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Using the Holidays for New Year Business Success
This story originally appeared here in the December/January issue of Business Review Australia magazine.
Written by Michael Hall, Founder and Director of WildWorks
The best way to ensure a great New Year kick-off for your organisation in 2013 is to show powerful leadership before people leave for their Christmas break.
The actual moment to act in December depends on your specific business situation, but don’t hesitate just because people’s minds are drifting off to joyously distracting festive activities.
So, what type of leadership can you show?
This time of year holds a special opportunity to capture and fuel the hearts and minds of your business: not just about what they’ve achieved over the year, but what they can look forward to in the New Year.
It’s natural to look back and reflect on progress over the year, often while celebrating at office parties and events, but it can be just as important to help people know that they can leave their desks for holidays safely assured that their organisation is on the right track, and knows where it wants to go. In addition to appreciating the efforts of the business, teams and individuals throughout the current year, at the right time, and in the right way, you can also let people know you that are clear about the following year.
You can provide clarity around where the business needs to go and what will be needed from people once they’ve returned relaxed and energised from their holiday or break.
Engage people around your priorities and outline how there will be opportunities for people to play a vital part in helping the business succeed.
When you authentically do this in business, you have the potential to:
- Inspire others
- Be a role model
- Live what you believe
- Open yourself to other possibilities
- Learn
- Grow
… and be a leader.
So in the back of people’s minds, as they holiday with family, friends or maybe on their own, they can rest assured they will have a clear purpose when they return to work.
A thoughtful gift, indeed.
It’s also a useful exercise for yourself so you don’t harbour any nagging doubts about what’s needed to be done once you too return to work.
Q: What can you do when the organisation regroups for the 2013 New Year?
A: Again, it’s about showing leadership by helping provide direction and being aware of people’s mindsets.
People often return from holidays or their breaks at different times. Even if people head back straight after Christmas the excitement of New Year’s Eve can then quickly take over. This staggered restart for the overall business can make it difficult to galvanise a workforce around a rallied and unified beginning to the year.
There are two main ways a leader can help the organisation to kick-start itself into the actual New Year:
1. Know when most of your workforce is back in action – and reiterate your pre-Xmas message. Give people the chance to again understand how they might contribute and be valued.
2. Encourage people to be self-starting by helping them prioritise their activity for January. Ensure these priorities roll right up to the overall key focus of the business for 2013.
There’s no doubt many people are ready for a restorative break around Christmastime. It’s an important time to connect with family, friends and self.
But that’s no reason why people can’t then venture into the New Year with vigour and purpose – appreciative of the fact that they work for an organisation which shows leadership and strength, providing clarity and direction.
And besides, there are also those who will be raring and energised to contribute from the moment they swipe their pass. Plan to harness that energy, and use it to help others find their New Year groove!
Michael Hall is the Founder and Director of WildWorks. He works with leaders around the world to help guide their organisations through Business & Leadership Programs which provide organisational engagement, transformation consulting and leadership support.
Leadership Tips: Vol. 113
http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/34040/leadership-tips-vol-113
Keep your edge. Holly Paul, a recruiter at PricewaterhouseCoopers, stays competitive by “doing something different every few years. At PwC, I’ve moved five times and done seven different jobs in 18 years. Keeps me on my toes.”
— Adapted from “Executive Profile,” interview by Emily Mekinc, Washington Business Journal.
Canary in the coal mine. As head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the 1990s, Brooksley Born warned about the perils of derivatives. Unfortunately, officials in Washington shouted her down, bringing on the Wall Street crash of 2008 a decade later. At 71, Born still advocates for reform.
— Adapted from “The Regulator Who Saw Danger,” Penelope Wang, CNNMoney.com.
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Adaptable Business Concepts Selected As One Of 2012’s Best and Brightest Places To Work
http://www.i-newswire.com/adaptable-business-concepts-selected/204188
The Best and Brightest competition provides an overall assessment report which summarized how Adaptable Business Concepts compares to other organizations.
| King of Prussia, PA (I-Newswire) November 26, 2012 – Adaptable Business Concepts, a sales and marketing firm in the eastern Pennsylvania, has been awarded as one of the “Best and Brightest” companies to work for. Adaptable Business Concepts has grown to multiple locations in the last year and expects to continue to excel as a great place to work as it continues to grow.
Adaptable Business Concepts, Inc., located in King of Prussia, is an independently owned and operated outsourced direct sales and marketing firm. Their primary focus is acquiring and retaining business on behalf of their Fortune 500 clients. The approach at Adaptable Business Concepts is to adapt their sales approach based on customer, market and technological changes. Adaptable Business Concepts’ dynamic staff has years of experience in the direct sales and marketing industry. This has allowed the company to expand to different states and take on new clients in the past year. Adaptable Business Concepts’ main client is the leading provider in telecommunications in the nation. The client is the world leader in providing improvements in communications, mobility, information and entertainment. Adaptable Business Concepts focuses on acquiring business and increasing market-share for the fiber-optic division of the company. The Best and Brightest competition provides an overall assessment report which summarized how Adaptable Business Concepts compares to other organizations. Adaptable Business Concepts and other winners are highlighted in Winners are highlighted in a media campaign with news sent to the local news media. A roster of winning companies has been published in local news publications, announcements on a major news radio station with online streaming of the winners honor and links to the Best and Brightest website. The 2012 winning companies were judged by an independent research firm. The firm reviewed a number of key areas comparative to other nationally recognized winners. The key measures reviewed include compensation, employee benefits, employee growth, engagement and retention, employee education and development, recruiting, employee recognition, shared vision and communication, diversity, work-life balance, community involvement and strategic company performance Adaptable Business Concepts says it plans to continue to improve and strives to be the Best and Brightest company to work for in 2013. |
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Adaptable Business Concepts, Inc. Launches New Website For This Year’s Growth
Adaptable Business Concepts, Inc. Launches New Website For This Year’s Growth
Adaptable Business Concepts, a sales and marketing firm in the Philadelphia region, has launched its new website. The company is growing and has developed a new user friendly website to help keep clients, both existing and potential, informed as the company expands.
Adaptable Business Concepts is an independently owned and operated outsourced direct sales and marketing firm. The company focuses mainly on client acquisition and retention for national clients. ABC attributes their success to having an adaptable approach to dealing with each customer, client and market.
The new website has eight informative pages about the company. On the bottom of each page, users can get a glimpse of what’s new with the company with links to the company blog and a direct feed from Adaptable Business Concepts’ Twitter page. In addition, at the bottom of each page, users can also find the company address, phone number and a link to review the company Better Business Bureau profile.
The About Us page gives an overview of the company while the People section gives a descriptive profile of the company executives at Adaptable Business Concepts. Under the Services tab, ABC highlights the benefits it provides its clients from client acquisition, a cost effective approach, a rapid speed to market effect, and a large size and scope to its capabilities.
The Careers tab allows potential job seeker to see what Adaptable Business Concepts has to offer its employees. The Blog page gives users direct stream of the company’s blog. Anyone who wants to follow other social sites about Adaptable Business Concepts, links to the company’s LinkedIn, Blogspot, Facebook, Twitter and WordPress can be found at the top of each page.
For those with questions about the company, Advanced Business Concepts has provided an FAQ page to provide answers to the most commonly asked questions. Finally, the Contact Us page has an interactive map for getting directions and a form to send messages, resumes or feedback to the company directly from the website.
The company recently promoted an additional executive to its leadership team and expects to expand to an additional location this year. With the new website, it expects to keep the public informed as changed occur.
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