Your instructions must be clear and firm. People cannot read your mind. Meetings are a good way to get an update on the progress of the tasks you assign. Establish a deadline for completing each project. Do not intimidate people into doing the job. Avoid micromanaging what you delegate.
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A good company might be a ‘fast follower’ chasing a market leader, or a legacy business whose scale suggests market leadership but has stopped innovating. Attributes of a great company must include innovation at its core, an acceptance of change as the norm, motivating people to stretch themselves, not wanting…
Assemble the right people: On June 27, I recently completed the first ever swim down the Green River through Canyonlands for 40 miles where I needed to have a coach, boat pilots who understood the currents, nutrition, support paddlers, mental conditioning, sponsors. Communication with the support team is critical to…
Employees’ ownership of their work provides better results. As part of my career in the IT world, we were given Agile training, which is most often used in software development. The process to create sprints is an amazing example of how all leaders can delegate effectively.
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The opportunity of education — the amount that I have learned in starting this business far surpasses anything, I could have learned doing anything else in the world. …
Overall, I think that women have been overlooked and underserved. Women are natural leaders, women are able to handle multiple tasks at time, while also planning strategically for the future. Not to say that men cannot handle that, but I think that women are known historically as mothers. Mothers are…
Build a culture of trust. Share and be open with your team as much as you can. Every business will be different, but I’ve found that sharing real businesses performance metrics that might typically be kept on the board level or upper management, such as financial performance of the business…
Gratitude — I am so excited for all of the great things that my future holds. I’m confident that starting a business at such a young age will provide opportunities for continuous personal and professional growth. …
Pay attention to non-verbal cues — even though they are extremely limited. There’s a wonderful book I once read called What Every Body Is Saying which has a wealth of non-verbal signals one should be paying attention to. For example, when someone touches their neck, it is usually a signal…
Rewarding: I love that I am following my passion and making decisions on what I feel is best for me and my business. Having the freedom to make decisions quick and building my own strategies is something I have always wanted!
As a part of our series called “My Life…
