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Hire Your Team As Consultants
Here’s the takeaway: Hire yourself as a consultant, and begin with structure. For many organizations, it is not uncommon for customized seats to have been created over time for specific individuals in those seats. Sometimes, this happens because it is the path of least resistance. Other times, individuals have crafted unique positions for themselves by…
Take a Look at Traction: The Entrepreneur’s Operating System
Take a Look at Traction was originally published in The Firm Review: Talent Edition All businesses get “stuck” or hit the ceiling at one point or another. This process is inevitable and is actually part of the life cycle of every business. As human beings we innately know how to survive our growing pains, but…
Why You’re Being a Bad Boss and How to Stop
Helping others embrace that done differently does not necessarily mean done wrong is one of the most fun parts of my job. The reason many folks have a hard time delegating is that they inevitably know how to get it done better or, they believe no one knows how to do it right. This, of course,…
3 Steps to Get What Your Time is Worth
One of the most consistent things I see with younger and growing business owners is that even when they identify what to give up, they often have a hard time letting things go. Just as a business owner may have a hard time letting go of a task because they know they can do it,…
Delegate and Elevate: Are the Members of Your Team in the Right Seats?
If you’re like most business owners who have started their business from scratch, or if you have seen a big growth spurt and you’re acknowledging that you can’t do it all, it’s time to learn to delegate. While in startup mode, you likely did everything. (And I mean everything!) You had your hands in the…
Stop Lying to Yourself, We Know You Can’t Multitask
I have owned 14 different companies, often several at the same time. I’ve seen 4 successful exits and been clobbered twice. I love what I do and I wake up naturally at 6:00 am. I have tremendous discipline and believed, for many years, that I was the exception. I knew in my soul that I…
