Creating a Team and Culture
Leading a small business can be hard. Leading a small business without a strong team is a lot harder. You cast the vision, you take the risks, you produce results that enable the business to grow; then if you grow enough to need employees, you manage a team of people. Whether you’ve already got a team […]
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As a small business owner is there such thing as a perfect team? I don’t know what your definition of perfect is, but to me, when a company has a perfect team, it has: All of the technical skills needed to run the business. A mix of people that all match and enhance the culture you […]
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Sometimes it may feel like you just can’t help yourself. You’re having a bad day and then one more thing happens, no matter how small it may be, and you explode in anger. You lash out at those around you, even if it wasn’t their fault. In Galatians 5:19-21, we find a clear picture of […]
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I just got back from a ski vacation; our first as a family. All the kids, their spouses, and my granddaughter. This isn’t the first trip since the whirlwind of three weddings in a year, two years ago. We have done holidays at our house and a beach trip or two. And, of course, we […]
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It’s all about relationships. Most people agree on that but how to apply it in our business lives can be a bit elusive. The gumbo that is developing relationships while leading a high performing work team can lead to either the most rewarding and soul nourishing of experience or a bland and soupy broth you […]
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As a business owner, you make a lot of decisions. Some decisions seem very important while others look insignificant. The reality is that the decisions you make do have varying degrees of consequences but, all of your decisions are important. Call it “just part of the gig” that you’ve taken on as a business leader […]
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The idea of going through the hiring and recruiting process can often make a small business owners’ head spin. It could be that you have never hired someone and have no idea even where to begin, or maybe you have hired before and it seems like candidate after candidate doesn’t work out. This leads you […]
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The real world has a lot of animosity in it. Personally, politically, and unfortunately, even in churches. Business owners will definitely have their fair share. That is the only thing fair, in a world where God doesn’t promise us fair. As business owners, we by default accept the role of leader. And as the leader, […]
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