Capture your employee’s creative ideas
Wise entrepreneurs eagerly embrace advice and counsel- especially from their employees. So make it easy for your front-line technicians to share their insights.
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Painting Your Success- Part 2
As you reach for success, you must defeat the inner Critic that wants to control your mental palette of choices. It is time to prepare yourself mentally for success!
Painting Your Success- Part 1
Every day you wake up with a choice- will you create something totally original or just keep following the crowd?
Don’t disrespect “followership”- Part 2
“Followership” plays an important role in being an effective leader. Chuck Violand shares three more suggestions to help you develop your followership skills.
Leadership: Hard to pin down?
What can you learn from a 100 year old race to the South Pole or more recently on Everest? How can the leadership styles displayed there affect your business? Read on…
Don’t disrespect “followership”- Part 1
While leadership is all the rage, Chuck Violand thinks it’s time to build a case for followership. After all, following is a critical component of being an effective leader.
Management lessons from the USS Benfold
Ask yourself these three questions every time you become frustrated in your business. Then apply your answers for positive change in your company.
“Batting lessons” for business owners- Part 2
Everybody wants to work for a winner. They want to follow someone who steps up and tries new things, even if it means striking out occasionally. You may not hit a home run but you just might get an extra base hit!
“Batting lessons” for business owners- Part 1
Cleaners and restorers may reason that they avoid costly errors by delaying big decisions. However, Chuck reminds you to evaluate the cost of wasted energy, slowed momentum and lost opportunities by not moving decisively.
Skills to be a better business owner (Part III)
Chuck’s wrap-up on being a better business owner. By mastering the executive skill-set you will give yourself a big advantage in leading your company to success.
3 more “required skills” for entrepreneurs – Part II
Do you have what it takes to build a truly successful cleaning or restoration company? Chuck Violand shares three more essential skills…
To solve problems: “Less can be more”
How many times have you screamed, “Don’t just stand there- DO SOMETHING!” SFS instructor Chuck Violand explains the best strategy may be to “do nothing”…
“Breaking bread” brings your team together
People hire on with you for you for a pay check. (Duh!) BUT they stay long term because they “buy in” emotionally to the family atmosphere and shared vision you have created. Read on for how to do it …
Having problems? Don’t follow the lead of Corporate America
Great leaders don’t shrink back from responsibility. Chuck Violand offers an earnest plea to business owners: “Stop the whining and face reality”.
How to reverse “Owner Arrogance”
Chuck warns owners with 3 bad outcomes from executive arrogance. Then he shares specific tips on how to harness this negative energy for personal and business growth.