Archive of Gina Blitstein

Archive of Gina Blitstein


  • 3 Out-of-the-Box Qualities to Look for When Seeking Outstanding Employees
    Discover three essential qualities-exceptional curiosity, empathetic nature, and a sense of ownership-that can help you identify outstanding employees who go beyond traditional skills to drive business success.... more
  • Advantages of Leading Your Business with a Values-First Strategy
    Discover the benefits of a values-first strategy in business. Learn how aligning with your core values boosts employee engagement, customer loyalty, and profits.... more
  • Defining Your Own Authentic Success as a Woman in Business
    Redefine success on your terms as a woman in business. Learn how to evaluate your professional achievements based on personal values, goals, and authentic impact.... more
  • An End-of-Year Business Assessment Provides Clarity, Perspective & an Action Plan
    By reflecting on the past year’s wins and challenges, dreaming big, and creating a realistic action plan, you can confidently steer your business toward growth, success, and lasting impact in the year ahead.... more
  • Using Project Management Internally to Boost Efficiency
    Apply project management internally to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and foster accountability, creating a smoother and more productive workflow.... more
  • Helping Customers Feel Good About Choosing Your Business Over the ’Big...
    Learn how small businesses can highlight unique advantages over big corporations. Discover ways to show customers the value of local, personalized service, fair pricing, and a genuine investment in their needs.... more
  • The One-Way Interview: Can This New Trend Benefit Your Hiring Process?
    Discover the pros and cons of asynchronous interviews in the hiring process. Learn how this video screening format can streamline hiring while considering its impact on candidate experience.... more
  • Automations: the Keys to Greater Workplace Efficiency
    Maximize productivity by automating redundant tasks in your workday. Discover how automations, from macros to workflow platforms and templates, can help streamline routine processes and free up time for more valuable projects.... more
  • In Your Business, it’s AI FTW
    Discover how artificial intelligence (AI) can transform your business by enhancing productivity, customer relations, and operational efficiency with data analysis, automation, and personalized solutions.... more
  • Combatting Imposter Syndrome While Managing Your Team
    Learn how to combat imposter syndrome while leading your team. Discover strategies to overcome self-doubt, boost confidence, and maintain leadership effectiveness.... more
  • Why Your Business Should Embrace Sustainability
    Discover how going green can benefit your business. Learn about cost savings, tax incentives, and how sustainability enhances employee well-being, community impact, and future-proofing.... more
  • Gracefully Explaining and Implementing Service Fees to Customers
    Explore the impact of mandatory service fees in restaurants and discover how transparency, communication, and customer adaptation can help businesses implement changes smoothly.... more
  • Politics and Your Business: Surviving an Oppositional Climate
    Navigate the politically charged climate with your business values intact. Learn strategies for balancing core values, making informed decisions, and choosing your battles wisely to survive and thrive.... more
  • Critical Thinking: A Roadmap for Arriving at Sounder Professional Decisions
    Use critical thinking to make sound business decisions by analyzing unbiased, comprehensive information, questioning assumptions, and considering different viewpoints for well-informed, prudent choices.... more
  • Exploring the Perception of Professional Ambition
    Explore how redefining professional ambition to include flexibility and work-life balance supports today’s diverse workforce, moving beyond the traditional male-centric model.... more
  • Product Packaging for Customer Appeal Incentivizes Sales at Little Cost to...
    Add value to sales by bundling products with extras like discounts, training, and samples. Offer intangible perks such as satisfaction guarantees and community access to boost customer appeal.... more
  • Building an Effective Automated Customer Journey
    Design a curated customer journey from pre-sale to post-sale to ensure value, seamless service, and lasting impressions. Use automation to enhance efficiency and personalize interactions for better retention.... more
  • Delegating Tasks in the Workplace - What, When, To Whom and...
    Delegate tasks effectively: Choose wisely, delegate timely, communicate clearly, trust, and provide feedback for optimal results.... more
  • Evaluating Business Technology for Greater Impact with Less Overwhelm
    Streamline technology selection with Gina Blitstein’s guide. From needs assessment to deployment, make informed decisions.... more
  • Up and Coming Business Trends That are Here to Stay
    Embrace evolving business trends: AI integration, innovative employee benefits, skill-based hiring, and flexible career paths. Adapt for a productive workforce.... more
  • Sales as Service: An Effective Marketing Perspective
    View sales as service: identify needs, offer solutions, build trust. Foster long-term relationships for business success.... more
  • Bundling for Convenience, Service and Profit
    Bundles offer convenience, streamline sales, and introduce new offerings effectively. They also help clear slow-moving inventory and ease service delivery, benefiting both customers and businesses.... more
  • Proactive Time Management for Busy Entrepreneurs
    Efficient time management is crucial for entrepreneurs to avoid burnout and maximize productivity. Align tasks with business goals, break down complex projects, organize resources, and maintain a proactive stance to lead effectively and achieve more in less time.... more
  • Internal or External Hire? Where to Look for Your New Employee
    Internal hiring offers familiarity, cost savings, and career development but may lead to competition. External hiring brings diverse talent but involves higher costs and longer settling-in periods. Choosing depends on company needs and balance of existing and new talent.... more
  • Moving On Up: Choosing & Setting Up a New Office Space
    A Guide to Choosing the Right Location, Size, and Configuration. Explore key factors such as location, space size, configuration, furnishings, and decor to create a productive, efficient, and professional workspace that leaves a lasting impression on employees and clients.... more
  • Can Experience and Education be Equated When Hiring Employees?
