Your question is very interesting and gives me a feeling you have a real commitment for success because it makes me feel you care for your team. If this question could be fully answered in a couple of lines, you can imagine all managers and executives would lead their teams successfully. The ...
2 quick and simple ideas come to mind. 1. Open up iTunes, open the podcast section, open up your relevant categories and subcategories. e.g. business/business and marketing. Contact the podcasts that are in the "New and Noteworthy" sections or in the lower half of the top 200 podcasts sections....
I have been working with creatives for years and the ones who refuse to follow standard business practices such as planning are normally the ones you don't want on your team. Creatives are great but if they don't understand the importance of business planning, resourcing, money management they ar...
Answer with the truth. And perhaps follow their question up with a question such as "Why do you ask?" This serves 2 key purposes: 1. It helps you get to the root of what they are looking for / need / want. And regardless of whether you get that particular client's business or not - you gain v...
In order to even attempt to answer your question and a person would need a deep understanding of your business, the services/products offered, your business model, and maybe most importantly your market. And in my opinion discovering a powerful and effective USP can be one of the most valuable a...
As the former owner of a web design shop, I can see the appeal of a program like this. The biggest reservation I think a shop owner will have is understanding how you will treat their clients, what expectations have been set, and how much damage control they will have to manage if something goes...
Bill for the project and set clear expectations of the number of revisions, etc. Extra changes are charged at a pre-determined rate (hourly, per change, etc). The idea is to keep the objective of the project in the forefront. Rather than "designing a website", you are improving the website the m...
There is no exact formula but just some quick thoughts you might find useful. I would consider sharing a list of a questions with the expert ahead of the meeting (like an agenda) so they know and can think ahead of time of what their responses might be. Also, point out things like wanting to be...
OF COURSE IT'S STRESSFUL TO BE A PARENT!!! It's the hardest damn job in the world. Not sure you can have balance though. You just need to have a dream, execute your plan, and fix what is broken at the time. It's about priorities... Use tools to keep you scheduled and accountable. You'll be OK.
Obviously that wouldn't hurt, and there are likely benefits to doing so. The thing to consider is will doing this save you time and make you a better leader or will it take time away from leading, growing and building a vision for the company? Only you can answer that. Being in a technical indus...