Be specific. Write down the goals in measurable terms of performance. Break major goals down into sub-goals, showing what you expect to achieve in the next two to three months, the next six months, the next year, and the next five years.
Beside each goal and sub-goal place a specific date showing when it is to be achieved. Plan the action you must take to attain the goals. While the effort required to reach each sub-goal should be great enough to challenge you, it should not be so great or unreasonable as to discourage you. Do not plan to reach too many goals all at one time. Establish priorities. Plan in advance how to measure results so you can know exactly how well you are doing. This is what is meant by 'measurable' goals.
Re-work your plan of action to allow for obstacles which may stand in your way. Try to foresee obstacles and plan ways to avert or minimize them. Here're other free books in the 'how to start a business' series that may interest you:. The grant will be used to to fund:. The major focus for funding is as follows: To fund a company that is certified by the Green Restaurant Association GRA to provide environmentally responsible digital services to restaurant enthusiasts and restaurant owners, supporting their efforts to function in a manner that meets the environmentally responsible standards set forth by the Green Restaurant Association.
The GRA has a two decade proven track record of helping restaurants positively change their environmental impact in a way that benefits the bottom line, employee morale, and public relations.
The GRA helps restaurants with the following suite of services:. The Green Restaurant Association is the industry expert in helping foodservice operations become more environmentally sustainable. Each restaurant client is assigned its own GRA consultant, who works closely with the restaurant to provide real and actionable solutions.
Whether your goal is to decrease costs, become zero waste, or simply make a few changes that customers will see, GRA consultants will provide detailed solutions to help you reach your goals. Certification has proven to be an important distinction to communicate the credible and real changes that any restaurant has accomplished.
The GRA verifies each step with invoices and other documentation to ensure that each restaurant has reached the minimum points for certification. This transparent and credible process provides the mark of integrity and objective demonstration of environmental sustainability. COMPANY NAME is a start-up Limited Liability company located in San Diego CA, providing an online search engine for the restaurant and hospitality industry allowing users to locate, review, provide comments and search for employment while simultaneously providing restaurant and hospitality owners the ability to respond to comments, digitally receive, file and archive documents, and interface with QuickBooks accounting software, eliminating the need for paper processing thus allowing the industry to meet the highest level of environmental responsibility.
As an innovator in creating systems and processes that alleviate the impact of traditional business systems on the environment, COMPANY NAME understands and respects the environment and will continue to implement processes utilizing current and future technology within the hospitality industry to achieve its goal of providing green platforms. These skills can be used in many different aspects and for different reasons. They can be used for work or or play.
Read this article to learn more about becoming a leader. When attending meetings, act like you're stupid and don't know anything. You are not actually stupid, of course, but adopting this mindset makes you more likely to accept input from other people who may actually know more than you do. Arrogance has been the downfall of many business leaders, after all. Good leaders must focus on what is to come.
You have to know what's next and how to prepare for it. Of course, you cannot always know what will happen, but it is important to hone this skill over time. Always know where you'd like to be in the future and work towards that. Say thank you to your employees. Many studies have been done on the power of a thanks given from a manager to his or her employees.
It increases productivity, often by a lot. Just a little graciousness really can help extend your power as a leader, so be active about it. Continue to learn new leadership techniques and innovative methods for conducting business. Continuing your education will give you a better understanding of how your younger employees think. A new perspective will help you improve your leadership style while also giving you the tools to be competitive in an ever-changing market. Leaders aren't afraid to ask questions.
If they don't know something, they ask. Follow their example and don't try to pretend that you know everything. It will reflect badly on you when the truth comes out.
Gather all the relevant information so that can you make an accurate decision. Choose an appropriate form of communication for the subject matter. Simple confirmation of instructions or other daily communication can be done through email and text messages. If the subject matter is sensitive or of high importance, it is important to schedule a meeting to discuss the subject face to face. Your team is going to judge you by your actions. The people you choose to give important tasks and those you decide to promote will all factor into their impression of your leadership abilities.
Opting to show favoritism instead of finding praise for all employees based on individual accomplishments can be detrimental. Do not push people on your team too hard since this can result in doing the opposite of what you are trying to accomplish. Instead of giving them motivation to do more work, it may make them feel demoralized.
In turn, they will lose a lot of respect for you. Make sure that you show genuine appreciation to your employees. A pitch deck is a very useful tool that will allow you to present this information neatly and clearly.
But what's the proper way of creating a pitch deck? What to add and what to leave out? We've gathered our all-time top 10 pitch decks presentations for this purpose, available in Slidebean in editable format:.
Why did it make our top 10 pitch decks? We are firm believers that a company profile template is most effective in presentation format. A presentation format will make it easier for you to add or remove information. You will now be able to quickly tailor your message to whoever is receiving it. This investor deck template is ideal for initial VC's and Angel Investors.
If they ask to see your pitch deck, this is what you want to send. The outline of the investor deck mainly focuses on your startup's growth metrics and traction. Well worth a read if you are looking to take control of your future and career path. The Start-Up of You by Reid Hoffman with help from Ben Panocha explains why you need to manage your own career as if you were managing a start-up business. Taking advice from start-ups, and the entrepreneurs who run them is key to accelerating your career in today's ever-changing and overly-competitive world.
Hoffman is a famous Silicon Valley billionaire who co-founded LinkedIn. His current net worth is nearly three billion dollars, and he has started and grown numerous successful businesses. Hoffman got his start as the COO of Paypal in For example, Hoffman was one of the first investors in Facebook when the company was going through its first rounds of financing.
Beyond those legendary decisions, Hoffman has invested in Airbnb, Coupons. The book is focused on the importance of networking and how important accessible contacts are. You Were Born an Entrepreneur. This is the book's stated mantra and working hypothesis.
But, the book seeks to fulfill a higher mission more on that later. I think I've been relatively savvy in managing my professional career.
But, the book identified multple gaps in my approach I must address NOW.
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