Knowing how to effectively give positive feedback is a powerful tool to develop employee skills and talent. However, many leaders on the front lines, middle management, and upper tiers of organizations often overlook positive feedback and reinforcement, or are unsure or uncomfortable about giving it. Why Positive Feedback Is Important Managers spend a lot of time and focus correcting gaps … Read More
A Simple Trick For Keeping Good Team Members
Finding good staff members is consistently in the top three priorities for small business owners. It seems that business owners will tell you that this problem is worse in their country than any other. Clearly that can’t be true, but it gives an indication of how serious the problem is. Having hired, fired, been amazed by, and let down by … Read More
Positive Thinking in the Workplace
Do your co-workers ever feel upset or angry in the workplace? Let’s look at the kind of feelings that can impact your work negatively and what kind of mental exercises can help you work around those feelings to keep your positive thinking alive. Recognize those bad feelings What may be lurking and … Read More
Co-Owner of Williams and Kunkel, CPA, LLP Places In Bodybuilding Competition
CPA Beth’s bodybuilding dream becomes a reality… Flower Mound CPA and co-owner of Williams & Kunkel CPAs, Beth A Williams, placed as a newcomer in the Masters Bikini Division at The National Physique Committee (NPC) JTF Physique Championships held at the Irving Convention Center over the weekend. The contest was promoted by Jennifer and Lee Thompson of Thompson Muscle Contest … Read More
How to Take a Holiday Break as a Small Business Owner
Everyone deserves a break, especially those who work hard trying to a get a business off the ground. A recent survey found that three quarters (76%) of small business owners and entrepreneurs skip their holidays in order to keep their business running smoothly. But while there may never be a good time to take a holiday when you’re the boss, … Read More
Strategic Planning Steps for Business Management
What are the Strategic Planning Steps? The Strategic Planning Steps business management system is an organizational tool that is used by groups and corporations globally to refine their goals and maximize their resources. Drawing from the concepts of strategic military planning, the Strategic Planning process is one way in which businesses strive to attain a competitive edge. Strategic planning involves … Read More
How To Plan For Succession In Family Business
It’s never too early to start succession planning in a family business. Here’s a story… …From the moment the Yung Kee restaurant sold its first goose in Hong Kong, in the 1960s, its founder Kam Shui-fai groomed two of his sons for management roles. However he never had the time to develop a structured approach to succession planning.The younger son … Read More
Motivating A Team With More Than Pay Raises
Staff motivation should always be on top of your priority list because a business thrives when it’s people thrive. If they’re not motivated – if they don’t feel as if they’re adding value and are indispensable within the team – then your business is at a huge disadvantage. It’s a common misconception that staff are just concerned with the financial … Read More
The Trinity of Management
The Trinity of Management is a simplified concept of basic business management. Coined and trademarked by Ernesto Sirolli, it makes it relatively easy to get across the basics of business by creating a framework in which we can start the work of building a solid new business or expanding an existing business. There are many ways that have been used throughout … Read More
How to Find Better Balance Between Work and Life
It used to be that you’d finish high school and quickly move in one of two directions…. …you either enrolled in a four-year college to work towards a degree, or you got a job right out of high school and never looked back. Enter the modern day, when more and more adults and other nontraditional students are heading back to … Read More