Month: July 2021

A Skilled Corporation

Finding skilled and qualified people to fulfill a job has become a bit challenging this past year. Covid-19 changed so much about how businesses run and how they hire. They have had to lay off a lot of people to keep headcounts lower and to make ends meet.

Someone’s skills are sometimes not always evaluated when they are hired for a job. The experience in a certain field is focused on more. But, sometimes people’s skills can be outside of their experience level. That means that finding what people are capable of should be looked into a little bit more.

How Businesses Are Recentering Their Focus 

Since the pandemic, the way businesses are hiring people has shifted. They are trying to look at the bigger picture more. Before COVID, only about 59% of the time did a business look into an employee’s skill set, but at their experiences. That has changed by 19% since the pandemic hit.

A Gap In Skills 

Looking ahead, businesses can see that there are going to be some gaps in the skills that people are going to be capable of. The pandemic of 2020 brought a lot of things to a halt, and many people had to stop schooling and things. Forcing businesses to find ways to close that gap that is foreseen to come.

In the next 6 to 10 years, many businesses have already predicted there is going to be a drastic drop in skills. That is why many are finding ways to re-skill and look further into their existing employee’s skill sets. Finding ways to help close that gap that is projected to be seen over the years.

What You Need To Do

As a business owner, you need to make a choice now as to how you are going to deal with this. Ways that you can go about this to make a difference in your company. 3 of the main ways to put things into action, are to deliver, engage, and reinforce.

Don’t hesitate to make the changes that need to happen now, deliver the change that your company needs. The pandemic has made the way that companies function to change a lot, some are working remotely for the first time. That may have created some challenges, but finding ways to stay engaged and work together can make it all work out. Social distancing can make it hard to reinforce all the business wants and needs, but finding the ways that work for you is vital.

We would love to hear your comments on this article or any of our latest articles.

Gary Brunson
gary@myclearfocus.com

Debra Rider
debra@myclearfocus.com

574.361.2674

Sustainable Growth & Profit Consultant, Coach, Mentor and Counselor/Therapist for Business Owners and Professionals.

Leadership Lessons From 2020

Let’s face it, 2020 was nothing less than interesting for most. A bit challenging and hard in many ways, especially for businesses. It has been the year for a lot of firsts as well. For instance, if you work for a business that is always used to going into the office, you may have been forced to go remote.

There are many challenges to working remotely, especially if it is not normal for you. Trying to connect, reinforce, and lead remotely is a hard thing to do. Although it’s been a year for the books, there have been some leadership lessons that have been learned through the course of 2020.

Taught Us To Not Waste Our Time 

Time is a very valuable thing, and people have known that for years. But, the recent events of 2020, it has shown us even more how precious our time is.

Don’t hesitate to chase your dreams or take a chance on something. You never know when that possibility won’t be available again.

Don’t Take Human Interaction For Granted 

Creating friendships and bonds with people is important, and to some, they may not have realized how important until now. Friends are a vital part of communication and having someone to talk to when you are stressed. With social distancing being needed for a good part of the year, it has isolated many people from human interaction.

Changed Many People’s Mindsets 

If you are someone who lost their job or had to take some time off during the 2020 pandemic, it may have given you time to dive into a lost interest you have. Sometimes we can drift from our visions of ourselves due to the need for a more stable income or that dream just wasn’t available at the time. This time out of your busy life may have just given you the opportunity to shift your mindset to something else.

Empathy Can Go A Long Way 

There has been so much to be shown through 2020. Many people’s lives have drastically changed and have been a hardship throughout this year. Losing jobs, getting sick, or having family members who are sick. Our words can be very powerful and should be thought about before they are spoken. Empathy towards others can really make a difference in someone’s day.

Please share your comments with us today!

Gary Brunson
gary@myclearfocus.com

Debra Rider
debra@myclearfocus.com

574.361.2674

Sustainable Growth & Profit Consultant, Coach, Mentor and Counselor/Therapist for Business Owners and Professionals.

Decision Leaders Are Chief Architects

If you are someone in charge of making major decisions, it can be a very stressful job to hold. You have to present your ideas and decisions to people and hope they agree. It is not always easy to get multiple people to all think alike and agree on one main purpose.

That is where you have to be creative; you have to be the architect of the decision. If you are a leader of an organization, be proactive in order to help everyone agree. Present things in a way that everyone is involved.

What Does That Mean?

A lot of times the presentation of an idea is all it takes to make it a home run. If you just boringly present an idea without enthusiasm and a great presentation, people are going to argue or disagree with their different ideas. Everyone wants to have their way with things.

When you are presenting an idea, be an architect, and design it to be just right. Make it an offer that they can’t deny. Creativity and presentation is the main goal of being a decision leader.

Lay It All Out

When you are presenting a decision, you should make sure that the point is well presented. Making sure that everyone is understanding it fully. Let the details be clear and the plans very well explained.

Have a detailed list and record of all the decisions that were made, and why they were made. This will help everyone to fully understand exactly what all went into the overall decision. You are the decision leader and presenting it in the right way is very important.

Do Your Best

Architects design things, when you architect a decision, you are designing it. All in all, the presentation of a decision that you have made, has to be eye-catching. When you can show all the ins and outs of how you came to your decision, you are more likely to get more people on board with you.

We would love to hear your comments on this article or any of our latest articles.

Gary Brunson
gary@myclearfocus.com

Debra Rider
debra@myclearfocus.com

574.361.2674

Sustainable Growth & Profit Consultant, Coach, Mentor and Counselor/Therapist for Business Owners and Professionals.