To Reach New Levels of Success, You Have to Do New Things
If we’re all honest, we’d have to admit that it’s easy to grow complacent as a leader. When things are going well and the minimum requirements are being met, it’s easy to fall into the same old routine day in and day out. When there are no fires to put out or pressing demands that […]
Changing Perspectives to Understand What the Younger Generations of Employees Really Want
When determining what employees want, it’s important to look at it from their perspective. Last week we talked about the importance of changing your perspective before firing an underperforming employee to see if there was a better solution. Today I want to talk about the importance of changing your perspective once again. This time, we’ll […]
Leadership Development Tip: Have an Adventure & Try New Things
I’m guessing that if you’re being honest, most of you wouldn’t use the words “adventure” or “fun” to describe the way 2020 has been going. Instead, the words that come to mind are probably things like: unprecedented, stressful, challenging, and overwhelming. And rightly so. Those words are pretty accurate descriptions of the year. But as […]
How to Address Racism as a Leader
The Importance of Taking Action for Your Business
Last weekend I was watching an old episode of Man vs Wild. If you’ve never seen the show before, Bear Grylls, a British former SAS serviceman and survival instructor purposely strands himself in the wild to show you how to survive if you were to ever find yourself in a similar situation. Well, during this […]
20 Best Productivity Tips for 2020
Let’s get right to it today. Do you want to be more productive? Or, do you need to be more productive? These 20 tips will help. 1. Plan for your day before it starts If you don’t have a plan for your day, it’s going to get away from you. Start by creating a morning […]
Resources for Leaders During the Coronavirus Pandemic
If you’ve been following along with SPEARity the past month, you know we aren’t sitting back and letting this pandemic be the end of us. The SPEARity team got together and figured out how to pivot instead of panic when the way we used to do business wasn’t going to work anymore. We’re not trying […]
How to Balance Working, Schooling, and Living at Home During Quarantine
Let me start with a disclaimer, I wouldn’t call myself an “expert”. But I have been working from home in different capacities for 10 years, and next month my daughters will wrap up their third year of homeschooling. So, when this whole pandemic hit, we were pretty well prepared. Yes, we’ve still had to make […]
Moving Forward During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Learning to Operate within the Circumstance
Well, we officially made it to the 2nd quarter. But, I think it’s safe to say that at the start of the year none of us could have expected it to look like this. Chances are good that you’re reading this from home instead of the office as social distancing continues. It’s also pretty safe […]