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How to Keep Your "A" Players #8: Provide Financial Incentives
Attracting and retaining talent is essential to scaling your business successfully. This is especially true for your “A” Players. Let’s...
Terry Dockery
Sep 18, 20241 min read


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...
Terry Dockery
Sep 12, 20242 min read


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
Sep 5, 20242 min read


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 30, 20241 min read


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 22, 20241 min read


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
Aug 9, 20242 min read


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 30, 20241 min read


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 25, 20241 min read


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 19, 20241 min read


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 11, 20241 min read


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
Jul 2, 20242 min read


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 19, 20241 min read


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
Jun 5, 20241 min read


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 31, 20242 min read


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 23, 20241 min read


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 17, 20241 min read


"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 9, 20241 min read


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
May 1, 20242 min read


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 23, 20242 min read


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 20, 20242 min read
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