Most Sunday evenings, I sit alone to ponder the week behind me, always asking the same question; “What lessons did I learn this week?” To help me remember these lessons, I write them down and publish them as a weekly blog post entitled 5 Lessons I Learned This Week. Over the Christmas holiday, I spent …
I enjoy Christmas and New Year, but I rejoice they only come once a year! 2. You will always feel out of your league when you’re doing it right. 3. I’m always irritable when I don’t exercise or eat properly. 4. I recently reread Aesop’s The Tortoise and the Hare. Consistency is more important than …
“What exactly do you do?”Have you ever wondered what a business consultant actually does? A business consultant is a mechanic for your business! That’s right, let me explain.There a two reasons car owners take their vehicles to a mechanic. One, the car is experiencing a problem, and the second is for routine maintenance. Now imagine …
What Does Your Auto Mechanic and a Business Consultant Have in Common? Read More »
Manager’s most challenging role is appropriately dealing with their employees and teams. The stress of remote working, anxiety over layoffs, and burnout have made human resources more challenging than ever. Harvard Business Review recently released the following 12 core pre-quitting behaviors across a wide range of jobs, industries, and geographies. 1. A decrease in work …
We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest. Warren Buffet 2. To learn how far you have come, divide a sheet of paper into two columns. “I used to think” on one side, “And now I think” on the other. Begin writing. 3. Work Christmas …
How we show up in failure is as important as how we handle sucess. 2. Doing the right thing isn’t always to your advantage. Do the right thing anyway. 3. Reading makes a full man, debate a ready man, and writing an exact man. Sir Francis Bacon 4. Every decision you make has residual consequences. …
Once upon a time, I tried to help everyone. It was a brief time, but a time nonetheless! I quickly understood I couldn’t help someone who doesn’t recognize they need help! Realizing the need for assistance is the initial behavior I look for when interviewing potential clients for my consulting and coaching business, as it …
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!” “Look! Up in the sky!” “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “It’s change during the pandemic!” Everything is changing! No one questions that. So, with this rapid speed of change, some small business owners are asking …
4 keys to business planning success during the pandemic. Read More »
2024 © COPYRIGHT by Slark Consulting Group. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED