by Deanna Maio | May 10, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Uncategorized
Contractors are not mind readers. It’d be wonderful if they were. It would certainly save you some time and energy. But they aren’t. You have to not only let your contractor know what you need and what’s expected, you also have to let them know how they did. It’s...
by Deanna Maio | May 9, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Goals & Motivation, Productivity & Time Management
A little application can go a long way toward building a long term relationship. Contractors are business owners and entrepreneurs too. They have ideal customers and people they enjoy working with. Show appreciation and become your contractor’s top client. Say “Thank...
by Deanna Maio | May 8, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team
Not everyone will look forward to change as a good thing. Remember the four styles of change? Not all of the people who exhibit certain styles will be easily moved to accept what is going on in the company. While you can’t decide on their reaction for them, you can...
by Deanna Maio | May 7, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team
No one likes change. It challenges everything that we know and have accepted as “comfortable”. But, nevertheless, change is a part of life – both within the workplace and within our personal lives. As a manager who oversees a team, prepare to meet even a little...
by Deanna Maio | May 6, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team
If you stay employed at a company for any length of time, you will experience a change or two. How long you stay with the company depends on your view of these changes. We know that every change begins a cycle that gets harder before it gets easier. While you may not...
by Deanna Maio | May 4, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Productivity & Time Management
Let’s plan your next project. The team has come up with a vision and objectives for the project. Each person can virtually “see” what the desired outcome will be. Now it’s time to make that happen. Running a project begins with planning well for it. It’s time to...
