Guest Post – My Entrepreneur Story
In this feature on Go Solo, I talk about my entrepreneurial story and what drives me to give my best every day.
5 Leadership Styles Important For Entrepreneurs And Managers
There’s a variety of leadership styles and each one is right for a different situation. Read about the 5 different leadership styles here.
Determine The ROI Of Hiring A Small Business Operations Consultant
You might consider bringing in an outside consultant to improve business processes. But is it worth it? Here’s a guide to determine the ROI of hiring an operations consultant.
Pay Your Team Right: A Comprehensive Guide To Compensation
In today’s competitive labor market, you have to get compensation right to keep and attract the best talent. This blog post features fixed and variable salary, perks, benefits and allowances, as well as long-term incentives. A comprehensive guide to set up your compensation system
5 Steps To Boost Process Efficiency: A Guide For Businesses Up To 100 Employees
Your business grows, your competition gets harder, your customers more demanding: There’s a constant need to improve your processes. Check out this blog post for an easy-to-follow and proven 5-step methodology to improve your processes. For onsite or remote organizations up to 100 employees.
Why Your Flat Organizational Structure Limits Your Success
Flat organizational structures have great benefits, but they can also prevent you from growing. Learn everything about flat vs tall structures in this article and how to make a flat structure work for your company.
Why You Need A Company Wiki (And How To Build It Effectively)
As your company grows, you’ll need a company wiki. But how do you structure it? And what software do you use? And how do you make your team adopt it. Check out our ultimate guide on company wikis in this blog post.
Why You Have To Spend A Lot Of Time in Meetings
Meetings get a lot of hate. I see this differently. Check out this short post on why meetings are one of the most important tool for any leader.
What Does A Good Strategy Execution Require
You have a great strategy. Now what? Read about the 5 components you need to master to execute your strategy well. Follow these steps to reach your strategic goals.
You Want It Done? Make Someone Responsible.
In this article, I want to shed some light on a simple truth in any organization. If a topic is priority, you have to assign someone to take care of it. If you want something done, you have to assign a name to it.
Why Unlimited Annual Leave is A Lie
These past years, you also might have been reading a lot about unlimited vacation. Here's why I think it's just another New Work PR stunt of publicity seeking companies.
Guest Post: The Importance Of Employee Engagement In Process Improvement
While great processes are a must have for any excellent organization, they’re not enough. You also need your employees to use these processes. Read our guest post for usewhale.io on how to engage employees in your process improvement efforts
The Key To Becoming A Learning Organization
Every CEO wants a learning organization. A learning organization is any organization that has a structured process in place to constantly make knowledge in people's heads available to the organization. This article explains what a learning organization is, why it is beneficial and how to become one.
How To Track Company Work Time On Airtable
This article is the third of a series of posts on how to build a company "operating system", the infrastructure that functions as a backbone of your most common tasks and daily activities. In particular in this article we focus on how to track company time on Airtable in order to be able to run analysis and optimization activities
You’re An Entrepreneur And Don’t Like To Lead People? Here Are Your Options.
Many entrepreneurs start successful companies because they're good at something specific. But then, workload increases and they have to add the first person to the team. And sometimes they don’t like to lead people. Here are a few options
How SMEs Can Welcome The Decade Of Organizational Culture
The rise of organizational culture is a key element for healthy organizations, and it can also become a competitive advantage for SMEs
How To Manage The Company Tasks In Airtable
Can Airtable be your company’s "operating system"? In this blog post we will explain how to set up your organization's processes in Airtable and simplify your day-to-day operations
When Should a Startup Hire a COO
There comes the time where you as the CEO need to step back from operative work and become more strategic. Bringing in a COO can support that step
From Meeting-Heavy To Essential Meetings Only
Reform your team’s meeting habits to boost productivity and business impact as a CEO (a post-pandemic approach)
How To Build a Simple CRM in Airtable
Looking for a CRM in Airtable? In this blog post we’ll show you step by step how to build out your own CRM as the first part of your company operating system.