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What’s Service Got to Do With It? Everything.

21 December, 2016

Top Tips to Unlock the Secrets of Client Management, Satisfaction, and Retention as Key Elements of your Organization’s Growth

By Don Britton, Founder and CEO, Network Alliance

Customer service. Satisfaction. Enjoyment. These seem like fairly attainable goals for your company’s approach, right? But don’t be fooled into thinking “good, old-fashioned customer service” is a given. If anything, the struggle to differentiate your company and its services and retain clients in an increasingly crowded, self-service-driven market is real and coming into sharper focus every day.

So how can you ensure your clients are consistently delighted with your company and services and keep coming back for more? Surprisingly, the answer lies within your employee teams.

Categories: FINANCES LEADERSHIP members PEOPLE/STAFF Productivity

Tags: don britton employees empowerment incentives Network Alliance

How to Become a More Efficient CEO (and a Happier Human Being)

31 October, 2016

Having a Type A personality has distinct benefits, including a competitive nature, a confident disposition and the drive to succeed – all of which are necessary for an ambitious entrepreneur and business owner. At that point, downtime wasn’t an option, but my inability to “switch off” began to beget consequences, starting with tiredness and escalating to mood swings, irritability and exhaustion. Years of 14-hour days, working weekends and on holiday caught up with me. I was tired to the bone, miserable and a slave to the business – and I totally resented it.

Something had to change. I cancelled my plans for the following weekend and dedicated it to getting my life back. I went onto Amazon and bought as many books on the subject as I could find, and I started to develop a plan.

Categories: Best Practices Entrepreneurial Journey FINANCES Productivity WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Tags: Greg McKeown heather baker prioritization productivity

The Business of Motherhood

23 September, 2016

By April Clarke, owner of Xpress Non-Emergency Medical Transportation, Inc.

Successful female entrepreneurs who are also moms face an initial struggle when their businesses are transforming from simple ideas to profit-generating new ventures. While you are tackling the everyday desirable obligation of motherhood duties, you are also forced to deal with the engrossing tasks of nurturing yet another being, an entity that is as demanding in its infancy as a newborn. Whether we have spouses and partners, or are going at it as single ladies, completing our daily to-do lists while maintaining a modicum of sanity is challenging most days. On others, it’s nearly impossible. And on those days it can be hard not feeling like you have failed at meeting the needs of one or both of your babies.

Categories: Best Practices Entrepreneurial Journey Lessons Learned members Productivity WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Tags: 31 Days of #WOMENtrepreneurship April Clarke balance family success women entrepreneurs

Proven Time Management Strategies from Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

21 September, 2016

Successful entrepreneurs know good time management separates mediocre CEOs from amazing ones – and strategies that work for some don’t always work well for others. We asked four EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) finalists from the U.S. how they manage a full college course load while running a company. Here’s what they had to say:

Categories: Best Practices Goal Setting Productivity

Tags: #studentpreneurs eo gsea students time management

The 5 Most Important Times in Your Day to Restore Your Energy, According to Science

29 July, 2016

By Marissa Levin, an EO Baltimore member and founder of Successful Culture

Our mental and physical energy drives our health, happiness, and overall success. We have 5 daily opportunities to restore and protect our energy.

Have you paid much attention to the daily rhythm of your life? We all function in accordance with a specific rhythm. Early-birds (like me) wake up with the sunrise, energized and ready to engage with the world. Night owls often are just getting started when the early-birds are starting to crash.

Regardless of your personal energy flow, we all need to take strategic energy breaks.Dr. Heidi Hanna is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, and the author of several best-selling books on brain research.

In “Recharge,” Dr. Hanna shares how we can restore our energy during the 5 most optimal times in our day.

Categories: Best Practices Coaching Goal Setting Inspirational members Productivity WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Tags: entrepreneurs' organization eo baltimore heidi hanna inc marissa levin recharge

The Beating Heart of Your Business

15 July, 2016

By David Mammano, and EO Western New York member and founder and CEO of Next Step Education Group

The Latin word for heart is “cor.” The Italian word for heart is “cuore.” The French word for heart is “coeur.” The Spanish word for heart is corazón.”

Categories: Best Practices FINANCES Inspirational members Productivity

Tags: business david mammano entrepreneurs' organization eo western new york heart

14 Myths of Giving a Presentation

13 July, 2016

With these myths debunked, you may have the tools to give your best presentation yet.

Rowena Crosbie, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member from Iowa, is president of Tero International, Inc., a premier interpersonal skills research and corporate training company. We asked for her thoughts on presentations and how you can perfect your next one.

For thousands of men and women, speaking in front of a group is an experience that is feared. More than a fear of heights, spiders or even dying, if you can believe it! The statistics indeed support Jerry Seinfeld’s humorous claim that most people at a funeral would rather be the corpse than the person delivering the eulogy. But, it is the ability to communicate effectively with individuals and groups that is cited as the primary factor contributing to

Categories: FINANCES Inspirational members Productivity WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Tags: entrepreneurs' organization eo iowa inc myths presentation rowena crosbie

Tying Loose Ends: What You Need to Do Immediately Following the Sale of Your Business

7 July, 2016

By Mark Tepper, an EO Cleveland member and president of Strategic Wealth Partners

So you’ve shaken hands and signed on the dotted line. Time to bust out the cocktails and take a yearlong trip without your cell phone or laptop, right? Almost. Be sure you have the following loose ends tied up, then go ahead and book your flight:

Let Your Employees Know

Categories: FINANCES members Productivity Sales

Tags: business tips entrepreneurs' organization eo cleveland Mark Tepper sales

How I Make it Impossible to Look at Email During Vacation

28 June, 2016

This article was originally published on The Wall Street Journal‘s website.

Brian Scudamore ( @BrianScudamore) is the founder and CEO of O2E Brands, which includes 1-800-GOT-JUNK?.

We all know people who go on vacation, only to continue firing off emails and texts as they lie on the beach, neglecting their spouse and kids.

Categories: Best Practices Entrepreneurial Journey FINANCES members Productivity Technology

Tags: brian scudamore burnout email o2e brands social media technology

Why You Should Consider a Creative Office Space for Your Company

27 June, 2016

This article was originally published in the Entrepreneurs’ Organization column on Inc.com.

Matt Levin, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member from Austin, is the Managing Broker & Principal of Equitable Commercial Realty, a full service commercial real estate leasing, sales and management firm. We asked Matt about some of the advantages and disadvantages of having a creative office space for your company. Here’s what he had to say.

Categories: Best Practices Company Culture LEADERSHIP Productivity

Tags: creativity inc.com Matt Levin office space work environment

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