In an “ideal teaming environment” all the team members work together to ensure that anything negative doesn’t impact their team. Negative attitude and actions can cause a team to hit roadblocks that may disrupt the flow of teaming. Being able to identify the negative things is something that business owner or team manager should make sure they identify early on.
In order for business owners or team managers to be able to identify negative behavior, then they must be fully aware of their teaming environment. This doesn’t mean that they micro-manage their team members by lording over their ever move. What …read more

When you take a creative idea and add your energy to it, then it becomes innovation. The very term innovation, according to Webster.com, means ”a new idea, method, or device”. So being innovative is when you come up with a new way of thinking or newly developed method, or a newly operational device.
Business owners need to be innovative and full of energy so that they can have create ideas to meet the needs of their customers. Innovation is what we saw when Thomas Edison created the light bulb by not giving up when he faced failure. Instead he continued putting in his …read more

Another key to having a successfully working team is one that reaches its goals. To reach your goals, means that the team players are working on one accord, following a strategic plan, and working through any issues that may arise. Having these in place along with a vision, can help a team be successful in reaching their goals.
One of the essential components that can help a team reach their goals is having a communication plan in place. According to the article “Want to Be More Effective? Learn to Listen” which is located on Inc.com by Sarah Fenson, there are three areas …read more

If you work with a virtual team then collaboration is an important component for your business. Having successful collaborations can either break or make a team’s ability to reach its goals. As a business owner who uses virtual team members, I have found thant collaborating is essential so that communications are always open for my team members.
The following things important to the collaboration process.

Initial meeting to explain all the details of the project.
A way to track the project’s progress. Each member needs to be able to report on their progress
Make sure accountability is in place for each member.
Support for the …read more

Suppose you are the hiring manager interviewing an awesome candidate with highly marketable skills and you just know they are perfect for the job but you also know that they have several other employers courting them, too.
How can you increase the chance that they’ll want to work for you more than the others? Remember, it’s about so much more than money.

Win them over with your culture. If a candidate has multiple offers they’ll be able to be a lot more picky about which company they want to work for. The culture of the organization often dictates how …read more

Stan Toler wrote a handy pocket book called Minute Motivators for Leaders. It is a good, quick easy read for anyone wanting to understand leadership principles. The book if full of quotes, short narratives and inspirational writing. According to Stan Toler “Leadership is about gaining enough knowledge and wisdom to move people and plans from obscurity to excellence.”
Here is a list of some of the principles Stan Toler outlines in his book:

Character – Leaders do the right thing
Affirmation – Leaders make everyone feel valuable.
Communication – Leaders are good communicators.
Insight – Leaders understand people.
Endurance – Leaders accept pain and disappointment in stride.
Movement …read more