The Strategist
The Importance of Bringing New Perspectives into Your Business
There is a common problem that business owners and leaders run into—limited vision. We all have our perspectives, which influence how we think about things around us and how we make our decisions. In general, people tend to surround themselves with others who think...
How to Improve Communication With Your Employees
You are working long hours. Employees are not performing up to expectations. Frustration is growing on all fronts. If you're a leader or manager experiencing this, you may be able to address it all by fixing one thing. All these "symptoms" can be red flags that you...
Are You Procrastinating at Work?
Are you one of those people who feel you do your best work under pressure? You push off projects until the last minute while telling yourself that you'll be able to accomplish them to the best of your ability. Well, research disagrees with you. Procrastinating at work...
Tired of Working Long Hours? These 7 Tips Can Help
Are you quickly growing tired of burning the candle at both ends? Or maybe you've already reached the point of burnout and know that something needs to change in your schedule. Whatever you are, you're not alone. Many entrepreneurs, small business owners, and leaders...
How to Overcome Fear in Business
Our SPEARity business coaches and consultants have discovered something over the years—fear is a part of many of the challenges people face in business. 1. Accept that you feel afraid Fear is something we all experience. However, successful business leaders have...
Going Back to the Basics in Business
Are you struggling to get everything done that you want to accomplish? Are you working with limited resources right now? If you're feeling overwhelmed by your to-dos, it may be time to go back to basics in your business. Whether we are short on staff, funding, time,...
The Importance of Aligning Your Work with Your Goals
Dan Kennedy wrote in his book No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs, "Similarly, I insist that the only real reason more people aren't much, much more productive is that they don't have enough reasons to. So, a secret to greater personal productivity is more good...
Top 5 SPEARity Blog Posts for Leaders
There is a lot of information floating around the internet to help business leaders be more effective and successful, which is helpful since leaders face many different challenges. We thought we would make it easy for you and compile some of our information together...
Tips for Finding New Talent as Your Business Grows
Do you remember having growing pains when you were a child? I can remember waking up in the middle of the night because my legs were hurting. My dad would come into my room and assure me I would be okay and that it was only growing pains. Well, your business...
7 Things to Do If You’ve Lost Joy in Your Business
No one starts a business believing they will hate what they do day in and day out. You start a business believing you are going to build something that gives you control, freedom, and allows you to use your skills and passion. However, many business owners and...
7 Ways to Improve Work-Life Balance
Does work-life balance sound like something from a fairytale? Your reality looks more like hustling all day at work and then falling into bed feeling guilty about the things you didn't accomplish in your personal life. Maybe you're worried about the lack of time...
Why You Need to Delegate More and Do Less
There is a common obstacle where we see business owners and leaders struggle—delegating. When you have been the reason, or one of the big reasons, why the company has succeeded and grown, it's hard to pass tasks on to someone else. It's easy to get caught up in...
6 Signs It’s Time to Hire Your First Employee
Are you an entrepreneur with a growing business? Your schedule is full and you are starting to think about the possibility of hiring your first employee. This is a big decision that can be hard to make. You may be stuck in the growing pains of needing more business in...
Are You Tired of Working Long Hours?
We live in a society that glamorizes the hustle. We feel like we're accomplishing something when we're busy. We've allowed technology to make it nearly impossible to punch out for the day, and the problem has only grown since the pandemic. Those working remotely...
5 Ways to Help an Underperforming Employee
In the perfect world, every employee would be the right hire and work hard to accomplish the company's goals. However, this isn't a perfect world, and all companies consist of imperfect human beings. Our work performance is impacted by our moods, physical health,...
The Importance of Understand Your Baseline in Business
Do you ever feel like you're throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what will stick in business? You want the company to grow. You want to hit your goals. And you know you need to make changes in order to get results, but you find yourself jumping from one thing to the...
How Proper Planning Helps Workplace Mental Health & Wellness
We probably don't need to tell you that May is Mental Health Awareness month because it's all over the news and on social media. Instead, we want to focus on helping you discover a few simple planning strategies that can help you reduce stress and anxiety at work so...
6 Ways to Boost Productivity in Business
Isn't it amazing how much some people can accomplish each day? We all have the same 24-hours, yet some struggle to cross anything off their to-do list while others cross things off left and right. If you're struggling with productivity, these 6 tips can help. 1. Block...