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Intentional SELF-Leadership Create Success

What is Intentional SELF-Leadership?

Intentional SELF-Leadership impacts your success as gentle flowing water transforms the shape of a stone.

After I wrote a chapter on how “Success Starts with Intentional SELF-Leadership”, in the #1 Bestselling Book for Small Businesses, small business owners and entrepreneurs started reaching out to me and began asking me oodles of questions. I was elated because they understood how critical this is to their business’s success.

I assure you the impact it provides is grander than the credit you’ll ever give it – until you are a practitioner!

Let’s begin with some definitions for clarity

If you want to better understand leadership, and what it is and isn’t, we need to first understand a simplified definition of a leader. A leader is: “one who assumes a position and is responsible for influencing of others”.

Now let’s add a definition of leadership. Leadership is: “the influence of a person or team to guide another person or team”.

Intentional is defined as: “when done consciously or deliberately”.

The last definition for this post is influence. Influence is defined as: “to have an effect upon someone or something”.

Note: These definitions, as well as others defining different types of leadership and management, are from The Glossary of Chapter 5 of “Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner: Fresh Perspectives on Profitability, People, Productivity, and Finding Peace in your Business – Volume 5“.

So what is SELF-Leadership?

SELF-Leadership is all about you! Just like any significant transformation, it starts from within. I know you understand what I’m sharing. We all know statements like “Happiness is an inside job” or “Peace starts from within”. Why? It’s true. There are approximately 100 years of research validating the same is true for leadership too!

After conducting plenty of research, I have concluded that SELF-Leadership is defined as “An ongoing practice of advancing a leader’s thoughts, actions, and emotions to achieve desired outcomes”. I bet you’re nodding your head in agreement Good!

This last definition ups the game of leadership, doesn’t it? SELF-Leadership debunks the leadership myth of “you’re a leader if you turn around and see others are following you”. How so? Because you can be leading from a still point (oneself) or from the rear instead of the front. During podcast episode BB245: Intentional SELF-Leadership -Part 4 of the Brilliant Breakthroughs Business Podcast, I share a funny childhood story that debunks this leadership myth.

Through the ongoing practice of SELF-Leadership, leaders are being refined to the next level of leadership. It sure appears to be the quality control factor so leaders can become great leaders instead of becoming a dud, who is a leader by position and/or title only.

What is Intentional SELF-Leadership?

Intentional SELF-Leadership is the premiere leadership approach and practice. It means that a leader is conscientiously and deliberately practicing the advancement of their thoughts, actions, and emotions to achieve desired outcomes. This is like putting your vision and goals on steroids – and that’s why it delivers unconventional results!

Sounds daunting, doesn’t it? Other than the self-management of the continual practicing aspect, it is pretty easy. Ok, after you learn how to do it! When I’m working with clients, I’m teaching them how to do this without a fancy name or process. I guide them to incorporate it into their daily practice of business ownership and it auto-magically happens 🙂

As I reflect upon 20+ years of business coaching, it’s evident that Intentional SELF-Leadership is the game changer for all types of business leaders. When practicing Intentional SELF-Leadership, you will function optimally and make better business decisions (life decisions too). You can do this because you are applying the ancient practice of Right Thoughts coupled with Right Actions to actualize your desired outcomes.

Is Intentional SELF-Leadership for all Business Leaders?

It can be for all leaders – tenured or new, solo entrepreneurs or corporate. The deciding factor is what are you willing to do to achieve the results you seek?

Does this mean every day is perfect and without glitches? No. Does it mean you will have a clear path and actions to your destination? Yes.

Is it worth the time to gain clarity and align your actions? Yes! Is it for leaders who are looking for a quick fix? No.

Intentional SELF-Leadership is for leaders interested in the long-term game, satisfying wins, and sustainable gains. My quote, “Slow down to accelerate.” is one of the methodologies applied to becoming a successful intentional leader. This transformational approach is very much like water flowing over a stone to give the stone a beautiful new shape.

When goals aren’t being met or frustrations occur, it’s common for leaders to look outwardly and sleuth what needs to change to generate better results. Instead, what if they first took a look inwardly to discover what changes may be beneficial?

It’s time for you to shine brightly as a leader!

If this seems practical to you, it’s time for you to learn more about Inward Leadership. It’s my version of Intentional SELF-Leadership 🙂  Tap here to go to the Inward Leader Page. When you do, I’ll email you the 10-Step Process to Practice Inward Leadership (no cost – yes, I’m that committed to helping others learn this). It’ll land in your inbox and then each week I’ll guide you through the next step until we complete all 10 steps.

WE APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS!

Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. helps Small Business Owners Simplify Strategies & Align Actions to advance Profitability, Peace, & Potential. Call Maggie (262) 716.7750 for YOUR No-cost Consultation

Blessings of Success to YOU ~ Maggie Mongan, CEO Small Business Thought Leader Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. Direct Dial: 262-716-7750 LinkedIn: MaggieMongan

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How getting my COVID shot impacted productivity

How getting my COVID shot impacted productivity

When recovering from a COVID shot, you may discover surprises about your business activities.

Getting my COVID Shot created a very unexpected awareness to help me better understand my productivity levels. Being dubbed a productivity expert, this was amazing to notice. I focus, with great attention, on my productivity. Why? I know it’s one of the key places I can control and make a huge difference in my business’s evolution. 

Curious what happened? Let’s start at the beginning…

Getting my first COVID shot

I was fortunate enough to learn about a clinic providing shots before the states and nation encouraging everyone. I went to my first appointment rather unexpectedly. Only the night before did I learn I was on the schedule. So I went to the clinic, and everything was fine. Then, it happened! I had a harsh recovery that took 5 days to clear. I was in horrible shape. I was on a critical timeline for some big projects involving be a video host for an upcoming summit. The days were brutal. 

I was running a fever, having difficulty breathing, could barely stay awake… and the show must go on! I felt like I was a marionette puppet doll. I would get all propped up for the next show, and then immediately afterward, I would collapse. I did this exhausting routine for four days and needed another two days to recover from not being able to rest enough.

Admittedly, as a Small Business Owner, I have pulled all-nighters for different things, worked over 100 hours in a week more than I should have. Many of us do crazy things, and I’m not here to say I’m a superhero. It’s just the truth of how we show up when we are committed to achieving something.

How did I prepare for my second COVID shot?

When it comes to productivity, I guard my time. When I compromise too much on my schedule, I run into problems. 

So I was smarter than the average bear about my second shot. I didn’t schedule anything critical for the week I had it. In fact, I intensely worked the week before accomplishing what needed to occur. It was a great plan. I gave myself the time and space to recover so I could get back to business in an efficient way.

What happened after my second COVID shot?

I went to bed feeling accomplished that I had given myself the cushion I needed if the reaction was like the first. Upon awakening, I wasn’t feeling so well, so I canceled an appointment the day after the shot. I had forewarned them I may need to do this if I wasn’t feeling well. All was good. 

I was so proud of making myself a priority – something I work on every day. I called this day after the shot my “slow day.” I promised myself I wasn’t going to turn on my laptop. Success – I didn’t! I promised I wasn’t going to walk into the office. Success – I didn’t! I promised I was going to take it easy. Then it happened.

I was getting text messages—many texts. I chose to answer texts in real-time so they wouldn’t get backed up. Four texts were from friends checking in on me. That was great. 

I kept getting messages – lots of them. They just wouldn’t stop! At the end of the day, I was exhausted from all the messages. It seemed nonstop. So I was curious how many texts came in a little less than 10 hours. What’s your guess? I was way off. I had 112 texts. That’s right, 112, subtract the four personal check-ins, and that’s 108 text messages during a typical workday.

Is this high text volume regularly occurring?

Since that day, I’m amazed at what’s occurring with my text volume, which gets buried throughout the day of the normal interactions. I’ve been paying attention to what’s happening this week. I’m having about 30 – 45 texts per day on a low day. Other than that, I’m averaging 63 – 89 texts. That’s a lot of communication and distraction.

Irony? I don’t even like texting! I was reluctant to do it when it started. Unfortunately, now I’m proficient.

