11 Time Management Myths That Are Hurting Your Productivity
‘A Structured Day Leads To Well-Managed Time’ One of the biggest myths is that a structured day is inherently the basis of good time management. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Productivity,...
View ArticleThink You’re Ready To Quit Your Day Job? 11 Entrepreneurs Offer Their Advice
Be Honest With Yourself About Your Risk Tolerance Before making such a profound career change, the most important factor to consider is your risk tolerance. Entrepreneurship is inherently a risky...
View ArticleManaging More Experienced Colleagues? 13 Ways To Establish Yourself As A Leader
Serve Others Becoming a leader is not something that occurs quickly or easily. The most effective way to be recognized as a leader is to help others become leaders. That servant leadership will...
View Article15 Off-The-Wall Interview Questions You Should Know How To Answer
What Else Should I Have Asked You About? The one question that almost always trips candidates is: What else should I have asked you about? This is usually asked at the end of the interview. From...
View ArticleSmart Daily Habits That Will Make You A Better Leader
Spend One-On-One Time With Each Team Member Spending time with individual team members is the most time-tested style of successful leadership. Such leadership style requires discipline and planning....
View ArticleSocial Reputation Management For Executives
Kamyar Shah – World Consulting Group Kamyar is a small business advisor helping businesses to increase profitability and productivity, offering remote CMO and Remote COO services. Kamyar has 15+ years...
View ArticleShould you hire for potential and attitude, or experience?
“As the saying goes, hire for character and train for skills. Though it sounds cliché, it is even more fitting today than it was a few years back,” said Kamyar Shah, a business and management...
View Article14 Major Considerations For Leaders Planning An Employee Retreat
Get Your Team’s Input Balancing corporate outings is not difficult if the basics of the end goal are the starting point: teamwork. Considering that the most likely goal of such an endeavor is to...
View ArticleThese 13 Nonverbal Cues Could Hurt You During A Job Interview
Being Unenthusiastic Though one would think that being enthusiastic in an interview is a no-brainer, I have witnessed the opposite. In my experience, the candidate too often concentrates on appearing...
View Article15 Coaches Share How Introverted Leaders Can Succeed In An Extrovert World
Don’t Let Your Introversion Limit You Yes, introverts have it harder when it comes to some aspects of a business. That being said, it is no different than any other obstacle that can be overcome by a...
View ArticleIs Your Business Overwhelmed By Heavy Workloads? Here Are 10 Signs To Look For
Missed Deadlines One of the rather reliable ways to diagnose potential excess in workload is to match progress to initial timelines. Once the “noise” is cleared up, i.e. reasons that could have...
View Article14 Ways To Embrace And Accept Change In Your Life
Be Consistent In Your Actions And Motivation Irrelevant from the purpose of the change, consistency in actions matter. Wanting to achieve change will inherently require consistent actions, which in...
View Article15 Essential Questions To Ask Your Mentor Or Business Coach
What are my end goals? Asking about the end results or impact of any advice should be a standard question after each piece of advice is received. It can be as simple as, “To what end?” The answer will...
View Article15 Common Pitfalls To Avoid As A New Business Owner Or Entrepreneur
Letting Ego Get In The Way Education and collaboration are still some of the best ways of avoiding pitfalls. A serious entrepreneur has to put their ego aside and consider either one in order to...
View ArticleFinding Inspiration In The Day-To-Day: 15 Ways To Set Yourself Up For Success
Go Back To The Basics What has worked for me and many of my clients is a simple mental review of “why.” Why did you start doing it? In business, as in life, any project that was started had an initial...
View Article15 Proactive Strategies That Establish Entry-Level Professionals As Leaders
Don’t Try To Take Shortcuts The notion that there is a shortcut to being perceived as a leader is not realistic for most people and situations. There are some temporary and short-lived efforts that...
View Article14 Ways To Balance Your Long-Term Goals With Day-To-Day Business Tasks
Revisit Your Data Nothing lets you see your progression or regression toward your goals better than data. Be it qualitative or quantitative, data should be your first stop. Now the interpretation of...
View ArticleJob Hunting? 15 Ways To Keep Up With Your Current Job While You Look
Be Honest About Your Career Goals Looking for a new job is not something that needs or should be hidden. That is where the honesty part will help the pivot. If need be, inform your management of your...
View Article13 Essential Skills And Traits Of Successful Business Owners
Willingness To Sacrifice Entrepreneurship by nature requires sacrifices both in your personal and business life: be it sacrificing personal time to learn a new skill to help the business or the...
View Article15 Daily Habits Of Great Leaders
Implement Reading Time I have had the pleasure to work with many entrepreneurs over my career. The single factor that all the successful ones had in common was their reading habits. It goes something...
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