Both DISC and Enneagram are tools to help understand how people communicate and behave individually. They each help us understand and empathize with those around us. Neither model is perfect, but each can play a role. DISC has a scientifically-proven, historically accurate approach that is most effective in businesses, while Enneagram is a more myth-driven process that is often popular in understanding personal relationship dynamics.
Read MoreThe role of a great executive assistant cannot be overlooked. So many baller CEOs I work with wait far too long to hire one, looking back to realize how much easier and productive their lives could have been with one on board earlier. In some cases, the executive assistant is THE most important person in your office. The EA spends endless hours catering to and anticipating the needs of their bosses. A good assistant keeps a business owner on time and in the know. The right person will keep you organized, ahead of the game, and – always – make you look great. The right EA will keep you in your highest productivity zone.
Read MoreEntrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes, from a variety of backgrounds and influences. There is one class I find quite interesting: the creative class of entrepreneurs. Creative types rarely start a business in hopes of mastering spreadsheets and number crunching. In fact, making money is often at the bottom of the priority list. Interestingly, I find that freedom from a profit mindset often allows creative types to stay in their highest productivity zone: CREATING.
Read MoreSmart and clear communication and joint decision-making is vital to the long-term success of a partnership. Understanding each other’s DISC and emotional intelligence is a valuable part of the equation as well, offering clearer ways to communicate, influence and work together as a sky’s-the-limit duo.
Read MoreCEOs should think strategically and never allow themselves to be involved in tactical day-to-day decisions unless the ship is going down. Great leaders hire capable, motivated people and then provide vision and perspective to those people. Then, they allow those people to work a plan that is specific and trackable. When a CEO becomes tactically involved with team members all over the org chart, that CEO is no longer acting like a CEO. That CEO is a tactical decision maker without real strategy. This management method can also be called madness.
Read MoreBuilding your team is more than hiring people with the greatest experience. This is a common issue in hiring, and it causes roadblocks. As entrepreneurs grow it is creating the right mix of teammates is arguably the most difficult challenge they face.
Read MoreWhen it comes to leading your own business, Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager, says it best.
“There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.”
Read MoreMaintaining a healthy sense of self is essential to developing as a successful entrepreneur. The same attention that you spend building your business, must also be focused in on taking care of yourself.
You are your most important asset.
Read MoreCommunication. Hiring. Accounting. Putting in processes that can support you while your business grows is just as important as safeguarding your creative spirit as an entrepreneur. Communication, hiring, and accounting are three of the most important problems for the entrepreneurs I work with every day.
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