Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category
Understand the unique brain and personality types of your employees to keep them invested in work. You’ll see amazing results. I am often asked about how I keep employees inspired and productive. It’s an essential question since companies today must accomplish more, with fewer people. The most successful start-ups must be lean, nimble, and [...]
via inc.com/Geoffrey James Workplace stress is not inevitable. Here are some simple techniques to lower your own levels. Stress sucks. According to the American Psychological Association, stress can result in headache, muscle tension, muscle pain, chest pain, fatigue, upset stomach, insomnia, anxiety, restlessness, lack of motivation, lack of focus, irritability, depression, eating problems, addiction [...]
Here are some really useful tools, some of which you will use every day, if you aren’t already. Exercise some critical judgment though: a tool is only as good as it’s data – so take a moment to check if the data is believable, and to think about other sources you can cross reference [...]
via inc.com/Geoffrey James The best managers have a fundamentally different understanding of workplace, company, and team dynamics. See what they get right. A few years back, I interviewed some of the most successful CEOs in the world in order to discover their management secrets. I learned that the “best of the best” tend to share [...]
via Inc.com By Eric Schurenberg This classic 25-word definition pares entrepreneurship to its essence and explains why it’s so hard. And so addictive. As an entrepreneur, you surely have an elevator pitch, the pithy 15-second synopsis of what your company does and why, and you can all but repeat it in your sleep. But until [...]
You have more important things to focus on than, um, focusing. Get back on track with these tips. You probably don’t want to admit it but you love distractions. In fact, just like monkeys, you get a shot of dopamine every time something pulls you in another direction. Why do you think you check your [...]
Here are 14 quick strategies to get and keep yourself motivated: 1. Condition your mind. Train yourself to think positive thoughts while avoiding negative thoughts. 2. Condition your body. It takes physical energy to take action. Get your food and exercise budget in place and follow it like a business plan. 3. Avoid negative [...]
Our CEO Kalika Yap was quoted in Wall Street Journal Today! Here’s the full article written by Ms. Barbara Haislip There are countless self-help books aimed at budding entrepreneurs. But which of them have actually helped people start or improve an enterprise? We asked business owners and educators for the books that have given them [...]
Great points and inspiration for your business from the CRAVE Blog: Put a Twi$t on it! 1. Know everything about your business, seriously everything, know your employees, your products, your mission statement, sales goals etc. 2. Empower your employees – make your employees want to work and give them a reason to try to [...]
Great tips from a CRAVE Blogger: 5 Ways to Incentivize Past Customers to Bring You New Business: 1) Offer them a discount. 2) Provide a commission for referred sales. 3) Create a rewards program where they earn points towards free product or services. 4) Give them something for free for each referred sale. 5) [...]
