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How Do I Keep My Employees From Running Over Me?

There was a great question posted recently in a Facebook group that’s driven a lot of good discussion. The gist of the question is how to handle employees who are basically running wild – without coming down on them with a lot of rules and oversight. Here are some more details from the question: “As we grow, I’m finding it harder and harder to keep employees from running over me….

Want to Grow Your Business? Keep Your People Happy!

Time and again when talking to business owners these days, I keep hearing the same thing: “We can’t hire enough of the right people.” I have a client who’s had a critical position open for almost a year, and they still don’t have any great candidates lined up. I know a bunch of companies that would love to add a great salesperson and even more who could use someone with leadership…

Are You Pushing for Simple in Your Business?

Think about your average workday. How many meetings do you have? How many discussions—planned or unplanned? How many people do you encounter? If you’re like most business owners, you deal with a lot of ideas and personalities, which means things can get very complex, very quickly. Unless we have systems in place, our days tend to get more complicated over time. We eventually end up in a state where nothing…

Want to Succeed and Scale? Simplify!

I really enjoyed learning physics back in high school and college. You could take a relatively complex situation and predict what would happen. With a few assumptions, some clear laws and principles and some higher end math, you could figure out exactly how far that 10-pound cannonball would fly out of a cannon—or whatever. The situation could be complicated, but it was something you could ultimately understand and predict. Wouldn’t…

Do You Want to Love It or List It?

It may be time to decide whether to embrace your business, or exit it. If you watch HGTV, then you’re likely familiar with the show “Love It or List It.” If you haven’t seen it, the show is about a home-owning couple who are very frustrated with their house after some number of years. They previously loved their house, but now they have a list of issues and challenges that…
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