Stages of your business growth and predictability

Being predictable is often times a negative. It's not. For women owned businesses, being predictable can lead you to great success. For instance, if you discovered a formula that works why not use it every time? Now, being predictable isn't about staying the same year after year. It's about knowing which behaviors to exercise, once you've discovered their success, at each stage of business growth and even more so for women owned businesses. So, yes, you do incorporate and flexibility but there is room for predictable behavior that leads to major rewards.

The key is to learn how to use the information and knowledge to piece together the types of actions that can guarantee success in your business. Just as you grow, so does your business. There are comparatively predictable phases of growth. There are periods of distinct growth during times of no conflict or surprises. Growth also occurs at stages of troubled times when your business faces threats to survival.

The insidious workplace backstabber has got to be one of the most frustrating people we have to put up with!

They can spin wicked webs of emotional destruction, hunting down and trapping unwitting pawns in their incessantly evil games. Sometimes they can be overtly blunt, other times they're subtle and coy, gaining your trust and then turning the tables when you least expect it. They're a formidable force to be sure, but one that can be overcome if you stay calm and cool.

Here are a few tips for keeping your backbone straight when the backstabber is on the prowl.

Wear emotional garlic!

These emotional vampires seem to be able to smell your weaknesses, enabling them to easily target you. But you can fend them off by working on your weaknesses so you have more inner resolve. You must not take what they say personally. This is the crux of their style. They want to keep you unbalanced and intimidated. Stay confident and don't let on that they're rattling your chain.

Trust building activities to consider for your team

Building trust among your team members is imperative to helping your team reach goals and accomplish projects successfully. Building a cohesive team will assist you and members with the ability to express their true purpose and aim.

When team members have confidence in the dependability, intention, and authenticity of the other members, trust has developed. Once trust develops it makes it easier to communicate the team's purpose and achieve the aim. Since real trust can only be developed from experience, there are ways to speed up the trust development process.

Time management strategies for women executives

What is the greatest time draining activity in which executives participate? Golfing? Tennis? Drinks with clients? Nope! It is the never ending stream of never limited meetings. Sometimes there are meetings to plan the next meeting. Meetings that are unorganized and unproductive are a complete waste of time.

The following are a few good time management skills for women executives and women business owners to help eliminate the stream of meetings and create an unstoppable productive workforce: