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Would you like have any of these benefits? Employee => trust/loyalty/extreme- outstanding performance/ maximum effort/better customer relations Growth => No hassle/expansion/ new products/locations Family => more time/better vacations/ gone for a week, a month/not just relocation your office Problems => easier to solve, less or no firefighting Progress => working more making less progress we can change this! Customer Service => significantly improve it. Focus on the right customers Free Holistic business Assessment=> WHAT your Business is: Doing very well/what needs some tweaking/what needs upgrading/what might be needed to add/ all prioritized!   She did and more! Michele L. Battle - Battle Law 3-8-2024 Stephen. I want to thank you for all that you did to help me identify the problems at Battle Law that were stunting our growth. I will be eternally grateful. You provide us with valuable tools that I still remember and rely on to this day. So, thank you, thank you, thank you for your insight, guidance and dedication. He did also!  Larry Weissman, President, Stephen responds to business challenges in an unemotional and refreshing manner. His ethics, integrity and morals are beyond reproach. He would be an asset to any team. 

It is not always money and power that gives you a #purpose. When I opted to get off the comforts of an assured corporate life, it was to touch more lives, not just employees of your organisation. And the last 5 years, that is what has given me all the joy and fulfilment. That what you do makes a difference to someone. One is helping many companies and individuals get better, each day, every year. This is living your purpose at its best. #PrabirInsights PRABIR JHA PEOPLE ADVISORY

Would you like have any of these benefits? Employee => trust/loyalty/extreme- outstanding performance/ maximum effort/better customer relations Growth => No hassle/expansion/ new products/locations Family => more time/better vacations/ gone for a week, a month/not just relocation your office Problems => easier to solve, less or no firefighting Progress => working more making less progress we can change this! Customer Service => significantly improve it. Focus on the right customers Free Holistic business Assessment=> WHAT your Business is: Doing very well/what needs some tweaking/what needs upgrading/what might be needed to add/ all prioritized!   She did and more! Michele L. Battle - Battle Law 3-8-2024 Stephen. I want to thank you for all that you did to help me identify the problems at Battle Law that were stunting our growth. I will be eternally grateful. You provide us with valuable tools that I still remember and rely on to this day. So, thank you, thank you, thank you for your insight, guidance and dedication. He did also!  Larry Weissman, President, Stephen responds to business challenges in an unemotional and refreshing manner. His ethics, integrity and morals are beyond reproach. He would be an asset to any team. 

The reason you invest in team building is so the team is there *before* you need them. At some point, you are going to have to ask people to do something extraordinary- work late, give up something else they value, sacrifice a boundary temporarily in the name of the greater good. If you haven't spent time cultivating your team, it's going to be a lot harder to make that ask. Intentionally building community, connection, and trust is like buying a people insurance policy for your company. You want folks to be there when you need them. #HireBetter

Would you like have any of these benefits? Employee => trust/loyalty/extreme- outstanding performance/ maximum effort/better customer relations Growth => No hassle/expansion/ new products/locations Family => more time/better vacations/ gone for a week, a month/not just relocation your office Problems => easier to solve, less or no firefighting Progress => working more making less progress we can change this! Customer Service => significantly improve it. Focus on the right customers Free Holistic business Assessment=> WHAT your Business is: Doing very well/what needs some tweaking/what needs upgrading/what might be needed to add/ all prioritized!   She did and more! Michele L. Battle  - Battle Law 3-8-2024 Stephen. I want to thank you for all that you did to help me identify the problems at Battle Law that were stunting our growth. I will be eternally grateful. You provide us with valuable tools that I still remember and rely on to this day. So, thank you, thank you, thank you for your insight, guidance and dedication. He did also!  Larry Weissman, President, Stephen responds to business challenges in an unemotional and refreshing manner. His ethics, integrity and morals are beyond reproach. He would be an asset to any team. 

