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I Wrote a Book!

Mills Scofield

For years, many of my clients, founders I’ve advised, and mentees have asked me to write a book; it took one of them to push me to do it*. So, I wrote a book , Value Proposition: Positioning for Success , on continually creating, testing, and building compelling value propositions that meet or exceed real customers’ real needs.

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Managing a Remote Team: 12 Best Practices for Better Productivity

Strategy Driven

To ascertain staff productivity in teams that are scattered across various locations, below are twelve best practices to effectively manage a mobile/remote workforce: 1. With different schedules, even different time zones, it’s easy to miss deadlines when you’re managing a remote and/or geographically dispersed team. Enforce policies.

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Building Trust Develops Team Cohesiveness

Strategy Driven

The growing reality in retrospect is that these same principles not only made me an effective leader, but they enabled me to develop something in the workplace that every organization strives for but often struggles to achieve: team cohesiveness. Team cohesiveness doesn’t simply happen, it is created. Did it empower you?

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Get Better Results by Looking at Your Team Differently

Strategy Driven

Why do you pay your team members? Your team members likely subscribe to the one that defines 'work' as “mental or physical activity as a means of earning income; employment.” The implication here is you must hold your team members accountable for the results they achieve – not the activities they perform. They write reports.

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8 Ways To Show You Value Your Employees

Eric Jacobson

Visits -- Schedule visits to teams and work areas. Andrew Leigh Leadership Leadership Books Values Valuing Employees' Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact. Make clear where the credit belongs. Micro Sessions -- Create two-way communication sessions.

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Eights Ways To Demonstrate You Value Your Employees

Eric Jacobson

Visits -- Schedule visits to teams and work areas. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact. Make clear where the credit belongs. Micro Sessions -- Create two-way communication sessions. Stories -- Share stories that highlight unusual contributions and provide your personal response to them.

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The Advisor’s Corner – How Do I Build Ownership?

Strategy Driven

Question : How do I build ownership of the team with the team so I don’t dominate as the leader? Too many leaders simply plunge into ‘task’ mode without even considering the dynamics of their teams or how to get them most from team members. Make sure that everyone is connected to that shared purpose.