This Week in Business Strategies

June 17, 2019
In this week's business-building article, dive into how to stop goal setting and still succeed, how to form a disciplined mindset and why every business should have a chief experience officer.

June 17, 2019—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.

Leadership Techniques That Build Unstoppable Teams – Entrepreneur

If you’re truly in it to win it then you need an unstoppable mindset for you and your teammates. These fundamentals apply regardless of your industry, business structure or startup focus. 

You Should Be Setting Fewer Goalsand Doing This Instead – Fast Company

Goal setting is traditionally considered the first step to achieving your dreams. But there’s actually another (possibly more effective) method.

A Disciplined Mindset Today Will Predict Your Future Success – Inc

The founder of Baby Einstein unveils the one tool she used to move through the most terrifying time of her life—battling stage-four cancer.

Frequently Asked Business Questions: When Should I Hire People – Forbes

Finding the right people for the right task is a challenge that any company can face, and that difficulty can be particularly acute if you’re a startup. There’s not only the question of how to find the right people, but how to get those people to choose you and your company over any other prospective offers they might have. 

Why Every Company Needs a Chief Experience Officer – Harvard Business Review

Customer experience and employee experience are now two of the driving forces of business. Independently, each function leads to valuable relationships—with customers and employees—but when CX and EX are managed together, they create a unique, sustainable competitive advantage.

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