{"id":24603,"date":"2021-07-25T17:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T14:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=24603"},"modified":"2021-07-25T17:43:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T14:43:30","slug":"10-mistakes-that-ruin-your-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/10-mistakes-that-ruin-your-project\/","title":{"rendered":"10 mistakes that will kill your project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/startupbiz.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bad-sales-quarter-1024x541-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C541&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sales mistakes that could be hurting your bottom line | StartupBiz Zimbabwe\" width=\"750\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In the business world, projects are like houses of cards. Building a solid structure takes a lot of time and a great deal of<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> patience, focus, and precision. But one wrong move\u2014or a stray breath of air\u2014can bring it all crashing<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0636 \u0645\u062c\u062f\u062f\u0627.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Projects are much the same. You may have built the business of your dreams, your customers are happy with what you offer, and your revenue is good,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> In short, everything is going well. Is it time to relax? No\u2014a single misstep could send you back to<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u0646\u0642\u0637\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062f\u0627\u064a\u0629.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In this article, we\u2019ll look at ten mistakes that could cause your business to crash:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Unprofessional conduct<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Treating your customers and employees like friends is a good way to undermine your business. Constantly cracking jokes in<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> business meetings, telling them about your personal life, what your wife made for lunch, how your son\u2019s poor grades are wearing you down,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> and how you can\u2019t decide what color curtains to choose will cost you some of the respect and authority you have as a business owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Your customers won\u2019t see you as a professional, and your employees will see you as someone they can easily manipulate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">No one is asking you to become a machine. A little fun at work now and then is fine, as long as you maintain a professional<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Be professional, but remember that some behaviors are inappropriate in a business relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CAJNBZNo5f\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/3-valuable-tips-that-lead-you-to-success\/\">3 Valuable Tips to Lead You to Success<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;3 \u0646\u0635\u0627\u0626\u062d \u062b\u0645\u064a\u0646\u0629 \u062a\u0642\u0648\u062f\u0643 \u0644\u0644\u0646\u062c\u0627\u062d&#8221; &#8212; \u0627\u0628\u062a\u062f\u064a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/3-valuable-tips-that-lead-you-to-success\/embed\/#?secret=CAJNBZNo5f\" data-secret=\"CAJNBZNo5f\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Treating customers like numbers<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Your customers are people with feelings and are highly sensitive. If you offend them with even half a word, they may find a thousand ways to<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> interpret it and question your professionalism. Each customer is unique and has specific needs, so it\u2019s very important to make them feel that you understand<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> what makes them unique and that you tailor your approach accordingly to retain them. The moment your customers become nothing more than numbered files in<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> your records, used to calculate your revenue, you put your business on a dangerous path that often leads to failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A serious mistake you could make is treating someone poorly because you think they\u2019ll be of no benefit to you, forgetting that your experience<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> With this customer, you\u2019ll influence others. A person who behaves rudely could bring potential customers your way,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> by telling them how graciously you responded to their bad behavior\u2014or, at the very least, if they didn\u2019t come away with a negative impression, telling their friends about<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> your company when they need a product you offer. So don\u2019t try to filter your customers by turning away the ones you don\u2019t need. Treating<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> everyone well is an important way to attract people you never planned to target.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">You can also cleverly turn customer provocations to your advantage. A few days ago, I noticed a sarcastic comment on the page of one of the leading<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> telecommunications companies in the Arab world. Someone was asking the company to send them on vacation to the Maldives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> With a touch of sarcasm, they simply replied with impressive finesse: \u201cWe\u2019ll forward your request to the relevant team for review.\u201d They lost nothing by responding this way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> The communications manager actually gained the audience\u2019s appreciation, and everyone was talking about them. That\u2019s how you can turn things around in your favor!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Of course, this only works if you have a communications manager who\u2019s tactful and clever enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Ignoring customer complaints<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">No matter how creative and practical your idea is, how well-funded your business is, or how competent your employees are, if your project can\u2019t attract customers, it\u2019s a<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> failure. That\u2019s why you need to listen to complaints and take them seriously. For example, if customers find your website design off-putting\u2026 no matter how much<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> you love it, change it\u2014it\u2019s there for them. Ask for their opinions so you can handle complaints diplomatically, rather than having them raise them<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> to your future customers! And be careful not to delete comments from people who criticize you or undervalue your work. When someone wants to<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> buy a product, they usually like to read other customers\u2019 testimonials. If they find that they are all positive,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> they will question your credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">When you take what your customers say seriously, you not only give them what they want, but also show them that you genuinely care and take<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> the time to make sure your business meets their needs. This will earn their respect, and you will usually gain<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> loyal customers who continue doing business with you in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0625\u0647\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u062a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Your time is your most valuable asset. In