Five Easy Ways to Jump Start Your Company’s Innovation

Thursday, 04. 22. 2010  –  Category: Ranger Wireless Solutions

The race to come up with the next great innovation is always a ticking clock.  It is just a matter of time before one of your competitors strikes something big, so your company need to be cultivating new opportunities every day to stay afloat.  But what if you cannot afford the time because you are too focused on the day to day operations of simply keeping your existing business going?   Here are five simple ways to pump up innovative activities in your organization without taxing your existing resources.
1.  Open Your Eyes and Ears.
There is a good chance that your next ideas is already out there, you have just not tuned in to hear it.  It could be waiting in the form of a recommendation…

Win People to Your Way of Thinking

Tuesday, 03. 16. 2010  –  Category: Enversa Companies

Dale Carnegie: Win People to Your Way of Thinking
In a previous article, “Being Friendly: A Dale Carnegie Business Solution”, the importance of being friendly was discussed from Dale Carnegie’s book, How to Win Friends and Influence People.  Being friendly is part of doing good business, and winning people to your way of thinking is a great way to overcome the many barriers that can come along with doing business, too.  It is not always easy to get things done when everyone has a different idea of how to approach business operations, like marketing projects, collecting on invoices, earning new clients, etc.  Further, when a dispute is in place, it can be challenging to get other people to do the things you ask of them.  Dale…

Why A Company Vision is So Important

Tuesday, 02. 9. 2010  –  Category: Enversa Companies

What do we want to be or be the best at?  Where are we going?  What will all of our hard work build up to?  What are we working towards?

Are we succeeding?

Everyone wants to be a success, but that can become difficult if you do not have a measurable way to view your progress.  Even top-level directors can begin to ask themselves, “Why am I doing this?”  Staying motivated is challenging for anyone, even the boss.  It is important for a team of individuals, whether a two-person, start-up company or a multi-location business of thousands, to have a common goal or vision; something that everyone is aware of and can remember while droning away.  Idealistically, your team members will not feel as if they are…

Lead People, Don’t Manage Them

Tuesday, 01. 26. 2010  –  Category: Ranger Wireless Solutions

Why do we use the word manager?  It does not seem to identify well what a person is meant to do when given a team of individuals to work with.  A manager controls, handles and directs.  That sounds pretty hard when what we are referring to being managed is people.  The word “manager” is great when referring to the management of processes, procedures, technique, communications, relationships, etc.  When referring to an individual who is made accountable for a group of people, the word “leader” seems more appropriate.  People do not like to be managed, they would rather be led: given goals to achieve, techniques to learn from and follow, and review to let them know how they are doing.

Leading by example is a great way…

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