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9 Simple Virtual Team Outsourcing Tips to Make More Money in Record Time

By Melanie Benson Strick | November 6th, 2007

I recently conducted a survey of entrepreneurs who are still doing everything themselves. I discovered that the #1 reason why entrepreneurs hold back from investing in support is they still believe that the cost to build a team is greater than the potential revenue growth.Well that’s just baloney!
In my experience, the fastest, most direct path [...]

 
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The Delegation Dilemma: 8 Keys to Know If It’s Time to Build a Virtual Team

By Melanie Benson Strick | August 21st, 2007

During a recent webinar I taught , one of the attendees, Steven, asked, “I’m just getting started in my business. I’ve got lots of bills, tons of work to do but not a lot of income coming in. Would I benefit from building a team?”
Last week, during an interview by my friend and client Kendall [...]

 
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5 Essential Habits to Protect Your Most Essential Commodity

By Melanie Benson Strick | July 17th, 2007

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A couple of years ago I was at a leadership conference where one of the keynotes, Suzanne de Passe of Motown Productions, talked about protecting the entrepreneurs’ greatest commodity – our energy. Suzanne’s key comment was “how you spend your energy is how you measure your success.”
Boy did that [...]

 
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Monkey Management: 3 Simple Solutions to Reclaim Your Time, Focus, and Sanity

By Melanie Benson Strick | June 19th, 2007

Do you ever feel like you are carrying the weight of a thousand people on your back? Somehow no matter how good you think you are at delegating it still feels like you have a thousand things to do. It’s a feeling many entrepreneurs, managers and business owners have. William Oncken, author of Management Time: [...]

 
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6 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make Trying to Grow Their Bottom Line

By Melanie Benson Strick | April 17th, 2007

Have you ever felt like you were running a rat race? Everything seems like it takes forever, costs 10 times as much as you expected and you still feel like you are a million miles away from achieving your financial goals?That’s because people often approach their financial growth with the wrong strategies. You may have [...]

 
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