Coaching leadership is leadership that guides employees in the right direction and facilitates their growth in knowledge, skills, and abilities. This style of leadership increases employee engagement, and allows employees to further their potential contributions to your company. Those increased contributions may help the company’s bottom line through improved productivity and profits, and also may … Continued
It seems everyone has an idea for their own business these days. Sadly, generating those perfect small business ideas is only part of the battle. In addition to an idea, you need an understanding of the field you’re getting into, enough money to invest in your company long-term, and much, much more. In this post, … Continued
There are many occasions in life when you need an outsider’s opinion: an editor to fix that article, a golf pro to help fix that wicked slice, or management consulting to offer their expert opinion. Best of all, as consultants are external, they’ll offer a completely unbiased opinion. Let’s look at some of the benefits of engaging in … Continued
It all started with a used, $25 pinball machine. The buyers, two high school students, installed the machine in a local barbershop, where it proved popular with customers. They reinvested their newfound cash flow into seven more machines, which they placed in seven different shops. When those proved successful, the pair sold the business and … Continued
Whether you’re starting a new company or want to take your existing business to the “next level,” you need to know how to increase sales, grow profits and hire better employees. Gain valuable insight on these topics during Charleston County’s free workshop “Dominating Your Industry” featuring Billie Attaway of HyperGrowth Business Strategies. Billie’s successful business … Continued
Starting a new business is exciting and terrifying all at once. There are so many issues pertaining the company’s foundations (startup funding, location, etc.), staffing, product innovation and launch, and continuous growth for the foreseeable future. Let’s discuss three ways to give your startup business the chance to be exceptional. Continuous Improvement: If you’ve already … Continued
Entrepreneurship is defined as “the capacity and willingness to develop, organize, and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit” (Business Dictionary). Technically, performing those tasks within an existing company is referred to as “intrapreneurship“. However, for the sake of this article, we’ll use the two terms interchangeably. … Continued
Leadership plays a crucial role in every organization. In past blog posts, we’ve discussed how important your employees are — and that’s absolutely true. Employees are the gears operating your company’s mechanisms. Leaders, however, build those mechanisms. They source the parts (hiring), align them toward a goal (organizational planning), and ensure they work optimally to … Continued
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: a business is nothing without its employees. All of your best laid plans fizzle and die without proper execution. Additionally, the cost of replacing said ineffective employee is 1.5 to 2.5 times their annual salary. That’s why hiring is so important: so you can get it … Continued
It’s difficult to think of a company who wouldn’t have growth as a primary objective of their marketing strategy. But it’s not enough to just want growth. You have to plan for it and set specific goals toward that objective. The area where companies have to be thoughtful and purposeful is in choosing marketing strategies that are … Continued