I know how to manage my high email volume and have it dialed in well that I’m responsive and block time for it. Yet, texting wasn’t on my radar screen as a huge distractor until I was only with it. 

Now I need to research and review my archived text logs to understand if this is the norm. Regardless of what I noticed, it is clear to me I need to make some adjustments, so my texting isn’t eroding my productivity.

Thanks, COVID shot, for helping me find these hidden distractions which are hindering my progress!

Your turn: I invite you to pay more attention to your texting volume during your working hours and find a way to engage with it in time blocks too!

Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. Guides Small Business Owners  to Simplify Strategies & Align Actions to amplify Profitability, Peace, & Potential Call Maggie (262) 716.7750 for YOUR No-cost Consultation

Blessings of Brilliance to You ~ Rev. Maggie Mongan, Brilliant CEO & Small Business Coach Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. Direct Dial: 262-716-7750 LinkedIn: MaggieMongan

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Allow Me to Introduce Expert Dennis Hill

Do you know how to connect your tech puzzle pieces for success?

Allow Me to Introduce: Expert Dennis Hill, Ph. D.

When a globally recognized expert, Dennis Hill, Ph.D. begins his message with “Knowledge is not data”, we pay attention. This short article offers you an opportunity for a fresh perspective to learn more about productivity and learn from Dennis Hill, Ph.D., as he invites us to review our technology systems or tech stacks to improve our productivity. For decades Dennis has championed utilizing technology to best improve business and human performance. He just penned a very eye-opening chapter in our newest volume about how to Integrate for Well-Managed, Integrated Growth. I assure you, it will significantly improve YOUR Business’s Performance. 

Today’s blogging guest, Dennis Hill, Ph.D., who is one of the members of the Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner #1 Bestselling Book Series Author Team. On 11-11-2020 a group of 9 Brilliant Practicing ExpertsTM lead by Maggie Mongan, will be releasing their book to coincide with National Entrepreneurs Month. It is written specifically for Small Business Owners, by Small Business Owners, to help you learn how to win BIG at small business in the 21st century!

Want to learn more about how to get your hands on the latest book in the series: Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner: Fresh Perspectives on Profitability, People, Productivity, and Finding Peace in Your Business,  AND our app for the book to get direct access to our authors, AND our podcast? When you go to: BrilliantBizBook.com you’ll get 100 Tips for Small Business Owners Success Report to start working into your business until the book comes out! 

To give you a glimpse of several different chapters, I invited our co-authors to write a short guest blog to learn about why their chapter topic is important to YOUR Business Success.

Business Technology Expert, Dennis Hill, Ph. D.

Business Technology Expert, Dr. Dennis Hill, Ph.D., guides businesses approach productivity from a fresh perspective.

In Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner: Fresh Perspectives on Profitability, People, Productivity, and Finding Peace in Your Business – Vol  4, Business Author Dennis, Hill, Ph.D. shares how most businesses still aren’t approaching our business’s technology systems the way we need to for success in this century. He provides a powerful analogy for us to reflect upon our business and see where we have gaps – isolated systems – and how we can better integrate them for seamless optimization.

The following is what Dennis Hill, Ph.D. wants to share with you:

Integration for Growth

Every small business owner, entrepreneur, and hobbyist shares the same desire for success in their respective venture, but in today’s complex commerce realm, being an expert at all of the fundamentals to create and operate a successful business is merely impossible. We are living in a new era of commerce. The World Economic Forum refers to this period as the 4th Industrial Revolution. The companies that will take root and grow will be well-managed and intentional when acquiring, creating, and leveraging knowledge.

First, knowledge is not data. Knowledge is the sum or range of familiarity and association perceived, discovered, learned, or experienced about data. In other words, how pieces of information link to another, the relationship among data points, essentially defines knowledge. It is no wonder that worldwide sales of contact relationship management software (or CRM) has grown geometrically over the past decade. Even less surprising is businesses’ movement away from discrete sales of a product or service to the broader offering of “experience” for a customer with one’s business.

