The 100
Subtitle: building blocks for business leadership
By: Tom Salonek
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781572841963
Subjects: Success in business; Work-life balance; Leadership; Management; Entrepreneurship
Description: "More than half of all small businesses fail within the first five years. Starting and running a small business is hard work, and many entrepreneurs feel they must do whatever it takes to succeed, at the expense of their family, friends, and health. Yet, if done correctly, small-business ownership can--and should--balance profitable operations with personal fulfillment. According to author Tom Salonek--founder and CEO of Intertech, a Minnesota-based technology consulting and training firm--this balance is actually the secret to success. Salonek believes that your business should "give life, not take it," a philosophy that has helped him grow his own venture every year since its inception in 1991. In The 100, Salonek shares his secrets to business success in the form of 100 concise, nuts-and-bolts lessons for achieving the ideal work-life balance for maximum success. Written in clear, direct prose, these lessons are packed with actionable ideas and practical advice for using communication, collaboration, and technology to help small-business owners cultivate the best qualities not only in themselves, but in their employees as well. Whether you own your own business or are simply thinking of starting one, this book will help you inspire teamwork, meet client expectations, clarify your personal values, and create a company culture to match. In addition, readers will gain access to a plethora of downloadable online resources--checklists, worksheets, templates, and more--to help implement the book's ideas. The 100 is a handy, inspiring addition to any business manager's home library"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Living Your Best Life; title: 1. Knowing What Happy People Know; title: 2. Understanding How Values Propel Us Forward; title: 3. Creating a Road Map to Reality; title: 4. Envisioning Your Future; title: 5. Doing Less Equals Living More; title: 6. Finding Balance Between Giving and Taking; title: 7. Using Tools to Make Life Easier; title: 8. Making Email Manageable; title: 9. Being a Productivity Role Model; title: 10. Framing Decisions; title: 11. Harnessing the Power of Executive Dashboards; title: ch. 2 Using Employee Engagement To Outperform Competitors; title: 12. Understanding What Engagement Is; title: 13. Understanding What Engagement Is Not; title: 14. Leveraging Teamwork; title: 15. Using Goal Alignment; title: 16. Building Coworker Trust; title: 17. Recognizing Individual Contribution; title: 18. Knowing Manager Effectiveness; title: 19. Trusting In Senior Leaders; title: 20. Feeling Valued; title: 21. Having Job Satisfaction; title: 22. Knowing Benefits and Pay; title: ch. 3 Hiring: The First Step To Building A High-Performance Team; title: 23. Hiring Slowly.; title: Note continued: 24. Having a Process; title: 25. Verifying the Story; title: 26. Watching Out for Bias; title: 27. Hiring Top Performers Only; title: 28. Getting Inside Their Heads; title: 29. Making a Clear, Time-Sensitive Offer; title: 30. Setting the Tone Quickly; title: 31. Checking In Regularly; title: 32. Being Patient; title: ch. 4 Leading And Growing Team Members; title: 33. Keeping Them Motivated; title: 34. Providing Work That Matters; title: 35. Helping to Avoid Burnout; title: 36. Assessing Results Clearly; title: 37. Identifying the Saints, Dogs, and Stars; title: 38. Firing Quickly; title: 39. Knowing What Matters; title: ch. 5 Outsmarting And Outplanning The Competition With Strategy; title: 40. Involving the Team in Defining Values; title: 41. Making Values Differentiators; title: 42. Articulating Your Values Early and Often; title: 43. Making Your Values Come Alive; title: 44. Beginning with the End Goal in Mind; title: 45. Defining Principles for Decision Making; title: 46. Defining Your Brand; title: 47. Knowing That Three Is the Magic Number; title: 48. Making Time to Set Your Strategy.; title: Note continued: 49. Measuring the Goals That Must Be Reached; title: 50. Letting Everyone Weigh In; title: 51.Completing a SWOT Analysis; title: 52. Ensuring You Have Alignment; title: ch. 6 Bringing Out The Best In People; title: 53. Recognizing People Are the Essential Component; title: 54. Defining Promotion; title: 55. Setting Compensation; title: 56. Recruiting; title: 57. Planning for Succession; title: 58. Creating Partner Relations; title: 59. Doing It!; title: 60. Executing Makes All the Difference; title: ch. 7 Getting The Most Out Of Outside Vendors And Consultants; title: 61. Supplementing Your Team with Carefully Chosen Vendors; title: 62. Working the Vendor Interview Process; title: 63.Communicating at the Beginning to Avoid Problems at the End; title: 64. Taking the Time to Get It Right; title: 85. Being a Good Customer; title: 66. Handling a Bad Fit; title: ch. 8 Making Projects Succeed; title: 67. Using Agile and Scrum Principles; title: 68.Communicating Early and Often (Yes, I've Said This Before!); title: 69. Thinking First Means Working Smart; title: 70. Improving the Process.; title: Note continued: 71. Finishing with a Bang (Not a Whimper); title: ch. 9 Leading Others Effectively; title: 72. Thinking, and Therefore Being; title: 73. Matching Words with Corresponding Actions; title: 74. Understanding What Leaders Do; title: 75. Insisting on Results; title: 76. Solving Problems; title: 77. Delegating; title: 78. Shining the Light on Others; title: 79. Correcting Team Members; title: Correctly!; title: 88. Caring; title: 81. Knowing the Importance of Communication; title: 82. Giving Meaningful Feedback; title: 83. Telling the Truth; title: 84. Listening; title: 85.Communicating Strategically; title: ch. 10 Making Meetings Work; title: 86. Making Meetings Matter; title: 87. Scheduling Standing Meetings; title: 88. Having Daily Huddles: The Best Meetings of All; title: 89. Holding Weekly Key Result Area Meetings; title: 90. Holding Monthly Management Workout Meetings; title: 91. Understanding with All-Company Meetings; title: 92. Planning with an Annual, Offsite Meeting; title: 93. Accountability through Quarterly Board Meetings; title: ch. 11 Dealing Effectively With Problems.; title: Note continued: 94. Slaying Monsters Early; title: 95. Owning Mistakes; title: 96. Staying Cool in the Heat of Crisis; title: ch. 12 Giving Back; title: 97. Embracing Corporate Responsibility; title: ch. 13 Putting It All Together And Implementing The Ideas In This Book; title: 98. Relaxing in the Process; title: 99. Using the Downloads to Implement the Takeaways; title: 100. Getting Help with the Takeaways.