If you’ve started or bought a business here in San Diego with other partners, then you know the value of surrounding yourself with the right people.  In his blog, “Drew’s Marketing Minute,” business marketing expert Drew McLellan details five ideas for how you can create a committed team and create an environment that makes your business venture more rewarding.  These include letting team members have a voice, loving your team and your work,  having a clear and important team goal, celebrating all successes, and thanking your team in large and small ways.

Putting his practices into play can also have the added benefit of promoting a greater sense of loyalty and a stronger relationship among your business’s co-owners.  Business partners aren’t always on the same page, and disagreements are to be expected whenever you go into business with someone else.  Even so, your actions and that of your partners must always be tied to an underlying goal founded on your business’s shared best interests.  (more…)