035- Is Critical Thinking Dead

Good management is the key to running a successful business. So, what if your manager is underperforming? How do you turn him/her around? What do you look for as a sign that things aren't going well?

In today's episode of The Business Wingmen Show, your hosts, Steve and Travis Smith weigh in on the value of managers who perform their duties well and what to do if your manager is underperforming.

If you believe in helping others, what intention is behind it? On this episode of the Business Wingmen, your hosts Steve Smith & Travis Smith discuss the concepts from the book, The Go-Givers and the law of reciprocity. Both have extreme value in business if your intentions are right.

The most difficult challenge standing between you and the success you want is your willingness to change. Many people resist, avoid or run from the change that will accelerate their improvement in their chosen field or occupation. If this is you, listen in!

In today's episode of the Business Wingmen, hosts Steve Smith & Travis Smith debate and share insights about what change means and how to overcome the fear of it.

How much is a college education to your future career? Areas of study don't always transition into promising careers. College debt can be difficult to eliminate. What's the best approach for you to get the education you need that leads to the career you want?

In today's episode of the Business Wingmen, your hosts Steve Smith & Travis Smith dissect the ways people determine how to invest in their career futures. Join them and get some great insights about the best way to emerge without going bankrupt.

New customer acquisition is costly compared to what it takes to keep the customers you already have. Keeping customers is not easy unless you have a strategy for continuing to WOW them, way beyond their last transaction with your company.

In today's episode of the Business Wingmen, your hosts, Steve Smith & Travis Smith talk about some simple concepts for meeting your customers expectations and creating loyal relationships. Listen in, you'll thank us later!

In this episode, your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve Smith and Travis Smith talk about who's responsibility it is to provide you with professional development. The answer is you! Whether your company has specific development services or they support training on an as needed basis, someone has to start the ball rolling.

Learn why your best opportunity to become the professional you want to be starts with bringing your development needs forward.

If you suffer from attention problems or loss of focus during important tasks, there's a solution for this. Distractions and interruptions are a constant hurdle for most professionals. Fortunately, there are things you can do to reduce or eliminate them so you can accomplish more in less time.

Join your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve Smith & Travis Smith and put an end to being taken off track when you least expect it.

Ever feel paralyzed about having to make a decision? If you have the authority and responsibility to act but avoid making important decision, listen to this episode. In today's Business Wingmen Show, Steve Smith and Travis Smith reveal the problems many business professionals struggle with when having to make decisions. There is, however, a way to fix this. Listen in. You'll thank us later!

For many people, the idea of failing is a show stopper! No one wants to fail and deal with the aftermath.... it's simply too painful. But, if you are in business or looking to advance your career at a faster rate than your contemporaries, failure is the possible outcome of taking risks. And, risk is what fuels growth, your growth!

Today's Business Wingmen Show episode deals with how best to look at failure. Join your co-hosts, Steve Smith and Travis Smith and learn some new ways to deal with failure on your way to success.

You have started a new job and ALREADY are finding out the story you were told during the hiring process about your new employer isn’t entirely accurate. You’re inundated with problems, problems which need to be solved, however the way you go about this being the new person in the company will determine your success, or failure, shortly thereafter. In today's episode of, ‘How to Solve Business Problems At Your New Job’, Business Wingmen co-host Travis Smith reveals his recommendations for navigating this situation in order to make the best decisions going forward.