business, \u201ctime is money,\u201d and what you get is only as valuable as the time you invest in it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> If you want your project to fall apart, make poor decisions about your priorities. Spend too much time on things that don\u2019t matter, and don\u2019t use any<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> lists or other time-management tools. And if you do write a list, never look at it again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Lack of kindness and letting emotions dictate your actions<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">You love your project, and everyone understands that. You\u2019re not wrong to feel strongly about it, but letting those feelings<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> boil over and take control while you\u2019re working is unacceptable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t take things too personally. If you let yourself fall apart and respond emotionally to everything<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> When you encounter a problem, you show both your clients and employees that you\u2019re unstable and hard to rely on,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> and excessive emotional reactions can also cost you the chance to think rationally and find a solution. Anger and rational thinking rarely<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> go together. So if you find yourself in a situation that makes you lose your temper, step away for a while until you calm down, or you can leave work<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> for the rest of the day. Losing one workday is better than losing the entire project because of a moment of recklessness. Even if you<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> are certain you\u2019re right, say what you want politely and be considerate of others\u2019 feelings. Everyone sees you as a project manager, so<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u0643\u0634\u062e\u0635 \u0639\u0627\u062f\u064a.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">speaking of maintaining a courteous manner, I\u2019m reminded of what Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said in<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> In his lecture to Princeton University graduates, he chose to talk about a funny experience rather than computer science and technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> As a child, he was on a trip with his grandparents and was passionate about math. When he complained about his grandmother,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> who smoked all day, he began counting her cigarettes and calculating the danger posed by each puff, eventually coming to a final conclusion that he announced<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> to her: \u201cYou\u2019ve taken nine years off your life!\u201d His grandmother began to cry, so his grandfather stopped the car and said to him:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u201cJeff, one day you\u2019ll understand that being kind is harder than being smart.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"A4QYbQ5DdQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/how-do-you-get-your-first-customer\/\">How to Get Your First Customer<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;\u0643\u064a\u0641 \u062a\u062d\u0635\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0632\u0628\u0648\u0646\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0648\u0644\u061f&#8221; &#8212; \u0627\u0628\u062a\u062f\u064a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/how-do-you-get-your-first-customer\/embed\/#?secret=A4QYbQ5DdQ\" data-secret=\"A4QYbQ5DdQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Poor hiring decisions<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If your business is growing enough\u2014or on its way to growth\u2014you\u2019ll have to hire employees or freelancers, and the fastest<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> One way to bring your project down is to hire the wrong people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Remember when we said at the beginning that projects are like houses of cards? Think of your employees as the cards. Your foundation is solid,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> the window is tightly shut and no air can get in. You focus carefully and insist on placing each card in exactly the right spot. But imagine<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> that one card has bent edges or isn\u2019t as strong as the others. The house will collapse, no matter what else you\u2019ve done!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">What first stands out about major companies is the caliber of their employees. When someone tells you they work at a particular company,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> that\u2019s evidence of their high potential, given the company\u2019s rigorous standards. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to take the time to choose<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Your employees based on their skills above all else.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aVMbf3ysru\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/11-strategies-you-need-to-follow-to-retain-customers\/\">11 Strategies to Follow to Retain Your Customers<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;11 \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0631\u0627\u062a\u064a\u062c\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0643 \u0627\u062a\u0628\u0627\u0639\u0647\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0627\u062d\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0638 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0632\u0628\u0627\u0626\u0646&#8221; &#8212; \u0627\u0628\u062a\u062f\u064a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/11-strategies-you-need-to-follow-to-retain-customers\/embed\/#?secret=aVMbf3ysru\" data-secret=\"aVMbf3ysru\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0639\u062f\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Last year, you used a strategy that significantly increased your customer base and led to remarkable success for the project,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> so you can simply do the same thing this year, right? Yes\u2014if you want your project to stagnate before it collapses,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> you can always repeat last year\u2019s strategies, which copied the year before\u2019s, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The business world is fast-moving\u2014a high-speed train we always try to stay aboard, even if that means taking the very last<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> seat, which is better than missing it altogether. Keep up with courses and reading in your field, and make the most of lectures,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Make a point of exchanging insights with people in your field. The business landscape this year is different from last year, and customers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> and their needs are different too. They\u2019ll be different again a year from now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Make sure you bring fresh energy to your business. Many global companies have achieved remarkable success after changing the ideas<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> they started with or developed. Twitter began as a podcast delivery service, and Facebook as a social network for Harvard students,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> while Amazon started as a simple online bookstore!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0642\u064a\u0627\u062f\u0629 \u062c\u064a\u0634 \u0622\u0644\u0627\u062a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Returning to the playing-card example, no matter how high-quality your cards are, they\u2019re bound to wear out and bring down what you\u2019ve built.