Do you know people who are always late? No matter what time of day – morning (“There was rush-hour traffic”), afternoon (“I got stuck on a call”), after work (“The evening commute is killing me”) – the outcome is always…
Category: Roger’s Tips (page 7)
How to Incorporate Social Media into Your (Very!) Busy Schedule
Business today is rarely conducted without some kind of engagement with, or use of, social media. Social media is an impactful tool that enhances one’s visibility to as wide an audience as there can be. However, broadcasting yourself through the…
How to Handle the Loss of a Big Client
So you lost a big client… Perhaps you saw it coming, or then again maybe you had no clue. Things were going perfectly fine, or then again maybe there were some issues. It doesn’t much matter, because the end result…
How to Give Constructive Feedback
Giving performance feedback to employees is an integral part of being a supervisor. Doing so in the appropriate manner is the key to positive employee development and improved employee retention. Here are some key things to keep in mind when…
Building Your Sales Pipeline
It’s a fact: if you’re in business you need clients to buy your products or services and regardless of whether or not you retain your clients for a long time (hence enjoying recurring revenue!), you must have an active sales…
Are You Sharing Your Business Secrets in Starbucks?
Espresso machines whirring and baristas shouting coffee orders, the hum of people talking and all of this to the background music that is a signature of the entire experience. These are the well-recognized sounds of Starbucks. While Starbucks offers a…
How to Give Constructive Feedback
Giving performance feedback to employees is an integral part of being a supervisor. Doing so in the appropriate manner is the key to positive employee development and improved employee retention. Here are some key things to keep in mind when…
Spring Cleaning – Time to Refocus for Second Quarter
What does “Spring” mean to you? Flowers. Warmer temperatures. Longer daylight hours. For many people springtime implies all of those things; however, it also prompts the seasonal ritual of spring cleaning. Spring cleaning is a thorough cleaning of one’s home…
Best Practices for Effective Time Management
Time. It’s the great equalizer, isn’t it? We all get the same number of hours per day, yet some people seem to accomplish so much more than others. How do they do it? What are their tricks? Effective time management…
Why You Don’t Want to Hold Your Business Meetings in Starbucks
For many people who love Starbucks, it isn’t only about the coffee. Sure there are folks who stop by just to grab their skinny vente latte macchiato with a shot of espresso, but for so many others the coffee…