Fast Forward Podcast

Employee lifecycle management is essential. It has six stages:

🧲⚡ Attraction: Introducing candidates to you
🔍🫵🏾 Selection: Hiring the right candidate
🛫📈 Onboarding: Integrating new hires
🎓🚧 Development: Providing growth opportunities
💵🏅 Retention: Keeping employees engaged
👉🏾✌🏾 Separation: Managing employee departures

Each stage is critical to the success of your business. Focus on the full employee life cycle have a more engaged and productive workforce.

4 months ago | [YT] | 0

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It's easy to prioritize performance above all else, but peace matters too. As small business owners, we can strive for both by:

- Setting clear expectations
- Providing adequate resources
- Promoting work-life balance
- Fostering a positive culture
- Recognizing and rewarding employees
- Communicating openly and honestly

Let's create a more sustainable, productive, and fulfilling environment for ourselves and our teams.

4 months ago | [YT] | 1

Fast Forward Podcast

The entrepreneur's path is rarely smooth. But resourcefulness is the lifeblood of small business success.

Resourcefulness is more than cutting costs, it's seeing possibilities where others see limitations.

Cultivate resourcefulness by:
🌱 ➡️ 🌳 Embrace a growth mindset.
📞 💻 📝 Tap into your network.
💡 ➰ 📦 Think outside the box.
😵‍💫 🤔 🤑 Focus on solutions.

Remember, the entrepreneurial journey is a marathon, not a sprint.

5 months ago | [YT] | 0

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Building a strong brand is essential for success. To build a powerful professional brand:
- Be consistent: Maintain a consistent message and image across all platforms.
- Build relationships: Connect with others in your industry and target audience.
- Deliver results: Consistently provide high-quality work and exceed expectations.

By being intentional about building your professional brand, you can attract new opportunities, establish credibility, and achieve your business goals.

5 months ago | [YT] | 0

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Entrepreneurship is an emotional rollercoaster. Understanding emotional triggers impacts our decision-making, productivity, and relationships.

Emotional trigger awareness helps us:
🤩💞 Create environments and routines that foster joy and creativity.
🎭🧩 Develop coping mechanisms and strategies for dealing with stress.
⚖️🧭 Make more rational and objective choices, rather than being swayed by emotional impulses.

Don't suppress emotions, understand then manage them.

5 months ago | [YT] | 0

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Time is our most precious resource as entrepreneurs. Time management includes knowing the psychological value of our activities. We should strive to maximize Cup-Fillers and minimize Cup-Drainers.

🔐⏳ Avoid overcommitting and protect our time.
🫵🏾🚧 Empower others to take on tasks and responsibilities.
🌟⚡ Prioritize adding daily activities that energize and rejuvenate us.

By being intentional about how we spend our time, we can enhance our productivity and reduce stress.

5 months ago | [YT] | 0

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It's easy to get fixated solely on revenue. But excellence is "how" AND "how much".

Cultivate excellence in your company by:
🚧🛠️ Building diverse teams with different backgrounds, skills, and perspectives.
👩‍🏫🧑‍🎓 Investing in employee development through training, mentorship, and growth.
💪🏾👉🏾 Empowering employees with autonomy to make decisions and innovate.

We can create workplaces where employees thrive, innovation flourishes, and true excellence becomes the norm.

5 months ago | [YT] | 0

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Entrepreneurs spend time putting out fires and responding to urgent requests.

It's exhausting and ultimately limits our growth potential. It's like driving without a map – moving but with no idea of the right direction. A solid strategy provides the map.

Developing a strategy forced me to define my target market and value proposition. The payoff has been immense, and it will be for you too.

Feeling overwhelmed or like you're constantly running in circles? Invest in strategy.

6 months ago | [YT] | 0

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Change is inevitable in the business world. Our teams must be resilient to adapt. Ambiguous roles create confusion.

I prioritize establishing clear roles and responsibilities for my small business clients' teams. This involves:

🔔💡 Defining deliverables
🗣️🔊 Communicating clearly and frequently
📝🎓 Providing training and support

By investing in role clarity, you not only enhance your team's resilience but also create a more efficient and harmonious work environment.

6 months ago | [YT] | 0

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Entrepreneurs often inherit or create dysfunctional workplace cultures. When I consult with small businesses seeking culture change, I begin with a period of observation and inquiry. I ask questions like:

- What purpose does this process serve?
- Who benefits from this workflow?
- What are the unintended consequences of this practice?

Resist the urge to immediately criticize or dismantle; seek to understand the historical context. You might be surprised by what you discover.

6 months ago | [YT] | 0