This Week in Business Strategies

Nov. 18, 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, including a look at how leaders can make time for their team. 

Nov. 18, 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, including a look at how leaders can make time for their team. 

7 Ways the Best Leaders Make Time for Their Team – Inc

The most powerful way leaders can set themselves apart is something that literally anyone can do. Give their time when their people need it most.

How Leaders Can Deal With Getting Overwhelmed – Entrepreneur

It should be empowering to learn that we can deal with the being overwhelmed. Take a breath. Here are four steps you can take to get back on track.  

Why "Connector" Managers Build Better Talent – Harvard Business Review 

The surprising result is that the “always on” manager is less effective at developing employees, even though many companies encourage supervisors to give constant feedback.

How to Use Collaborative Humor in the Workplace – Forbes

Can you imagine a world where you could always hear someone laughing at work? Humor is great for our brains. Fellow humor researchers Ori Amir and Irving Biederman led a study that demonstrated how humor leads to tons of brain activity in the neocortex — the part of the brain associated with learning — more so than almost all other social activities. 

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