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What Good is a Job Description?
Without a well-crafted job description, both employer and employee often lack a mutual understanding of roles, responsibilities, and anticipated levels of performance. A good job description also spells out the knowledge, abilities and skills required to perform a job...
So you work for yourself…that means you’ve got a lot of free time, right?
You’re home…so you’re not doing anything, right? Let me tell you about the Cubs game last night! Hey, Honey, would you pick up the kids from school since you’re home? I’m getting my hair cut, and it’ll only take you 20 minutes… Hi, Neighbor! Since you’re home all...
There are five components to emotional intelligence
Self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Self-management skills Self-awareness. Emotional intelligence begins with this trait. People with a high degree of self-awareness know their weaknesses and aren’t afraid to talk about them....
The Isolation of the Entrepreneur
You’ve just had a really bad day. The client who was going to be your bread-and-butter for the next three months just lost their funding. Your recent marketing campaign has gotten zero responses. You have some ideas for growing your business, but you need to talk...
Top 10 Most Common Mistakes that Entrepreneurs Make
No Business Plan - If you rely on instinct to guide your business instead of a written plan, you're headed for trouble. A plan helps you see where your company is, where it's going, why, and how you're doing along the way. No Sales Plan - Without a sales plan, you...
The Fundamental Attribution Error or Why do some people act like jerks?
We aren’t all that good at accurately attributing causality. We jump to unflattering conclusions. The chief error we make is a simple one: We assume that people do what they do because of personality factors or flawed character. Why did that woman steal from a...
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