June 11, 2018: This Week's Best Business-Building Articles

June 11, 2018

This week, Ratchet+Wrench highlights how to form successful habits, tips for putting together a dynamite leadership team, and the 10 best leadership books of 2018 so far.

June 11, 2018—To better assist shop owners with their production management, marketing tactics and leadership styles, Ratchet+Wrench has compiled a short list of essential business-building material from some of its favorite sources.

To Form Successful Habits, Know What Motivates You — Harvard Business Review

How do you respond to an expectation? You likely fit into one of four groups—here are each of them broken down.

How to Build a Better Leadership Team — Business.com

As a business owner or executive, it’s far better to screen job applicants for these five leadership traits than to hire and then fire managers who prove to be incompetent at leading others.

Customer Experience is the Opportunity to Grow Influence — Marketing Week

The business world’s preoccupation with customer experience has led to billions being invested in digital transformation. This means marketers can play a bigger role, says Omobono’s Jonathon Palmer, but to do so successfully requires clarity on where to best focus efforts.

The 10 Best Business and Leadership Books of 2018 So Far — Business Insider

We're now halfway through 2018, and these are the new business and leadership books published so far that Goodreads members love. From dissecting business scandals to guiding you through awkward office situations, the 10 books offer interesting, entertaining, and actionable insights about the worlds of business, tech, and leadership.

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