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The people we hire for our business become our goodwill ambassadors. We, as owners, are sometimes predisposed, and the people we employee represent the image of our business, the brand we are developing, and the standards our business is based on.

As business people, we need to protect ourselves and incorporate security measures regardless who we hire. We will be able to track any theft in money or merchandise. That’s just good business!!

The snag might be that we can’t always check all the time if our customers are being served properly, or standards are being kept in place during our absence. Just think how nice it would be at times to have exceptional people watching the shop, making money for us, while we are having some enjoyable time away. This means we should not ignore our business every day; by owning a business, at times we take advantage of that freedom. So, by hiring exceptional people with the right work ethic, we might reduce some of what we might refer to as the slack factor.

How do we choose the right person?

Do we pick someone because we like him or her? They’re funny, and, even though they only have a few of the desired characteristics, we probably could be great friends.

Let’s keep in mind this is a working relationship. Clearly defined, we are employers and therefore must keep personal feeling out, and criteria in. This should not mean we do not care about and like the people who work for us.

In a business forum their confidence will come from us, a good, fair, and firm employer that they can trust to do what we promise. To accomplish this, it is vital to pick our employees based on the characteristics we have put in place for exceptional people.

We need to review their resume, look again how they answered the interview questions, and how they would fit in with our other employees. Remember, everyone has a unique and different personality. By putting criteria in place, we can choose our employees fairly and without prejudice. It is important to remember that if someone should not meet our criteria we must let them down gently and with respect. The same applies when firing. Besides, these people could even become loyal customers in the future.

Hire right, or manage hard!!!

Arnold Nadler is a long-time entrepreneur and founder of The Startup Business Doctor, a private company specializing in helping new and small businesses get their company off the ground. Programs include professional coaching, franchise opportunities and inexpensive advertising packages. You can get more information at StartUpBusinessDoctor.com Feel free to send me your comments on this article.

ARE YOU IN THE HABIT OF SUCCESS?

BUSINESS SUCCESS DEPENDS ON DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD HABITS!

Being a successful entrepreneur can be quite challenging to say the least. As an independent, small business owner, I am the CEO, Manager, Customer Service Representative, Office Administrator, and am in charge of Employee Development. As the leader, and possibly the only employee of my company, where and how do I start to implement goodl “habits ” that ultimately will ensure my company’s success?

The good news is we take one step at a time. The first step in developing good business habits is to start reading, or listening to books, ebooks, articles, and magazines that will help you focus on making a winning blueprint for your business. There are a multitude of top business, and personal development materials available at the touch of a keyboard. Books and articles are even available in audio email format which can be downloaded to an MP3 player for your listening convenience. You will want to make a list of known “guru’s” in your particular area of interest and acquire their educational materials. All business’s no matter how small, should have a budget for educational materials. If you are short on time just listen to these materials as you drive, excercise or relax.

Jim Rohn a well known business philosopher, and speaker states if you read one book every month about your industry, in ten years you’ll have read 120 books. That will put you in the top one percent of your field. If you apply the knowledge you learn it will automatically launch your business on the journey to success.

Good “habits” lead to success and where do we learn about the habits of successful people other then just reading about them is studying them personally. In the book “The Power of Focus”, written by Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen and Les Hewitt, we are encouraged to identify successful people in our lives and at least once a month have a conversation with one of these leaders. A lunch meeting or a similiar event sets the stage to personally interview the successful person, and find out about their routines, habits, what they read, what clubs they belong to, how they organize their daily method of operation, goals, dreams, and much more. In other words their we learn the “secrets of success”. Most successful people will be delighted to share their knowledge with you, and enjoy being your personal coach.

BUT I DON’T HAVE TIME TO…………

Unfortunately, most of us believe this is too much trouble and make excuses as to why we can not take time for educational development. Successful people are too busy, they won’t have time, I don’t know any successful people and on and on the excuses go. Make a list of the names of people you know and consider to be successful, network and ask others for names of truly successful people, they do not have to be in your exact area of business. Do some research, have fun and see how many names you can come up with. If you can’t take them out for lunch, perhaps make a telephone call and set up a scheduled time to interview them. Meet and spend time with successful people, attend a local meeting of business owners and you will eventually have more people to interview then you can manage.

Learning and applying the habits of successful people will shorten your learning curve in any business and accelerate your personal and business success.

For those people who see the value in working with other successful people, you might even consider finding a personal coach or mentor and meet together on a regular basis in person or by teleconferencing. There are plenty of these qualified individuals. One that I personally reccommend, who is a Business Coach and Personal Development Leader, is a man named David Neagle, I have heard him speak and have attended several teleconferencing calls with him. I cannot say enough about this individual and how many successful people he has helped along the way. Reach out and find someone you can trust and work from there.

Remember to add to your reading list biographies of successful people, listen to documentaries and be ready to have your business take off straight to the top. Soon you will be one of the successful business owners that people want to interview. There are no limits to our potential only self-imposed limits.

If you are looking for a business of proven success and integrity, visit http://www.extreme-success.net and listen to the success stories of Jamie, Dave and Zenaida and learn how you can become a success.

For a list of great books and audios to jump start your business go to http://www.amazon.com and never have to leave your office.

Get inspired and experience success with some one on one personal coaching and training go to http://www.davidneagle.com. or Life Is Now Inc. at 1-805-696-6909.

“‘WINNERS MAKE IT HAPPEN!”

Make Habits of Success,

Jane Baylis, CEO of Unlimited Potential

Teacher for 16 years
entrepreneur
mother of three
personal and business development student