Second, a team of stakeholders is needed to sustain all businesses. Today, enlightened owners see contractors and even strategic customers and suppliers as stakeholders, not just themselves and their employees; therefore, efficient and effective knowledge management requires integrated databases, i.e., programs used to capture, modify, and apply company data, tied to each other in a streamlined manner that empowers stakeholders.

Third, choosing an infrastructure or platform to build and integrate a company is the next important step. Management by email (and attachments) is hardly efficient, and texting is just too Pavlovian with all the other alerts one receives all day. Identifying a suite of critical programs and applications to run accounting, payroll, customer order processing, and digital marketing, having them available on any device to access all information, and including security that restricts access on a “need to know” basis are all necessary to avoid common cyber-related pitfalls.

Sounds easy? It’s not, and that‘s why I am a contributing author to Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner, Volume 4, to be released November 11, 2020.  My chapter alone is not sufficient to answer every question that will arise. Still, business owners can rest assured that the integration process outlined in my chapter adequately augments hundreds of other “wisdom nuggets” found throughout every edition of this award-winning series, rendering Brilliant Breakthroughs a convenient and accessible board of advisors or directors.  After all, isn’t a board-in the-hand worth two anywhere else?

Thank you ~ Dennis

SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS NOTE: 

Want to purchase the #1 Amazon Small Business Bestselling Book: Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner – Vol. 4? Click here: BrilliantBizBook.com. Then sign up to get your 100 Free Tips and we’ll email them to you AND another email to let you know how to get your digital book for only 99 cents on 11-11-2020. Thank you readers for helping us become a #1 Bestselling Small Business Book Series!

THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS!

Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. helps Small Business Owners  Simplify Strategies & Align Actions to further Profitability, Peace, & Potential Call Maggie (262) 716.7750 for YOUR No-cost Consultation

Blessings of Success to YOU ~ Maggie Mongan, Brilliant CEO & Strategist Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. Direct Dial: 262-716-7750 LinkedIn: MaggieMongan

p.s.: One of your key components as a Small Business Owner is your relationship with money so you can optimize your profitability. Taking time to improve your relationship with money will literally pay-off! 

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Allow Me to Introduce Expert Anne Mank

Allow Me to Introduce: Expert Anne Mank

It’s time to take a fresh perspective and learn from Anne Mank, as she learned to control her experience with money. Anne is a disrupter in the “financial mindset” or “money self-talk” arenas and educates others on how to improve their relationship with money. She just penned a very creative chapter about Your Financial Freedom Trail. I assure you, it will significantly improve YOUR Business’s Performance. 

Today’s blogging guest is a Certified Financial Planner and Wealth Coach, Anne Mank, who is one of the members of the Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner #1 Bestselling Book Series Author Team. On 11-11-2020 a group of 9 Brilliant Practicing ExpertsTM lead by Maggie Mongan, will be releasing their book to coincide with National Entrepreneurs Month. It is written specifically for Small Business Owners, by Small Business Owners, to help you learn how to win BIG at small business in the 21st century!

Want to learn more about how to get your hands on the latest book in the series: Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner: Fresh Perspectives on Profitability, People, Productivity, and Finding Peace in Your Business,  AND our app for the book to get direct access to our authors, AND our podcast? When you go to: BrilliantBizBook.com you’ll get 100 Tips for Small Business Owners Success Report to start working into your business until the book comes out! 

To give you a glimpse of several different chapters, I invited our co-authors to write a short guest blog to learn about why their chapter topic is important to YOUR Business Success.

People Performance Expert, Anne Mank

Anne Mank invites us to look at our own money stories so we can write a new script and improve our relationship with money.

In Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner: Fresh Perspectives on Profitability, People, Productivity, and Finding Peace in Your Business – Vol  4, Business Author Anne Mank shares her wisdom by the storytelling of a character’s journey, which is filled with great tips and insightful training as they work to achieve financial freedom. Anne’s chapter is titled “The Financial Freedom Trail”.  Anne’s sweet spot is to change the money conversations we’re having and educate on how we need to release our old money stories to create improved financial results.

