How to Sink Your Ship
How to Sink Your Ship
Patricia Dahlstrom
What are you doing that may be causing your business to fail? You aren't alone, many businesses do some of the same things that little by little will cause the ship to sink. Stop bailing your ship and listen to this is light-hearted food for thought to managers, supervisors, business owners, or maybe even some of those employees that just want some validation.
Imbalanced Attitudes (towards Customers)
We all need them, we hopefully have them, and we generally don't want to lose them, but could we putting the customer service too far ahead of everything else OR could we be fully neglecting the customers to sink our ship and lose our business?
Feb 1, 2021
11 min
Let Go Of The Ego
How is it possible that we can get in our own way of success?  Is it possible that the very self-reliance and can-do attitude that got you this far in success, could in the end actually sink your ship?  Addressing these could-be bad business habits this week.
Jan 19, 2021
13 min
Ruining the Holidays
Let's tank that ship to the bottom of the ocean, it's the perfect time of year to do so!  Nothing will tank your business like the morale that you can drown during the holidays.  Do you think that is something you could or would never do?  Maybe you should think again and see if you are ruining the holidays (and tanking the morale of your business).
Dec 15, 2020
12 min
How to Sink Your Ship - Ill-equipped employees
Sinking your ship and running your business into the ground has never been faster with ill-equipped employees!  Let's have a quick chat about what you may be missing when it comes to setting your employees up to actually do their job.  OR, if you are an ill-equipped employee seeking validation, look no further!  We welcome you too!
Dec 2, 2020
17 min
How to Sink Your Ship: Keep on Circumventing Conflict (YES, You)
How can avoiding conflict possibly cause more conflict?  How can it tip the stern of your business into the ocean and help you sink?  This episode is talking about 6 ways you may or may not instinctively avoid conflict, even if you aren't aware of it.  Bet you do one of them!
Nov 20, 2020
27 min
How to Sink Your Ship: Disconnected Decision Making
Why are the decisions you make completely ineffective and sinking your ship?  Every effort you make to save your ship ends up sinking it instead and I will tell you why!
Nov 20, 2020
13 min
Episode 4 : Stupid Money
Whether you are trying to sink your ship (business) or hopefully trying to save/grow it, you are probably spending STUPID money.  It's a huge problem that we are going to speak to the how, what and whys on this episode of How to Sink Your Ship.  All those things you are doing wrong and so is so many companies that I work with.  
Nov 12, 2020
34 min
How to Sink Your Ship: Missing (Employee) Morale
How could I surpass one of the most effective and often utilized methods of sinking a ship?  This week we are discussing employee morale, how, and why it is the key to more money. Also, a quick 5-minute fix for employee morale. You cannot afford to miss this week's episode of How to Sink Your Ship.
Oct 26, 2020
32 min
E2 How to Sink Your Ship: Revving up the Rumor Mill
Episode 2: let's talk about sinking your ship with the detrimental effects of letting the rumor mill run rampant or stopping it in its track, you decide.
Oct 19, 2020
16 min
E1 How to Sink Your Ship: Rewarding the Wrong Employees
Whoops!  Rewarded the wrong employees and it is starting to show!  Join in for a quick thought for your business to help keep your ship afloat!
Jun 30, 2020
9 min
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