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Superpower Your Leadership Abilities
By: Jesse L. Lee, Jr., PhD Candidate | Editor-in-Chief | https://smallbusinessconcierge.biz
Leadership is a vast topic with over ninetyfive subdivisions, ranging from aims and goals to vocational guidance and more. This article assumes you have transitioned from being a manager to being an organizational leader. We will focus on what it will take to ensure that you succeed as a leader.
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Much information is available about being an effective leader, exploiting your leadership style, and enabling organizational ambidexterity to use agility to innovate and balance disruption and change. But let us assume you simply want to succeed. So, what do you do?
It is mandatory to have both a vision and mission statement. It is even better to have a strategy in place to achieve these essential goals. If you are conducting your vision and mission – you are successful. You can validate your existence as an organization
and an organizational leader.
Next, it is vital that you focus on the most important things you can do as an executive. You ask, what is that? It is several things. First, peer-reviewed studies support the findings that financial risks are the root cause of many business failures. So, not accessing or using the funds essential for effective and efficient operations can cause severe financial distress. Next, taking care of your customers (or beneficiaries if you run a non-profit) is critical. You ask, what does that look like? Consider the myriad of issues that emerge when it comes to keeping your customers happy. First, you remedy their pain using an effective and efficient process. Then, you fulfill your value proposition. Plus, you go on to provide a benefit to your customers or beneficiaries for choosing to collaborate with you (to keep them loyal).
Then never ignore your business processes and infrastructure. Herein lies an important tool that enables you to fulfill your value proposition. Keeping customers or beneficiaries happy is the bottom line. Doing so will satisfy your top and bottom-line goals. Consider how to improve your process by 25-to-33 percent. What would that look like? How much more profitable would your business be if it could save you a lot of money?
How about your team? As an organizational leader, it is always important to take care of the people who take care of your customers or beneficiaries. You should want to ensure that they are learning, growing, and having fun. You should want to ensure that their experience working with you is the best it can be for them; otherwise, they will look for something else that is more fulfilling.
Lastly, you have likely noticed that no mention of the financial perspective has been addressed. The finances are important, no doubt. So, staying abreast of your cash flow and the working capital situation is vital. Naturally, you need a plan when things get tight or seasonal changes affect your business. You will need a plan and resources to keep your doors open.
Meet Johnathan Makonnen UNFAZED, CEO
By : Margaret A. Jackson| Business Radio Coach | https://smallbusinessconcierge.biz
When life throws you lemons, it is time to make lemonade, which is what Jonathan Makonnen decided to do when he was diagnosed with colon cancer.
Jonathan recently joined me on my Silicon Valley/Bay Area show, Money 2.0 Business on the Edge, on AM 1220 KDOW Business and Finance talk radio. He spoke candidly about his path from beating cancer to entrepreneurship, becoming the founder of UNFAZED and the messager of his athleisure streetwear clothing brand.
Jonathan Makonnen’s definition of UNFAZED is, “Having a mindset that no matter what obstacles you encounter, you will achieve success or overcome adversity.”
For Makonnen, that is what he did and beat the diagnosis. As a black man in America and a former athlete, he wanted to be a face too young BIPOC people that look like him and to share how he overcame adversity. Now, Jonathan is determined to bring that message of overcoming adversity and obstacles to the young generation, the underrepresented youth, the college student, the high schooler, the junior higher, the athletes, and the list goes on and on. When his UNFAZED definition is embraced and practiced, he believes that the UNFAZED brand’s positive messaging changes mindsets.
The word is getting out there. Over 45 million mentions of the word “UNFAZED” has been used on TikTok and 31 thousand on Instagram. David Johnson, running back of the Houston Texans, was snapped wearing the UNFAZED King of the Jungle t-shirt and posted on social media.
Stephen Jackson NBA, a close friend of George Flyod’s and considered his look-alike, was snapped wearing the UNFAZED definition t-shirt design. The CEO of the UNFAZED is a rising Silicon Valley/Bay Area star. To learn more about UNFAZED and to check out those snapped photos, go to https://officialunfazed.com.
Working with PTAC
Thursday, June 23, 2022 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority Small Business Program along with Monterey Bay Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) will host a “Working with PTAC” virtual event on June 23, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Join us to discover the opportunities of doing business with High-Speed Rail. Learn more about how the Monterey Bay PTAC can prepare you to position your company for success in contracting and procurement opportunities.
The Workshop will cover: • Doing Business with High-Speed Rail • Basic PTAC No Fee Services • Government Registrations • Certification Programs • Finding Opportunities • Bid Matching Services • Bonding and Lines of Credit
NOTE: Please use the following link to register for this workshop:
Register:
https://hsr-ca-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqdeivqD8jHtPD4eb4_PHUG-n9Rcp7m4fF
For more information, about Monterey Bay PTAC. Please visit: http://www.montereybayptac.com
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