Jul

1

Fostering Accountability

Category: Business Development, Communication Skills, Leadership, Management, Organizational Culture | 4 Comments

Evelyn Lim, my friend at Attraction Mind Map, posed an excellent question in a comment on my last post entitled “A Great Perspective on Accountability”.
In case you missed it, I’ve pasted the comment, followed by my response, below.
At the risk of regurgitating stuff you’ve already read, I think this […]

Jun

5

Becoming a Smooth Operator (Part 2)

Category: Business Development, Leadership, Management, Organizational Culture | 3 Comments

Continued from “Becoming a Smooth Operator (Documenting Your Operational Protocols)”
In the first half of this post, I made a case for the importance of documenting your business’s operational protocols. Let’s take finance, for example (although we could just as easily talk about sales, marketing, project management, administration, or any other area of your business). […]

Jun

3

Becoming a Smooth Operator (Documenting Operational Protocols for Your Small Business)

Category: Business Development, Leadership, Management, Organizational Culture, Success | 7 Comments

For most small business owners and entrepreneurs, running a business by the seat of the pants can be a very hard habit to break!
While the ability to think on your feet is incredibly important for putting out fires and making good short-term decisions, the long-term sustainability of your business depends on consistently and […]

May

20

Doing the Things You Don’t Want to Do

Category: Business Development, Leadership, Management, Organizational Culture, Success | 6 Comments

This topic came up recently in an executive coaching session. In my notes for the client, I added the following words of caution about avoiding the things you don’t feel like doing…
“You’ve produced some really awesome results so far, but this only the tip of the iceberg. Your mind will tell you that […]

May

13

Conversational Marketing Boosts Campaign Results!!

Category: Business Development, Management | 1 Comment

This post was contributed by guest author Sheldon Yarmovsky, a Verve List small business partner
If you really analyze most marketing campaigns, you’ll find a ton of data about a company’s product coming at the prospective buyer in the form of product literature, or direct mail and email. Unfortunately, what many business owners fail to […]

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