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You started a small Business, a dream come true! Despite struggles, challenges and setbacks you realise that you are now running a successful enterprise. With growth came staffing, a team, who are guided by your vision, and values.  Congratulations!

And by now you have realized that running a Business requires more than just a great idea, it requires leadership, your leadership and often management skills, particularly if you are a small Business operator. 

And this is where leadership and management come into play.   

Most small Business need Leaders and Managers and it's likely you are wearing many hats, including as owner, Proprietor, and more! This is where the distinction between leadership and management can arise. Not everyone is both, but there are ways to create a productive and positive workplace, developing a healthy culture that will deliver excellent results for everyone. 

In essence, management and leadership complement each other, but they have different functions: Both are important. 

• Leaders encourage and inspire employees to achieve the goals of a business. 

• Managers manage employees and activities to achieve these goals. 

The key to success in small Business, applying effective leadership and management is to understand there are different styles and skills needed to achieve the best outcomes, for you, your Business and Team. It's recognising the qualities and practices of successful Leaders and Managers and how those strategies can be implemented.

Here are our 9 Strategies to get your best results  

1. Lead by example – Set the standard with your words, behaviour and actions and earn your employees respect. 

2. Positive Workplace culture - create a positive culture based on transparency, honesty and fairness.   

3. Share your Vision – clearly articulate, sell to get buy in 

4. Communicate clearly – actively listen, pay attention to the speaker, use simple language, avoid jargon. 

5. Emotional intelligence skills – knowing and understanding the dynamics of your own and others' emotions is vital to build stronger and meaningful connections   

6. Continuous improvement – support learning and development of self, others and Business. Be curious, ask questions, seek answers, encourage and foster innovation. 

7. Delegation & Empowerment – let go to unleash the full potential of your staff. Recognise talent and reward with opportunity.

8. Navigating change – embrace, look for opportunities, be open-minded to new ideas and ways 

9. Know when to seek expert help - don't be afraid to seek professional guidance

What does it take and what makes an effective Leader, a good Manager.

Check our Blogs article; Profile of Effective Leaders and Managers - do you see yourself!