One thing I want to pre-establish is that I still consider myself a ‘bronze player’. All things considered, the advice I heed at this point will have a significant impact on my potential for growth moving forward. This goes hand in hand with my previous post where I mention the need to turn a deaf … Continue reading Bronze Players that Drag Each Other Down and Well-Meaning Friends and Family that Screw Things Up
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Praise or Poison
“Well done!” Praise and compliments are like sweet, savory chocolates. They satisfy the human desire for recognition. Compliments serve as effective tools for steering employees in a direction you see fit. A fitting example of this is illustrated in Ken Blanchard’s “The One Minute Manager”. Blanchard suggests that if you want to direct your team … Continue reading Praise or Poison
Don’t Know if it’s Going to Work Out or Not? Then it’s never going to work.
Do you want to plan something that achieves your goals? Setting and achieving a goal is a difficult process. I talked about the importance of making and keeping promises in my previous post. This post talks about how to keep promises. I've realized throughout the years in managing a business that if something may or … Continue reading Don’t Know if it’s Going to Work Out or Not? Then it’s never going to work.
The Basics of Business – The Principle of Setting Clear Goals Without Excuses
Setting and achieving goals is the fundamental principle upon which companies operate. Generally speaking, when I consult with team members about setting a goal, I only factor in achieving KPIs and milestones. The essence of setting and achieving goals is distinguishing true/false elements without leaving any room for argument. KPIs are good indicators for promises … Continue reading The Basics of Business – The Principle of Setting Clear Goals Without Excuses
Measuring market size is meaningless. Think about excellent execution.
When looking at a business, I believe the market size has little meaning. Because if your business does extremely well in one area, it has potential to expand to another market. However this means “extremely well”, in other words “10 times” better, in a way that it stands out distinctly different from others. In a … Continue reading Measuring market size is meaningless. Think about excellent execution.
Looking at the company on fire, with composure.
Businesses face a range of challenges. Manpower, money is limited. And work, problems, issues are piled up. I feel like a start-up has many of its parts on fire. It is like having small to big wildfires in different parts of a forest. But all I have in my hands is a single fire hose. … Continue reading Looking at the company on fire, with composure.
The sum of trust among employees is the source of company’s profit.
The company’s stance and that of its employees are bound to be opposites.For the company to make a profit, the lower the salary and higher the workload, the better.Employees would say otherwise; As the saying goes, “work less and earn more,” the less work andthe higher the pay, the better. As long as the company … Continue reading The sum of trust among employees is the source of company’s profit.
[Vision of Adler] To enable everyone to be themselves in the virtual world
“Creating something new is cool and easy; achieving perfection is the difficult part” The decision to create something new or to improve existing work must be made carefully. People commonly believe that newly creating all businesses and products is important. This is particularly true with the advent of ideas such as 'lean startup'. However, improving … Continue reading [Vision of Adler] To enable everyone to be themselves in the virtual world
The Negative Effects of Blaming Others and the Importance of Personal Responsibility
I personally think there's no greater obstacle to progress and self-development than blaming others. The world just doesn’t coincidentally fall into place according to our plans.The only condition that I set for teammates when recruiting game team members is for them to not blame other teammates. I only accept members into the party after they've … Continue reading The Negative Effects of Blaming Others and the Importance of Personal Responsibility
The Secret Behind Being Forever Stuck in Bronze, Longer Hours Don’t Necessarily Bring Better Results
Business skills, planning abilities, developer skills, strategizing skills..Although accurate measurements may be difficult to render, I believe numerically expressing various fields of business and quantifying abilities is possible. General business skills can be divided into various specialties such as human resources, budgeting, and other fields, not to mention abilities that compliment these jobs.Project planning also … Continue reading The Secret Behind Being Forever Stuck in Bronze, Longer Hours Don’t Necessarily Bring Better Results