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Entrepreneur Manual: Onboarding: Necessary Program or Waste of Time? Part 1 of 3

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Friday, August 21, 2009. Onboarding: Necessary Program or Waste of Time? Part 1 of 3. Onboarding programs are a vital component to every organization whether hiring an hourly technician or a top level director. In fact, onboarding timelines and program depth for executive level onboarding should increase exponentially accordingly to responsibility.  Onboarding programs that only encompass one day shortchange the new hire.  At minimum, a full week should be dedicated to onboarding. My Linked In Profile.

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Entrepreneur Manual: Onboarding: Necessary Program or Waste of Time? Part 3 of 3

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Friday, August 21, 2009. Onboarding: Necessary Program or Waste of Time? Part 3 of 3. Whether your organization opts for a one week, one month or an incremented program throughout the first year, the benefits to a structured, detailed onboarding program help acclimate employees to the culture, and position  employees on the right path for personal and organizational success. This post couldnt have come at a better time! PSwe are using your icebreaker 2 truths 1 lie in about 10 minutes! Owner Mindset : 1.

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Entrepreneur Manual: Emerging Leaders Program Overview

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Saturday, April 24, 2010. Emerging Leaders Program Overview. Emerging Business Leaders is a program that we built that brings together young, insightful, talented members of a team to develop their leadership skills. This program serves as a platform for educating members on each discipline of business structure, innovation, improvement initiative development, while developing and acting upon Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis. The team must meet their commitments. The team mus...

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Entrepreneur Manual: Get Out of the Way and Let the Best People Drive

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Friday, February 19, 2010. Get Out of the Way and Let the Best People Drive. Business leaders, especially CEO’s, are often reluctant to relinquish having a a direct involvement in all tasks for their business. Rather than fall back on micromanagement, the most successful and productive companies are ones where business leaders can allocate the right work to the right people. The four components to abilities are broken down as:. Tasks which are performed at a consistently high level. This exercise frees u...

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Entrepreneur Manual: Onboarding: Necessary Program or Waste of Time? Part 2 of 3

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Friday, August 21, 2009. Onboarding: Necessary Program or Waste of Time? Part 2 of 3. A successful onboarding session has several different components to ensure the employee enjoys a thorough integration into the organization, and often begins prior to the actual first day of work.  A welcome basket or card sent to the employee’s home and touch-base emails from an assigned coach inviting the new hire to view the company’s blog and website help set an inclusive tone. . Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Entrepreneur Manual: Communication Tips for Leadership - 13 of 15

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Thursday, February 10, 2011. Communication Tips for Leadership - 13 of 15. Tip #13. Be Relevant. Sharing irrelevant information can make your audience suspicious and/or lose trust in you. Clearly explaining why you are sharing the information helps remove the potential for confusion or mistrust. The following will help you provide this clarity to your audience. Why am I sharing this information? How do I see the audience applying this information? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Linked In Profile.

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Entrepreneur Manual: Scorecards - Daily Feedback on Performance

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Saturday, April 24, 2010. Scorecards - Daily Feedback on Performance. It should be normal for people to end their workday knowing how they performed. It gives them the consistent feedback that reinforces the right activity, while giving the supervisor the ability to have objective performance discussions. Revenue by itself can be deceiving. If we only see that number, we may miss the risk associated with it if we do not know the number of clients that comprise that revenue (if it is one big client, r...

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Entrepreneur Manual: Communication Tips for Leadership - 11 of 15

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Thursday, February 10, 2011. Communication Tips for Leadership - 11 of 15. Tip #11. Think Twice, Speak Once. We can avoid confusing our audience by getting to the point as quickly as possible. This less is more approach to communication is most effectively implemented when we have a clear communication objective. A phrase to keep in mind might be “think twice and speak once.”. How can I get to my point faster? Focused message with clear objective. Can I contact you via email? May 25, 2011 at 6:42 PM.