Business Tips
Business Tip #4: Remember to Reward Your Employees
February 6, 2012
In my limited experience working, I've talked with a lot of people and gotten their opinions about rewarding employees. The tip I have...
February 6, 2012
In my limited experience working, I've talked with a lot of people and gotten their opinions about rewarding employees. The tip I have...
Business Tips #3: When Someone Makes a Mistake, Don’t Just Ask Why… Help
June 1, 2011
In the business world, there are a lot of deadlines to hit and many times there just is not enough people to go around to finish things. Sometimes mistakes get made and sometimes team members are reluctant to share that something is going wrong in fear of getting yelled at or feeling singled out. There are some simple ways that you can help out when there's a mistake to grow from the experience. - Don't point somebody out. When there's a mistake made on your team and you're the manager or the project...
June 1, 2011
In the business world, there are a lot of deadlines to hit and many times there just is not enough people to go around to finish things. Sometimes mistakes get made and sometimes team members are reluctant to share that something is going wrong in fear of getting yelled at or feeling singled out. There are some simple ways that you can help out when there's a mistake to grow from the experience. - Don't point somebody out. When there's a mistake made on your team and you're the manager or the project...
Business Tips #2: It’s Better to Overestimate Than to Not Deliver On-Time
May 25, 2011
Among a lot of the things I have learned in my short business career is the importance of deadlines and making sure you hit them. In a world that revolves around dates to hit and multiple work-streams and a lack of resources, it seems daunting to actually be able to estimate when you can get something done. It's been my experience that you need to give yourself as much buffer time as possible. Here are some thoughts to consider in trying to get a good estimate on your work: - Talk to someone that...
May 25, 2011
Among a lot of the things I have learned in my short business career is the importance of deadlines and making sure you hit them. In a world that revolves around dates to hit and multiple work-streams and a lack of resources, it seems daunting to actually be able to estimate when you can get something done. It's been my experience that you need to give yourself as much buffer time as possible. Here are some thoughts to consider in trying to get a good estimate on your work: - Talk to someone that...
Business Tip #1: Avoid Miscommunication: Set the Expectations
February 1, 2011
Almost every failure in a project comes from miscommunication. Sometimes a change isn't communicated right away and we deliver to a client incorrectly. Sometimes we don't communicate what we're working on and it turns out that multiple people are working on the same thing. Sometimes we don't know what the other teammembers are expecting and it causes conflict. It really all leads down to one thing.. miscommunication leads to failure. How can we combat this? So given that everyone has different...
February 1, 2011
Almost every failure in a project comes from miscommunication. Sometimes a change isn't communicated right away and we deliver to a client incorrectly. Sometimes we don't communicate what we're working on and it turns out that multiple people are working on the same thing. Sometimes we don't know what the other teammembers are expecting and it causes conflict. It really all leads down to one thing.. miscommunication leads to failure. How can we combat this? So given that everyone has different...