    Balancing education and experience in hiring is complex. Education shows technical skills; experience reflects practical ones. The right mix depends on the job, candidate, and organizational needs.... more
  • Teambuilding for Fun and Profit (and a Better-Performing Work Environment)
    Build a stronger, more efficient team! Explore the benefits of team building in fostering communication, trust, problem-solving, and decision-making. Tailor activities to your team’s needs, ensuring engagement and continual improvement for a more productive workplace.... more
  • Modern Networking - a Whole New World of Opportunities to Connect
    Revamp networking: polish your pitch, leverage contacts, target specifics, be authentic, serve others, make it a habit, cast a wide net, experiment, and collect contacts for follow-up. Success awaits.... more
  • Identifying, Attracting and Retaining Your Ideal Customers
    Discover, attract, and keep ideal customers for business success. Define target demographics, offer tailored solutions, and anticipate future needs for lasting loyalty. Ideal customers are the key to satisfaction and business growth.... more
  • Say NO! to Inefficient, Ineffective Derailed Meetings
    Maximize Meeting Efficiency: Transform Meetings into Productive Sessions with a Well-Planned Agenda. Learn How to Keep Your Meetings on Track and Effective.... more
  • The Importance of Thorough Job Documentation to Ensure Uninterrupted Business Functioning
    Article highlights the crucial role of comprehensive job documentation in maintaining business continuity during employee absences.... more
  • What’s Your Story? The Importance of Your Business’ Story to Your...
    Unlock the potential of your business story in marketing. It fosters familiarity, trust, likability, relatability, and recognizability. Discover, tell, and live your unique narrative for lasting impact.... more
  • Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Taking Some Sting Out...
    Layoffs are an awful reality in business. Be prepared, upfront and open about the situation. Here are ways to mitigate the pain and help ease an uncomfortable and emotional experience.... more
  • Embracing the Power of Our Defects is Key to Excelling in...
    How can our deficits improve our performance when used along with our more positive qualities in business? This article will provide some insight.... more
  • New Values, New Attitudes in the Evolving Modern Workplace
    The value and attitudes of workers have changed. Learn why business owners are offering environments, culture and opportunities today’s employees are looking for.... more
  • Not Ready to Retire? Convert Your Professional Experience into a Consultancy
    If you feel that your career has not yet run its course, consulting is a smart way to keep yourself vital and useful while providing the benefit of your seasoned wisdom to up and coming businesses.... more
  • How Creatives Can Build Successful Businesses
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  • Could a 4-day Workweek Work for Your Business?
    Learn what the pros and cons are to a 4 - day work week and determine if it is right for your business.... more
  • Devise (or Hone) a Sharp Competitive Edge
    How do you keep competitive? Here are some tips for honing a sharp competitive edge... more
  • Head? Gut? Heart? What’s the Best Source of Intel for Business...
    Your head, gut and heart are all valuable sources of intel for business decision-making - but none of them alone tell the whole picture. Here are some ideas for using all of them.... more
  • Should ChatGTP Take Over the Writing Duties in Your Business?
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in the news and being debated in the halls of congress. Hereis one writer’s thoughts on the value of AI... more
  • Remote Work: A Temporary Pandemic Solution - or the New Norm?
    Post pandemic workforce favors some level of hybrid work by combining onsite and remote work.... more
  • Choosing a Project/Workforce Management System to Improve Collaboration
    Could your business’ productivity benefit from a well-considered collaboration solution? Here are some tips for choosing the one right for your business.... more
  • Avoiding Entrepreneurial Mindset Traps
    Keeping an agile mindset in business can make you aware of traps that could keep your business from being all that it can be.... more
  • Set Healthy Boundaries to Avoid Having Your Professional Brain Picked Clean
    Fostering and nurturing business relationships by providing some free advice in your professional realm may lead to acquiring clients. You need to know the limit of being helpful but not taken advantage of.... more
  • Is Allowing Pets in the Workplace Right for Your Business?
    Having your employees’ pets in your workplace can be a perk for all. Here are some ideas to help you determine if pets in your workplace is right for you and your employees.... more
  • Single Tasking Your Way to Greater Productivity
    There is a breakthrough for productivity that utilizes what science has discovered about the human mind to help accomplish greater efficiency and effectiveness. Learn to single task!... more
  • Strong Company Branding Helps You Keep - and Gain - Ideal...
    Take full advantage of the power of branding to attract your ideal customers. Here are some ideas.... more
  • Hiring a Virtual Assistant Can Free An Owner to Grow Their...
    Hiring a virtual assistant can be a prudent, more affordable way to fill a company’s need for executive support to facilitate growth than a full-time assistant.... more
  • Leading from Behind Could Propel Your Business Forward
    Traditional leadership in business tends to be structured from the top down. But could a progressive leadership style benefit your business? Although not right for every business, elements of it may help you.... more
  • "Cruelty-Free Capitalism": Changing the Face of Work as It’s Been for...
    Work has changed since the era directly following WW2. Workers are ready to experience more self-expression and combining work with life and life with work values.... more