The Importance of Educating Your Clients Don’t just speak to your customers, take the time to educate them. If you want to keep your clients happy, be sure to educate them on what it is you do and what they can expect from you! This translates to many professions, but here’s a relevant example for...
Define Success for Yourself From any early age, many of us are instilled with the ultimate goal of being successful. We talk often of success and steps toward achieving it, but what is success at its core? In my opinion, if you hope to be successful in business or elsewhere in life, you first need to define what...
Failure Can Be Beneficial Failure is not always bad; it’s an almost inevitable fact of life. An invaluable trait in business is the ability to accept and take accountability for failure. Many of the world’s most successful people have experienced great failure, but what sets them apart is their ability to learn from the experience. Failure...
Creativity in Leadership Creativity is one of the most beneficial skills for a leader to possess. While certain fields inherently require more creativity than others, no business has to be stale. I approach my team with ideas for new business, and welcome their feedback and help making those ideas a reality. I encourage my team to channel their creativity, as well. Having...
Learn to Communicate Confidence to Your Team One of the most fundamental aspects of leadership is confidence. Whether you’re leading a college baseball team or a Fortune 500 company, it’s important to communicate in a way that instills confidence in your peers. Confident leaders have a clear picture of where they’d like the team to...
When “I Don’t Know” Is an Answer Credibility is key in the business world. It’s imperative for leaders to know what they’re talking about and to speak with conviction, but no one expects you to know the answer to every question every time. The good news is that, when faced with a question you weren’t expecting, there are ways to respond without...
Time as an Asset As an entrepreneur, your time can easily be your most valuable asset. The sooner you learn to recognize its worth, the better off you’ll be! When you’re developing and growing your business, there are no office hours or days off. You and you alone are responsible for the success or...
Risk Management and the Common Thread At their core, successful entrepreneurs share one common thread: they enjoy challenges and accept risks. The old cliche is true — no risk, no reward. But there are also smart ways that entrepreneurs can take risks on the pathway to success. For example, hedging is a tactical risk management strategy used...
Empower Your Team It’s your job as a leader to foster the talents of every member of your team. Empower your team by giving them the support needed to take initiative to succeed — both individually and as an important part of the larger picture! Every team member offers something unique that they bring to the table. Your...
On Lack of Opportunity Noteworthy entrepreneurs share a key trait: they see life through the lens of opportunity. Every great entrepreneur runs into dead ends and road blocks, but complaints of lack of opportunity are few and far between. Being an entrepreneur is all about seizing a chance when it presents itself — sometimes you have to take that...
