Terry Dockery
How to Keep Your "A" Players #7: Pay Them Market Value
Attracting and retaining talent is essential to scaling your business successfully. This is especially true for your “A” Players. Let’s...
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Terry Dockery
- Sep 5
- 2 min
How to Keep Your "A" Players #6: Acknowledge Good Work
Attracting and retaining talent is essential to scaling your business successfully. This is especially true for your “A” Players. Frank...
Terry Dockery
- Aug 30
- 1 min
How to Keep Your "A" Players #5: Grant Maximum Autonomy
Attracting and retaining talent is essential to scaling your business successfully. This is especially true for your “A” Players. One...
Terry Dockery
- Aug 22
- 1 min
How to Keep Your "A" Players #4: A Clear Path to Success
Attracting and retaining talent is essential to scaling your business successfully, right? This is especially true for your “A” Players....
Terry Dockery
- Aug 9
- 2 min
How to Keep Your "A" Players Tip #3: Onboard Them Well
Attracting and retaining talent is the name of the game for sustained financial success in business. This said, it’s so challenging that...
Terry Dockery
- Jul 30
- 1 min
How to Keep Your "A" Players #2: Hire Happy People
Attracting and retaining talent is the name of the game for sustained financial success in business. This said, it’s so challenging that...
Terry Dockery
- Jul 25
- 1 min
How to Keep Your "A" Players: Tip #1
Attracting and retaining talent is the name of the game for sustained financial success in business. This said, it’s so challenging that...
Terry Dockery
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Get Feedback, Get Richer
Most of us have at least some dread when asking for feedback on our performance from others. Some portion of this dread typically is...
Terry Dockery
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Beware Shutting Up People
Honoring who you are—what you think and how you feel—is foundational to your mental health and happiness. Yet I see too many business...
Terry Dockery
- Jul 2
- 2 min
Speak Their Language to be Heard
So, if you were talking with someone from France, would you speak to them in Spanish? Silly question, right? Assuming you knew their...
Terry Dockery
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Having Fun vs. "Work Ethic"
This seems so obvious to me, but I keep running across leaders who don’t understand basic human nature. Healthy people will naturally...
Terry Dockery
- Jun 5
- 1 min
Been KISSED lately?
Keep It Simple & Short Most anybody can make things more complex and more difficult to accomplish. It takes real genius, however, to make...
Terry Dockery
- May 31
- 2 min
Beware Energy Vampires!
Beware the energy vampires, for they will suck the productivity and success right out of your team! They’re the living dead who lie in...
Terry Dockery
- May 23
- 1 min
Is Your Time More Valuable Than Mine?
The short answer is "yes," but with some important caveats. While, in an absolute sense, it's good self-care to put your needs first,...
Terry Dockery
- May 17
- 1 min
Teamwork vs. Accountability
Effective teamwork is essential for scaling up your business. I can't remember a single consulting engagement in which communication and...
Terry Dockery
- May 9
- 1 min
"Working Hard" vs. "Working Smart" as a Leader
In business and in life, many of our decisions are driven by time and money considerations. It's helpful to evaluate periodically whether...
Terry Dockery
- May 1
- 2 min
Mixing Love & Money: Family Business Role Conflicts
I've often said, "There are a hundred ways to make money, but you only have one family--it would be a shame to ruin your family...
Terry Dockery
- Apr 23
- 2 min
Entrepreneurs Usually Have Trouble Delegating
Yep, it's true. The very attributes that make someone a good candidate to start a business often make it difficult for them to delegate...
Terry Dockery
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Your Greatest Strength Is Your Greatest Weakness
Crazy, right? How can this be? For starters, nobody is great at everything--we all have strengths and weaknesses. It only makes sense to...
Terry Dockery
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Strategic Focus & Your Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Wow, there's a lot to know in scaling up a business, eh? The media is full of experts telling you what you need to learn and what you...
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