“I hate to say I told you so, but have you all seen what customers are saying about our new ads? We should have chosen a different theme; the current campaign is a disaster!”, shouted Joe, one of the marketers on the new product team. A few people in the room sighed. “He is such […]
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Why we shouldn’t fear conflict at work?
Have you ever wondered why some meetings are engaging but others lack even the tiniest bit of energy? Why some teams thrive in creativity while others are stagnant for months if not years? Why some companies are the technological vanguard of the world while others just can’t reach a certain level of innovation and fall […]
5 dysfunctions of a team: Absence of Trust
“We have a more experienced and talented executive team than any of our competitors. We have more cash than they do. We have better core technology. And we have a more powerful board of directors. Yet in spite of all that, we are behind two of our competitors in terms of both revenue and customer […]
Team building workshops with a SWOT analysis
Last year I was attending a conference on management and processes optimization. One of the speakers presented an interesting result of the research conducted in the number of companies. During the study, researchers asked the managers and employees about how they evaluated the maturity and implementation of different processes in their organizations. The speaker displayed […]
2 secrets to increase your productivity in 2016
The year 2015 is almost over and the upcoming new year brings new opportunities and more chance for positive change. This time of the year is a great time not only to sum up all your previous achievements but also make new plans for the next one. From the previous year, I’ve learned that no […]
How to set SMART goals for your business
“What keeps me going is goals“, said Muhammad Ali, one of the most successful heavyweight boxers in history, named by Sports Illustrated magazine as the “Sportsman of the Century”. Not every business owner will have the honor of becoming the Muhammad Ali of Entrepreneurs, but having proper goals can save many new ventures from being […]
3 habits of effective entrepreneur in practice
The digital age and ruthless competition have caused us to become obsessed with productivity and constant improvements. This hype about achieving more in the same amount of time is not a surprise when we consider the statistics — for example, eight out of ten new businesses will fail within the first 18 months. In response […]
How to use The Compound Effect to reach any goal
Generally, it’s easy for us to think of small decisions as being irrelevant to our long-term success. But, these little decisions really do add up over time. For instance when I buy a $5 cup of coffee every day, five dollars may not seem like a lot, but the total amount of my spending on […]