Being able to manage a support team successfully, means that you are a project manager who know how to listen and delegate. Yes there are other key skills that a successful project manage need to have in place but listening and delegating are two of the most important one.
Managing a successful support team takes a project manager who is willing to not only work on developing their team but also developing themselves. Below are a list of areas where a project manager should either currently excel in or are developing in as part of their skillset. This list is based …read more

If you seem to be overbooking yourself or dropping the ball on client projects, do you need to fire yourself? As a business owner, it is always important that you are able to meet your commitments to your client.
If you don’t, you could lose them. So if you are having problems with meeting commitments, then maybe you do need to fire yourself and hire a support team that would help you out. A support team could consist of:

Graphic designer
Virtual assistant (VA)
Web designer
Bookkeeper
Housekeeper
Accountant

There are so many more types of team members that you can add to your support team to …read more

For those who program, you might remember the term “Garbage In, Garbage Out” (GIGO) in reference to what you input when programming is what you get out. The same is true when it comes to running your business, the efforts that you put into your business affect the results that you receive.
When managing a business, it is important that you “smart plan” how you run your business so that you not only understand where you are now but also where you are going with your business. “Smart plan” is the process of setting up a solid foundation today so that …read more

Whether you are leading a team at work or within an organization, having a solid support team is important. Determining who is a part of your support team can make or break your team. As you assess the people around you, there are specific questions that you need to ask yourself to finalize your support team roster.
Below are a few of the questions that you might want to ask about you and those who will be part of your support team:

What are the strengths that each person bring to the team?
What are the weaknesses that each person bring to the …read more

Have you been trying to determine how to hire the right people for your business? Do you have a staffing need that you are having trouble filling? Does hiring a support team cause you to worry or stress? My suggestion to you would be that you not over-think the hiring process and let’s take a look at how to hire the right people for your business.
As you hire people for you business, you need to keep in mind that new staffers need to be able to fit into your work environment and also into the make up of your team. …read more