With the many tasks and responsibilities that come with running a successful small business, you may sometimes forget the importance of effective leadership. This calls for you as a small business owner to step up as a leader and embrace the concept of “the glass being half full”. Even the smallest of businesses require you to think optimistic and provide order, motivation, and direction for your employees, customers, and yourself!

Join Network Solutions for a #NetSol tweet chat on December 9th from 1-2:30 pm EST with Terry Starbucker, service company executive and founder of SOBCon, to learn how to be a successful leader for your small business while "dealing with the literal world in a positive way".

Terry Starbucker has been in the business world for 27 years holding various leadership positions. He is a full on believer of the glass being half full, practicing a philosophy he calls “half-fullism”. He is a co-founder of SOBCon, a business workshop/retreat of the social web, where successful online businesses meet to study and apply strategies and tactics, present models, discuss insights, and determine best practices. Terry also regularly  comments on the business section of the New York Times.

Be sure you check out Terry’s blog, Ramblings from a Glass Half Full, and follow him on twitter, @starbucker.

You will leave the tweet chat understanding:

• How can thinking and acting positive serve as a motivator?
• As a leader, how do I handle problems? Mistakes? Bad News?
• How do I choose which memories to keep or toss in times of change and when moving forward?
• What should my real role be, as a leader of my business?
• How do I become a leader instead of a micro-manager?
• How do I increase my odds of hiring someone worthwhile?
• As a leader, how can I be an effective communicator?
• What are some simple non-verbal tactics I can use to become a better leader?
• How can being an effective leader, increase the overall productivity of my business?

WHAT: #NetSol tweet chat on leadership for your small business.

WHERE: http://tweetchat.com/room/netsol

Please note: This chat occurs online, not at a physical location 

WHEN: Thursday, December 9^th 1-2:30 pm EST 

HOW: Log in to Twitter and follow the hashtag #NetSol.  

WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON WITH NETWORK SOLUTIONS?

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