The following is what Anne Mank wants to share with you:

Your Money Story

One of the earliest memories I have with money is filling a paper sleeve with pennies. Remember those? They were about four inches in length, and you had to slide pennies in there and then bring it to the bank to exchange for dollar bills. My family had a coin jar and when it got full, we would stuff it into these paper cylinders and take it to the bank. Then we would celebrate and go to McDonalds!

I have a lot of memories like this growing up. Remember standing in the layaway line at Shopko? Good times! My parents always provided for us and made sure we had what we needed, but there was always this sense of scarcity. I came to find out later that a lot of this was managed through debt and mortgaging the house again and again.

These experiences and stories impacted my thoughts and feelings around money, but how are they serving me now? What are some of the stories you remember growing up with when it came to money? What about the stories around people who are rich or successful? And to be more specific, what are the limiting beliefs you have created around money? How have they been holding you back in your family or career?

Here is my challenge to you: Think back to one of your first memories around money and really go back to that moment. Think about the feelings you experienced, the people that were there, and the importance they had in your life. Now start following that story through the rest of your life. For example, I had the story that money is hard to come by and you need to work hard to get it. As I followed this through my life, I noticed that I would always squirrel away money. I had a savings fund, but then had some money tucked into my sock drawer. I had my own coin jar. I was afraid to give away my hard-earned money to charities because I was afraid I would end up with nothing.

Once I realized some of the stories, I was carrying around with me, I could then truly see them for what they were – just stories. And guess what, I have the ability to create new stories that will serve me better in the here and now. I can separate money from my emotions and self-worth and understand I am in control of both. I am no longer driven by money, rather I drive my money.

Thank you for allowing me to be real with you~ Anne

SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS NOTE: 

Want to purchase the #1 Amazon Small Business Bestselling Book: Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner – Vol. 4? Click here: BrilliantBizBook.com. Then sign up to get your 100 Free Tips and we’ll email them to you AND another email to let you know how to get your digital book for only 99 cents on 11-11-2020. Thank you readers for helping us become a #1 Bestselling Small Business Book Series!

THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS!

Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. helps Small Business Owners  Simplify Strategies & Align Actions to further Profitability, Peace, & Potential Call Maggie (262) 716.7750 for YOUR No-cost Consultation

Blessings of Success to YOU ~ Maggie Mongan, Brilliant CEO & Strategist Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. Direct Dial: 262-716-7750 LinkedIn: MaggieMongan

p.s.: One of your key components as a Small Business Owner is your relationship with money so you can optimize your profitability. Taking time to improve your relationship with money will literally pay-off! 

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Introducing 9 Small Business Brilliant Practicing Experts

Introducing 9 Small Business Brilliant Practicing Experts

Even amidst all the challenges COVID-19 brought in 2020, This team adapted to bring you another book to help you shine brightly! Again, it’s time to learn from 9 Brilliant Practicing Experts TM, who came together to write a book to support Small Business Owners learning fresh perspectives to improve YOUR Business’s Performance. 

Today’s introduction is of the 2020 Authoring Team of the Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner #1 Bestselling Book Series. On 11-11-2020, a group of 9 Brilliant Practicing Experts TM lead by Maggie Mongan, will release their book to coincide with National Entrepreneurs Month. It is written specifically for Small Business Owners, by Small Business Owners, to help you learn how to win BIG at small business in the 21st century!

The last 3 volumes have been massively successful – thanks to you! We are thrilled you found a book series that adds value to your business, as we continue to provide fresh perspectives. The 3rd Volume became a #1 Hot New Release in 9 different categories, #1 Bestseller in 9 different categories, a Bestseller in over 20 categories – we couldn’t keep up with tracking all of them :), and an International Bestseller. Thank you for showing us how much you appreciate what we provide to our beloved Small Business Sector! We couldn’t have done it without you!

AND now it’s time to release our next round of wisdom-sharing for you on 11-11-2020. Want to learn more about how to get your hands on the book: Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner: Fresh Perspectives on Profitability, People, Productivity, and Finding Peace in Your Business, AND our app for the book to get direct access to our authors, AND our podcast? When you go to: BrilliantBizBook.com you’ll get 100 Tips for Small Business Owners Success Report to start working into your business throughout the year until the book comes out! We’ll also share where to get your digital copy for only 99 cents on 11-11-2020.

