Archive for Business Environment
Your focus on your Personal and Business growth will create growth in others. The people around you will be the first to see your investment of your time, energy, effort and money into your personal and business growth.
What has been your most recent work for your own personal or business growth?
Have you seen the interest of those nearest to you in following this same line of growth for themselves?
This month we are speaking about Inspect what you expect for the results you want to run a successful business and lead the life you want to have. Check out these two videos about a real life situation which just happened to me.
Remember to inspect what you expect. Do you have any stories like this where you were early and something happened and you were able to prevent a bad situation from taking place and turned it into a good situation?
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Carry Baggage Around Or Do You Check In Vs. Carry Baggage Around
This is one of those subjects where each person has their own specific viewpoint and way of handling their baggage. When traveling how much do you pack? How many bags do you have with you? Are you the type of person who checks in a decent sized bag which carries most of your clothes, toiletries and possibly some extra reading material? The last time I checked the allowed baggage weight is limited to 50 lbs. per bag – after 50 lbs. – you must pay some heavy penalty fees. Does your check in bag usually weigh close to 50 lbs.?
Or are you the type of person who must carry your baggage wherever you go. This means when you travel you are carrying your baggage with you. On a flight you are walking down the aisle and if you turn a little bit to the left or right your shoulder bag smacks a person sitting in the aisle seat as you walk by. Yes, your baggage does impact others. At your first entrance to the airport going thru the security line your carry on baggage slows the line down as there is more to review compared to the person who checked in their bag. When you have a connecting flight and you need to rush a bit to catch the boarding time the baggage you are carrying with you slows you down.
Let’s now switch around this example. Instead of flights and traveling, let’s talk about building your business, working with clients or customers, networking and attending events. And the baggage you are carrying around is your personal baggage. Your issues, self doubt, your attitude, your mindset, all of this may be your personal baggage.
What happens now? Do you carry around your baggage with you everywhere you go? Are you able to perform at a high level because you have learned how to check in your baggage? Or do you carry around your baggage with you everywhere you go? Are you trying to figure out how to check in that baggage as you see the impact your negativity has on others at an event?
The point here is simply to understand how much baggage you have and how to check it in. Your baggage does impact you and others. If your personal baggage is slowing you down, blocking you, impacting how people view you, you must identify your baggage and deal with it! Get some help and overcome your own baggage. Stop carrying around all of your baggage with you and either check it in or lose it!
For assistance in identifying and handling your personal baggage and moving your business forward immediately schedule your strategic business breakthrough session with , business strategy consultant, Mitch Tublin at www.thementorguy.com today.
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Recently I was in a corporate setting for a few hours a day for a few days in a row consulting by conducting leadership training for a group of executives and managers. There were various moments where I passed people in the hallways, or were near people in the elevators or the coffee area or rest rooms. A common greeting for a number of people at the workplace I heard was
“How Are Things With You?”
“Okay, Working Hard, You?”
“Yes, more like hardly working” or
“You know Same Old, Same Old”
Now you recognize as I did these are not the C-Suite folks having these conversations. Corporate Level Executives have their own methods of greeting each other. A topic for another day.
Isn’t it great as an entrepreneur, a small business owner or a solo-preneur we are not even remotely thinking this way? Right?
Here is my question for you – do you feel you are working too hard? Do you actually view how you work as hard? Or are you working effectively and efficiently? Do you identify the areas which you should not be spending your time and effort on and seeking to find the right person to perform these tasks and activities for you? Are you creating systems to leverage your repeatable activities?
If you were in a corporate position before isn’t it great to never think about the clock moving or hardly working due to a slow down? You may have even felt you were just putting in your time to collect your check and your health insurance coverage. Is this what you were meant to do with your life? What is your purpose and meaningful contribution to society?
We as entrepreneurs, small business owners, solo-preneurs owe it to ourselves and our business to take action, to grow, to continue to learn, to work with mentors, coaches and people who will challenge us to excel. Keep us fresh. Participate in Mastermind Groups to be with peers and hear from them how they are working and conducting their business and solving tough issues that arise.
If you are in a rut and feeling the blues, find someone who works in a corporate office and have them give you a tour. This may be all it takes to help you snap out it!
Are you in a corporate role now and you identify with what is being said here? There is an entire universe you may want to become a part of now and you may want to get in touch with me.
How many people are able to start their story with that line: “George Steinbrenner once stood before me and said…” He was called ‘The Boss’.
From a Great Lakes Shipping owner family and in the shipping business primarily before sports. Many have said George Steinbrenner was an entrepreneur. Here is one quote about him all entrepreneurs should take to heart: “He was very business-oriented, very direct, and very definite in what he wanted.” Think about that one for a moment – “…very definite in what he wanted…” You are able to read more about George Steinbrenner here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/sports/baseball/16partners.html
Another thought about the passing of ‘The Boss’ is maybe he represents the old way of conducting business. In the environment today and the shift in priorities and the way we think about work would a boss such as George Steinbrenner have the ability to run a business the way he ran his businesses?
Even a sports team like the New York Yankees?
The other day a client spoke with me about an incident witnessed at a retail establishment. An upscale salon where she was having her hair cut had an incident with a woman nearby who was having her hair cut by an always fully booked expert. The patron was apparently a little bit abusive and it was continuous. All of a sudden the expert cutting her hair stopped cutting and loudly stated “I will not be able to continue to cut your hair, I apologize”. And then walked away with scissors and comb in hand.
In the next few minutes there was shuffling, some rearranging and apologizes and another person completed the haircut for the patron. Think about the various aspects – these appointments are booked four weeks or more in advance, other customers witnessed the activity, the hair expert is one of the most sought after experts and other patrons had to wait a bit while this incident was handled. I know George Steinbrenner never owned an exclusive salon but I think I know how he would have handled it. What do you think?
In many ways the passing of George Steinbrenner represents the passing of an old way of conducting business. Is this true?
My bad! I owe you a few comments on Large companies
first and this will be posted over the weekend. Meanwhile some ‘food’ for thought – what has McDonalds done on their board that should raise an executive eyebrow or two?
How do you determine what service business you are meant to provide? Do you provide this service with an authentic heart and mindset?
This topic means more today than ever before regardless of the size of your business. People do not trust business.
People have given their life to a company often working 16 hours a day for a company and now are out of work, or working to cover the work of three other people. There is a deluge of internet only based offers which many people have been burned by. You are an entrepreneur or a small business owner so how you differentiate yourself by being authentic and providing that extra level of commitment to your clients? You are the CEO of a Mid to Large Size company. Is your Board made up of Yes people, are you solely working toward each of the next two quarters to make certain you keep your job and your paycheck, bonus? What is it you must do right now to show your workforce and your shareholders that you run a different business environment while still providing shareholder value?
Share your thoughts with us here. Coming up next will be action steps to take in addition to the comments provided.