Why do we get thank yous wrong? Because we are moving too fast. Believe me, I'm guilty of it sometimes too. ❌ "Thanks. I appreciate it." ❌ "Thank you for everything." ❌ "That was great. Loved it." We stop short. The intention is good. It's right there! But we fail to bring it all the way home. So, if we truly want to communicate their value and provide fuel... 1️⃣ State what you are grateful for specifically. 2️⃣ Connect your thank you to their limbic brain. Our limbic brains do not understand language, and yet they are responsible for driving behavior. What does the limbic brain react to? Feelings. So, not only do we need to express with clarity what we liked, but we need to... s l o w d o w n... to express real appreciation by adding the WHY. So here's the formula. Thank you for x, y, z... (then highlight one or more below): ➕ Why do you appreciate it? ➕ Why is it good for business? ➕ Why is it good for the team? ➕ Why is it good for their personal brand? If you want people to feel your thank you and continue to do good things more often, slow down for clarity and connect them with the why. PS - I'm Joy and I teach motivational methodologies to managers and executives. DM me for information on my free workshop at the end of this month!

Empowering your team is crucial. 1. It says ‘I believe in you’ 2. It says ‘I can trust you’ 3. It motivates them because they know ‘they can do it’- whatever the doing is within the scope of responsibility 4. It allows them to give themselves grace knowing you are there to support them in their process and it’s a learning curve for both of you as well as the team. This part is crucial because here is where your teammate needs to be reassured they have the permission to fail. I wouldn’t call it permission to fail but rather ‘the ability to create a learning experience’ in the event things do not unfold as we hoped. As long as they are reflective and use the experience to create an opportunity to learn and be better, then it’s an opportunity for improvement. Last night I saw the young QB Purdy and all I saw on him and heard from him was defeat, confusion, and utter disappointment. Yes, it’s normal in a loss to be disappointed but that young man seemed to lack empowerment. The aura is different, the recovery time from a loss is different, the mentality and stability is different when you see a teammate who is empowered. You might be pleasantly surprised when you see what empowering your team can do for you.

The key to success is to trust the process, even when it doesn't make sense.

Bloom where you are planted. June marked 9 years and 8months since I joined an amazing company as a young career woman with great ambition, grit, determination but limited experience. Over the years Nile Breweries Ltd. presented me with multiple opportunities to learn, unlearn, relearn, fail and succeed. The lessons that shaped my career and stood out for me in my journey are vast but I will stick to the rule of 3 and share just a few. 1. “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” There will be alot of distractions in the workplace, variety of tasks and expectations. It is important to direct your energy where it counts. Learning to prioritize is equally as important as learning to deprioritize. 2. “Discipline and hardwork make up for what we lack in talent.” You see success doesn’t care much about talent, it only cares about results. It cares about grit, persistence, consistency, resilience. Start where you are, do it scared, put in the work and success will be yours. 3. “Man sharpens man.” There will always be someone who has gone where you intend to go, someone who has experienced what you are experiencing - harness the power of mentorship and collaboration. You will be discussed in rooms and at tables where you do not sit, advocacy is your invisible power. I learnt the skill of “working well with others”, my colleagues, leaders, teams that I led directly and indirectly all contributed a great deal to the person I have become. Speaking of people, thank you Adu Rando, David Daniel Valencia Ospina, Patricia Kadama, Exec. MBA, MCIPD, Mary Sarah N., wadada davidson, Magabe Maasa, Thomas Kamphuis, Eunice Muheirwe, James Kavuma, James Bowmaker, Greg Metcalf, MBA for taking chances on me. Adios NBL, on to the next challenge.

Will you be successful if you just work hard and prepare enough? I’m not surprised if you think so. It’s what we’re told all the time; it’s what TV tells us, it’s what our parents tell us, it’s what our bosses tell us. But if you’ve fallen into the Imposter trap, I am willing to bet that you’ve been putting in a LOT of hard work, doing good work, but are not getting any recognition and keep getting overlooked for promotions. You may not even be considering a promotion because you don't think you're good enough yet. If just working hard guaranteed success, then everyone who worked hard would be successful... and we know that's not the case. So what DO successful people do? Successful people are able to take a step back and see the big picture, and put in the hard work where it matters, not putting in 100% or 150% into everything (and potentially burning out). Successful people also recognise that it sometimes takes more than just hard work to get where you want to. They also have the skills and confidence that they would be able to handle their emotions, get the support they need and bounce back when things don’t go their way. If this sounds like you, and you think you've fallen into the imposter trap, don’t worry. I have created a programme that has specially been designed for professionals like yourself who face this problem. Connect with me and drop me a DM to see if you are someone I can help too!