Honored to introduce our Volume 4 Brilliant Practicing Experts TM 

Congratulations upcoming authors and Brilliant Practicing Experts (TM) of Volume 4 of “Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner”.

PERFORMANCE PILLAR 1: PROFITABILITY

Chapter One: The Financial Freedom Trail by Anne Mank

Chapter Two: Uplevel Your Business by Replacing Irreplaceable Employees: Move to Indispensable Key Talent by Mark Boeder

PERFORMANCE PILLAR 2: PEOPLE

Chapter Three: The Hidden Cost of Doing Business by Susan McCuistion

Chapter Four: Flip the Paradigm: Embrace the Human Approach to Boost Your Business by Shalini Nag, Ph.D.

PERFORMANCE PILLAR 3: PRODUCTIVITY

Chapter Five: Are Your Influencer Capabilities being Overpowered by Imposter Syndrome? by Mike Raber

Chapter Six: Integrate for Well-Managed, Intentional Growth by Dennis Hill, Ph.D.

Chapter Seven: Building Confidence Along with a Successful Business – From the Ground Up  by Melinda & Ryan Van Fleet

PERFORMANCE PILLAR 4: PEACEFULNESS

Chapter Eight: Uncover Your Cells’ Stories, Discover Your Quantum Nature TM You are the Best Asset of Your Business by Jyun Shimizu, I-MD, Ph.D.

Chapter Nine: How Valuing Values Adds Value to Your Business by Rev. Maggie Mongan, CEO

SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS NOTE by Publisher Maggie Mongan 

This book series is officially “dedicated to you, Small Business Owners. You are our economy’s accelerant”. This is the Dedication at the beginning of each Volume. We are here for you! Currently, there is a team of 20+ Brilliant Practicing Experts in our community. You can access all of us at your app store by downloading our free app: BrilliantBizBook (it has all our podcast episodes on it too).

We appreciate you continuing to share our book series, app, and podcast with fellow entrepreneurs and small business owners. Thank you for helping us help the Small Business Sector soar!

THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS!

Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. helps Small Business Owners  Optimize Business Performance & Leadership to further Profitability, Peace, & Potential Call Maggie (262) 716.7750 for YOUR No-cost Consultation

Blessings of Success to YOU ~ Rev. Maggie Mongan, Brilliant CEO & Small Business Coach & Strategist Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc. Direct Dial: 262-716-7750 LinkedIn: MaggieMongan

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Allow Me to Introduce Expert Shalini Nag

Company Culture matters if you seek to have a top-performing business.

Allow Me to Introduce: Expert Shalini Nag, Ph.D.

Learn from Shalini Nag, Ph. D., as she unveils a human approach most aren’t speaking of in business. Shalini guides us to – Flip the Paradigm: Embrace the Human Approach to Boost Your Business. This significantly improves YOUR Business’s Performance. 

Today’s blogging guest, is People Strategist, Shalini Nag, Ph.D. who is one the members of the Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner #1 Bestselling Book Series Author Team. On 11-11-2020 a group of 9 Brilliant Practicing ExpertsTM  lead by Maggie Mongan, will be releasing their book to coincide with National Entrepreneurs Month. It is written specifically for Small Business Owners, by Small Business Owners, to help you learn how to win BIG at small business in the 21st century!

Want to learn more about how to get your hands on the latest book in the series: Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner: Fresh Perspectives on Profitability, People, Productivity, and Finding Peace in Your Business,  AND our app for the book to get direct access to our authors, AND our podcast? When you go to: BrilliantBizBook.com you’ll get 100 Tips for Small Business Owners Success Report to start working into your business until the book comes out! 

To give you a glimpse of several different chapters, I invited our co-authors to write a short guest blog to learn about why their chapter topic is important to YOUR Business Success.

People Performance Expert, Shalini Nag, Ph.D.

Learn what Shalini Nag, Ph. D. encourages you to do to improve your business conversations.

In Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner: Fresh Perspectives on Profitability, People, Productivity, and Finding Peace in Your Business – Vol  4, Business Author Shalini Nag, Ph.D. shares her wisdom by introducing “Flip the Paradigm: Embrace the Human Approach to Boost Your Business”. Shalini’s research for this chapter is a practical introduction and invitation for you to alter your approach to human experiences through better conversations throughout our business day. I know it sounds simple; however, having a guide for this improvement is essential!

The following is what Shalini Nag, Ph.D. wants to share with you:

5 signs you need to scrutinize your company culture now

Company culture is a vast and complex topic. In fact, studies have shown that while most CEOs agree that culture has a massive impact on their business, the majority also agree that they are not sure when to address their culture, let alone how.

Whether you are the owner of a new business, manage a small team, or lead a large multi-functional organization, here are 5 indicators that your company culture may need a tune-up.

#1 — Financial Performance and Other Metrics are severely impacted by external trends

It is normal for a business to see fluctuations to the bottom line arising from external trends, whether it is seasonality, changing customer demands, or evolving competitor landscape. But if your profits are falling along with metrics like customer satisfaction, quality or you find the organization is slow to adapt to new needs, your organization’s culture could be to blame.

Tip: Assess your culture now, so you can reset the course towards profitability, growth and success.

#2 — Senior leadership team (or founding team) are pulling in different directions

Whether you are a small team in a nascent company or the senior leadership team of a multi-divisional organization, if you find that your priorities and most important goals are in conflict with each other, the rest of the organization will also follow suit. The result – lost time or increased costs due to duplication of effort and rework, lack of collaboration, key tasks falling through the cracks.

Tip: Stop the devolution by reassessing your leadership (or founding) team’s culture at once – this is a problem that gets worse with time.

#3 — Your business strategy is not complemented by a talent strategy

As a business owner or CEO, it is natural that you have put in the time and effort to set the direction of your company. You have most likely created a comprehensive 1-year, 3-year and 5-year strategy that includes financial, product, operational and customer considerations. However, unless you are in the minority, you probably don’t have a talent strategy that ensures that your key initiatives are led by the right individuals, and that you have a proactive plan to attract and retain the best talent.

Tip: Proactively design and implement a data-driven talent strategy that supports your business strategy so you never have to scramble to hire and retain the best people again.

#4 — Issues are often discovered late and are expensive to resolve

Unexpected issues are a standard risk that every business owner and CEO undertakes. After all, no matter how well prepared we are, any business is subject to the vagaries of a fast-changing, interconnected world. However, if you are often faced with issues that make you think, “we could have prevented this if we’d known a little earlier” or “we should have expected and planned for this” your organizational culture may be responsible.

Tip: Create a high-development, collaborative organizational culture so each member of your team feels comfortable highlighting issues that you can work on resolving together.

#5 — You have too many meetings and not enough conversations

“Conversation is the life-blood driving business success.” – Chapter 4, Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner Vol. 4. However, to drive business success, conversations must have a purpose and direction, be timely and relevant to the outcomes that need to be achieved. An excessive number of meetings or interminably long meetings that are poorly managed fail on all counts. They waste time and sap energy without pushing your business forward.

Tip: Shift from “meeting” culture to “conversation” culture so each conversation delivers a key measurable outcome for your business, whether it is generating ideas, delivering results, or building connection. 

Identifying the need to assess and shift your organization’s culture is the first step. Then begins the longer journey of envisioning, designing and implementing the steps. It may not be a simple journey but it is one worth making because you will be rewarded with an organizational culture that attracts talented, brilliant people and drives your success instead of holding you back. Thank you~ Shalini

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p.s.: Continuously working to improve our skills to improve human relationships requires much more attention than business leaders and owners focus on to improve their business’s performance. Remember: People power is essential to your business’s profitability.

Ways to perform well when you’re under pressure.

By David Joel Miller, MS, Licensed Therapist & Licensed Counselor.

Performing well under pressure. Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com

How do you perform when you’re under pressure?

Are you one of those people who are at your best when under pressure? Or are you one of those people who choke when the pressure is on?

People who perform well under pressure have developed the right mindsets, attitudes, and…