Spoiler alert, business owners… If you are a business owner with a team, then guess what? You’re also a manager. Some of you might be thinking, “Well, duh, Lia—we know that!” But I bet most of you didn’t think about it that way, because…well, you’re the owner, right? Owners and
As managers, team leaders, and business owners, we have so much on our plate…so much that oftentimes, smaller tasks can slip through the cracks. Does this mean we’re bad at our jobs? Does this mean we aren’t capable of managing? Not at all—it just means we need a little help
There’s one thing I always recommend managers start adding to their routines with their team: one-on-one meetings with team members. Holding meetings with each individual team member, just the two of you, is actually critically important…but not everyone knows that. So today, I’m going to talk about why we need
Whether we admit it or not, there’s one question that we all ask ourselves as managers… “Why can’t my team members read my mind?” How many times have you ended up in a situation where you have found your expectations aren’t being met, despite feeling like you’ve explained them enough?
As the end of 2023 approaches, I’ve started speaking with my clients about setting priorities for the rest of the year. 2024 is coming up faster than we think, and as we hurtle toward a new year, we want to start zeroing in on what we want to complete before
Let’s talk about something that can complicate your team operations right from the get-go if not done thoughtfully: onboarding employees. There are two major misconceptions that come into play when we’re talking about onboarding employees. And the reason it’s so important to debunk them is that when we don’t offer
To all my managers and business owners out there: have you ever felt like you’re stuck in a rut?Let me rephrase: have you ever felt like things are moving a lot slower than they need to, or some tasks are more frustrating than they need to be, or that you’re
What if I told you that solving your team operation woes is actually so much simpler than you think? One of the things that I hear so much when I talk about helping business owners optimize their team operations is, sadly, that people don’t want to think about that side
Guess what? I’ve got three team norms for you today that’ll save you at least five hours a week. Yup, that’s the magic of norms—they help us create consistency, and consistency leads to efficiency. So if you’re tired of the never-ending Slack threads, duplicate documents, or meetings that make you go 🤦♀️,
We’ve all been there—drowning in tasks, feeling like it’s easier to just do everything ourselves. But, as any manager or small business owner eventually realizes, this approach is a fast track to burnout and inefficiency. It’s time we change the narrative around delegating, transforming it from a “should do” into
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