P/STRADA July 2023 Newsletter

Alternative Growth

July 2023

To Think. To Plan. To Win

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Leadership Skills: Demonstrating Patience Without Being A Pushover

Almost everyone in their career has experienced a manager with the wrong amount of patience. Managers that are too lenient can lead to resentment when those who follow the rules feel foolish. On the other hand, managers who don’t have enough patience can lead to employees feeling misunderstood, mistreated, or overlooked.

Why Develop Business Acumen

Because it is a critical leadership competency. Today’s leaders are bombarded with challenges to get results. Their decisions have a bottom line impact and they are required to do more with fewer resources.

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Planning To Win

One of the most important steps in building a successful business is to have a well thought out business plan. A business plan provides a set of instructions that explain how to build your business and what the structure of the business is going to be. It also allows you to make important decisions based on your financial speculations before you have invested too much time or money to turn back.

A business plan is also a means for you to communicate your ideas and your vision to other people who can help you build your business. In addition, the plan helps focus the company and the employees on one single idea and helps them commit to making this idea a success.

Source: Negotiate Like the Pros, by John Patrick Dolan, Berkley Publishing Group

Do You Know Your Employees?

If you want to increase the motivation among the people that work for you, you need to know what motivates them. Answer these questions for each employee.

She ______ working under pressure. | | ________ excites him about his work.

She ___ when you walk into her office without knocking. | He ________________ criticism.

She considers her biggest accomplishment to be ______. | He ___________ working on a team.

Her goals for working for the company are __________. | He sees ______ as his biggest strength for the company.

She ________ it when I am up-front and open with her. | He ____________ being challenged.

If you don’t know the answers to these questions, you need to spend more time with your employees.

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