Focus.com has a list of 101 rules for leaders. Most of them are a little bit common-sense, but there are a few with interesting logic behind them. Either way, it is a good list to review periodically if you are a manager.
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Category Archives: Business
Motivating Employees without Money
An objective of every employer in every industry is to increase employee productivity and output without shelling out more money. This is accomplished by keeping morale and a sense of efficacy high and clear of any negativity. How to keep employees motivated, however, can be somewhat of a challenge. Faced with such a task in [...]
The Printable CEO
David Shea’s The Printable CEO (or PCEO, for short) is probably one of the most revolutionary tools for productivity and organization a small business owner—anyone, really—can have in their toolbox. The PCEO is a collection of 5 printable worksheets for goal tracking, task tracking, daily planning, planned versus unplanned tracking, and individual task tracking. (More [...]
Letting Your Employees Roam
Google is famous as one of the best places to work in the technology industry. Stellar benefits, great pay, flextime, and many more qualities make Google home to some of the best and most coveted jobs in the world. One of the most well-known parts of working for Google is a sort of recreational free [...]
Balanced Business: Balanced Advertising
There is a certain nuisance we have all experienced while being amused: advertisements. Blinking, yelling banners popping out of browser windows, movie previews for those completely irrelevant to our chosen film, and commercials for cars, fast food, and make-up regularly interrupt our entertainment time and disrupt enjoyment of our lives. From a business perspective, this [...]
Networking Like a Pro
As any businessperson knows, networking is one of, if not the most, important activities one can undergo for career expansion. Learning who’s who and mastering relationship-building can be the qualification that makes or breaks a person in today’s rapidly-changing and rapidly-judging world. Sorority alumnae know that they have much better job prospects right out of [...]
Balanced Business: Ethics in Advertising
Marketers, advertisers, and business owners are constantly trying to dream up new ways to get the word out about their products and convince consumers that their products are the only products which fulfill a want or need. No matter what industry, this is the constant struggle. Whether successful or unsuccessful, there have been extreme measures [...]
Balanced Business: Working from Home
Balancing work with home life can be difficult, especially in this age of technological advancements that have led us to being able to work from home with relative ease. If you make money while you sit around in your pajamas, however, how do you balance home time with work time? It can be a difficult [...]
Balanced Business: How to Gift Employees
Managers have some of the hardest jobs in the world. Every day, they go to work knowing they will have to make tough decisions and pray they will not have to disappoint anybody for the day. Ethical and moral dilemmas are bountiful in positions of leadership. I do not want to talk about every day, [...]
Balanced Business: Marketing vs. Networking
Many marketers will tell you the key to having a good customer base is to have a lot of people talking about your product. While this is true – and proven – I think the exact science of getting these people to talk is the true mystery. That’s what marketing is, in essence: getting people [...]
