suffering
from Connectile Dysfunction
By Ian Lamont
Time flies, as they say. It’s almost noon, and I am further behind than I was when the day started. How is this possible?
Most nights I awaken with a task on my mind. I keep a “To do” pad close by my bed in the dark, so as not to wake my wife, and I quickly write down the task and go back to sleep. By morning, when the alarm goes off, I have a scribbled “To do” list of what I hope to accomplish that day.
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Toxic Employees Can
No Longer Be Tolerated
Every executive and entrepreneur knows that a business employing the right people has a significantly greater chance for success than one without the right people. So why, then, do so many businesses tolerate “toxic employees?”
Toxic employees make both positive and negative contributions to the business. While their performance will be good at times, they also foment dissent, talk down to other employees and are generally involved in those HR issues that require management time. Toxic employees are described by others this way: “I wish they would not …” or “They would be a great employee if they didn’t …” We all know toxic employees.
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