Employees: Know Your Value + Grow Your Career

By // Let's Talk Business, Productivity // 3 min read

Most of my articles, as you’ve probably noticed, are geared toward business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs. But if you’re an employee at a company who wants to know how you can grow professionally, advance in your career, and boost earning potential, this one’s for you.

(And if you’re a manager who wants to understand how to help your employees grow, this one’s also for you.)

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Don’t start fresh in 2019

By // Let's Talk Business, Productivity // 3 min read

It’s 6:15. Your alarm clock goes off. But you have zero desire to hit snooze.

You are ready to tackle the day. Energized to unlock its opportunity and potential. When you sit down at your desk, you feel confident and hopeful. Unstoppable.

There’s a name for this experience. It’s called Momentum. Like rolling a boulder down a hill, beginnings are tough and slow, but once you start going down that slope, you can go faster and faster, progress becomes easier and easier, and it’s nearly impossible to stop.

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Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

By // Leadership, Let's Talk Business // 5 min read

Have you ever been on the verge of giving up? Have you ever hit a wall, looked in the mirror and thought, “I just can’t do this”? Have you ever experienced the pain of self-doubt, of believing with every fiber of your being that you simply don’t have what it takes to succeed?

It is a dark place to be. There is no doubt about that. And it’s in these moments where we can be our own worst enemy—where we can lose the will to keep going. And that would be a big mistake.

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The Art of Saying No

By // Leadership, Let's Talk Business // 5 min read

A friend of mine, the owner of a small business, recently told me that an opportunity came his way that he was very excited about. The only problem? He had a feeling that the potential client thought that his company was larger than it actually was. Should he accept the offer anyway? Should he explain that he’s actually a small company, and possibly risk them backing out?

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[Press Release:] Ptex Group named as a 2018 “100 Best Place to Work in NYC” by Crain’s New York Business

By // Awards, Company Culture, Let's Talk Business // 3 min read

 

BROOKLYN, NY—Ptex Group is proud to announce that we’ve been named as one of the “100 Best Places to Work in New York City” by Crain’s New York Business. The annual list recognizes companies with the highest levels of employee satisfaction and engagement based on an employee survey and feedback on the company’s culture, benefits, philosophy, and workplace environment.

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Why Isn’t My Salesperson Closing Enough Sales?

By // Productivity // 5 min read

When is the last time you hired a salesperson that you think is absolutely perfect for the job, only to find out they can’t close a sale if their life depended on it?

If this has happened to you, you’re in good company.

For a long time, I wondered why this is such a common scenario—why is it that someone can seem like a great salesman, but when it comes down to it, they have a hard time gaining the full trust of clients?

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