How your business can manage difficult people

Managing difficult people can be time-consuming and emotionally draining. You can’t reason with an unreasonable person. However, there is usually some underlying reason that is motivating them to behave in a difficult manner. Try to identify the person’s trigger. What...

Effective mid-year performance reviews

Conducting mid-year performance reviews gives managers the opportunity to check in with employees in order to ensure that their objectives, project work and general day-to-day jobs are aligned with the rest of the business. Even if your firm doesn’t have a formal...

Creating an effective business plan

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Abraham Lincoln If you watched a game of sport where there was no winner, try, goal or wicket it would be really boring! Running a business is similar, if we don’t keep score then it’s not as much fun as it should...

Create a Few New Habits for 2018

Getting ahead can be a struggle at the best of times. If you want to be successful, you need to be highly disciplined. Here are a few habits of highly successful business people. Perhaps one or two of these can become your new “good habits” for 2018. Read about your...

How to Be a Better Manager

Not all managers are created equal. There are plenty of good managers and then there are great managers. Here are some key points on how to be a better manager: Mistakes are an opportunity to learn When a member of your team makes a mistake, use it as an opportunity...