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u2014 fully, if you don\u2019t give it the care it needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Your employees are people, not a soulless army of machines. It\u2019s important to treat them with the same respect and appreciation you show<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> your customers. Reward them for excellent work, recognize their efforts, and offer bonuses and special perks, such as providing<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> free lunch every day of the year by partnering with the restaurant next to your company\u2014a simple step for a startup<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> that can gradually lead to more significant initiatives as your revenue grows and your company expands. Most importantly,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> listen to their concerns and always strive to give them room to be creative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Learn from major companies: the most successful ones take great care of their employees and their needs, and maintain<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> very high employee satisfaction. For example, Facebook, one of the world\u2019s most successful companies, is considered<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> the company with the highest employee satisfaction rate in the United States, at 97%. It offers its employees several<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> benefits: an average salary of $135,000, healthcare and on-site doctors, laundry and dry-cleaning services,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> bicycles for getting around campus, and, most importantly, four months of paid parental leave for both parents to spend with<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> their newborn. Interestingly, the leave also applies in the case of adoption! All these benefits<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Previously, Facebook was ranked as one of the best companies to work for of all time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t make it \u201cmy project and my employees\u201d\u2014make it \u201cour project.\u201d Make your employees feel they\u2019re part of the project, and that every success it achieves<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> is a success for them. In that case, they\u2019ll happily give it their all. They won\u2019t work just for a paycheck, but <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0644\u0623\u062c\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u062c\u0627\u062d.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9YzowSGRK3\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/ten-steps-to-successfully-manage-small-projects\/\">10 steps to successfully manage small businesses<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;\u0639\u0634\u0631 \u062e\u0637\u0648\u0627\u062a \u0644\u0627\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0634\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u063a\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0628\u0646\u062c\u0627\u062d&#8221; &#8212; \u0627\u0628\u062a\u062f\u064a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/ten-steps-to-successfully-manage-small-projects\/embed\/#?secret=9YzowSGRK3\" data-secret=\"9YzowSGRK3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Quantity over quality<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Compromising on work quality may save time and bring in more customers, but it also means those customers won\u2019t come back again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Customers quickly notice any decline in the quality of the service or product they\u2019re offered, and as a result,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> they\u2019ll gradually turn to a competitor that offers them what they want at a higher quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Focusing on quality may take longer and mean serving fewer customers, but those customers will keep<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> coming back, pay more, and help your business grow. Over time, you can hire new employees to meet<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> higher demand\u2014but never at the expense of quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">We\u2019ve never heard of Chanel clothing and perfume products flooding the market, yet in just a few years, it has certainly achieved <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">what none of the Chinese companies whose products you see everywhere could hope to achieve over the course of their entire existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Quality comes first\u2014unless you want your business to become one of those ventures that flood the market for a year and then never<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> No one hears about it after that, when everyone notices the poor quality of what it offers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Doing everything on your own<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">It can be hard to trust others. You\u2019re the only one who sees the full picture and knows exactly what your<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> project should be. But the only way to handle all its responsibilities yourself is to keep it very small\u2014far from<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> what you hope it will become one day. There\u2019s no way to grow your project without entrusting some responsibilities to others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Work with smart people you trust, tell them what you\u2019re trying to achieve, and let them take charge of a few things. Ask for<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> services others can provide, such as design, programming, writing, and marketing. You\u2019ll find plenty of people<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Skilled people in their fields who can help you\u2014this gives you time to focus on the more important things that only you can do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Microservices can truly become the ideal solution for startup owners. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0641\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0647\u0645\u0644\u0647\u0627.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Listen to freelancers\u2019 opinions, too. You\u2019re hiring smart people to help you with what needs to be done, not to dictate every step to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> Of course, it\u2019s your project, but you don\u2019t know everything. There\u2019s nothing wrong with discussing some ideas and even setting some aside in favor of better ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> You\u2019re the one who benefits from all of this.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u0641\u064a \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644\u060c \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0634\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0639 \u0643\u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u0648\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0628\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0628\u0637\u0627\u0642\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0639\u0628\u060c \u0628\u0646\u0627\u0621 \u0646\u0645\u0648\u0630\u062c \u062c\u064a\u062f \u064a\u0633\u062a\u063a\u0631\u0642 \u0648\u0642\u062a\u0627 \u0637\u0648\u064a\u0644\u0627 \u0648\u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0628\u0631 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a\u0632 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0642\u0629\u060c \u0644\u0643\u0646 \u062d\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u062d\u062f\u0629 \u062e\u0627\u0637\u0626\u0629\u060c \u0646\u0633\u0645\u0629<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[24124,23236,24125,7527,23819],"class_list":["post-24603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-10----","tag-23236","tag-24125","tag-7527","tag-23819"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}