Building Teams

Young minds are quite easy to shape. International Terrorist recruiters know this and have an abundant source of young men and women to pick from. They use simple brain washing tactics to do this. The United States also has a huge source of young people at its colleges and universities with young open minds, open to both good or evil.

Recruiting Government Workers As Franchisees

Many believe a leaner government promotes better freedoms with respect to free enterprise and the right to free contract. Leaner governments make fewer laws because of their enforcement capabilities. Under our current direction with high government debt loads and low unemployment we will begin to see a downsizing of government at every level.

Business Innovation - Group Creativity

Effective group creativity results from managing a number of different elements, some of which are:

High Performing Teams: 10 Things You Want To Know About Building A High Performing Team

Learn 10 things that distinguish a high performing team from the usual marginally effective working group. What kind of team are you a part of? What kind of team have you created as a leader?

The Top 7 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Employees

As I work with clients to strengthen their teams and to make their businesses more profitable, I often encounter some serious misunderstandings of human nature. These misunderstandings usually lead business leaders in the wrong direction when they attempt to inspire their employees to perform at a higher level. Fortunately, you can avoid these pitfalls if you understand a few key points about the people you lead.

Manage Expectations to Reduce Everyday Frustrations

Just today my partner Russ and I sat down to hash out a nagging frustration. It took a little bantering back and forth [not without some rise in emotional tension I’ll have you know] until we got at the heart of the issue. Unmet expectations!

Franchisee Relations and Team Work

Franchisees of a particular franchise must get along in order for the team to hyperspace the competition. Recently our company; Franchising.org did a study and surveyed the franchisors on our website. As it turns out none of them had any information in their Confidential Operations Manual of any substance on how franchisees could increase their synergies by working very closely together within a region.

General Patton and Leadership

No figure in history is like General Patton. He was colorful, hard core and got the job done. His leadership skills have been touted by some and criticized by weaker individuals. Some attribute General Patton on the reason for US victory over the Axis Powers and although we eventually would have won anyway due to our industrial output, few deny that it would have taken longer and thus cost more lives.

Creating Unity In Your Company

The other day I got a call from a friend of mine about an earlier conversation we'd had. Here's what we talked about: Years before he had started a company which has now grown to the point where it has many offices across the USA. On the surface it doesn't sound like there would be much to be unhappy about does it? The problem was...

Dealing with Difficult People - Ten Ways to Improve Your Communications Success

Have you noticed that some people are impossible to talk to? Do you dread approaching them to give or share information? Have your efforts to initiate friendly dialog fallen on deaf ears and stony faces? Here are ten things you can do to improve your chance for communications success.

Marche, or How Teams Work.

In this story of sled dogs in Northern Canada we see how the conditions created by the driver, or manager, of the team have a significant effect on the ability of their team to perform. The louder the manager shouts the worse becomes their performance. There are many managers who could benefit from understanding the above through this simple story.

Hand Out Warm Glows

Research has shown that the number one reason people leave their job and customers take their business elsewhere is that they don't feel appreciated.

Virtual Team Work

How freelancers can form teams to provide a wider range of services...

The 'Low-Down' on Team Development, Part I

The process of team development is neither complicated, nor impossible. Many new and previously inexperienced team leaders are able to build a team with proper training and coaching.