Small business owners and entrepreneurs wear many hats to get all the work done to run their businesses. As the business grows, others join the team in a variety of capacities and a core team develops. Each team member also wears several hats and they often cover for each other as workload increases and pushes time and capacity to the limits. Even with just three members in a core team, maintaining the alignment with your goals, policies and practices can be difficult. Small

Many challenges in business, team and employee performance result from inadequate communication. Leaders often make incorrect assumptions about the members of their teams. Those assumptions lead the team to believe the leader is not interested in listening to their ideas for improvements. Sometimes communication breaks down when attempting to avoid conflict or not wanting to put personal relationships at risk. All of these will damage team performance and ultimately the perfo

Simply knowing that others are supporting you in your endeavor can be a huge motivating and encouraging force. This force will put wind in your sails to help you to sail right on past all of the doubts that come along to challenge your confidence. Challenges like the huge pile of work, the complexity of the job, the breadth and depth of knowledge required, your own inexperience and on and on. Imagine a team supporting you and you will immediately feel more confident that you