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The Ten Characteristics of an Accountable Business
In a well-managed and well-led organization, a culture of accountability permeates the business. Each individual, each team, each profit center, each division is responsible for their success. Businesses Lacking Accountability It is easy to spot organizations where accountability is lacking. … Continue reading
Three Ways Companies Bungle Change Initiatives
Recent consulting studies have re-confirmed that most performance improvement programs fail to achieve their stated goals and improve the business. These change initiatives are worse than “much ado about nothing”, as they divert attention and resources away from more critical … Continue reading
Social Media and B2B – Facebook and Conclusions
In a previous blog, Social Media and B2B – Let’s Get Started, I listed the three key benefits of social media as: Brand Relationships Information Today, I will specifically discuss Facebook. I will then offer with some final thoughts about … Continue reading
Posted in Sales and Marketing
Tagged Brand, Facebook, Marketing, Relationships, Social Media
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Social Media and B2B – Twitter
In a previous blog, Social Media and B2B – Let’s Get Started, I listed the three key benefits of social media as: Brand Relationships Information Today, I will specifically discuss Twitter. Why Tweet (use Twitter)? The benefits of tweeting are … Continue reading
Posted in Sales and Marketing
Tagged Brand, Marketing, Relationships, Social Media, Twitter
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Social Media and B2B – LinkedIn
In a previous blog, Social Media and B2B – Let’s Get Started, I listed the three key benefits of social media as: Brand Relationships Information Today, I continue this series on Social Media and B2B and specifically discuss LinkedIn. Why … Continue reading
Posted in Sales and Marketing
Tagged Brand, LinkedIn, Marketing, Relationships, Social Media
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Social Media and B2B – Blogging
In a previous blog, Social Media and B2B – Let’s Get Started, I listed the three key benefits of social media as: Brand Relationships Information Today, I will specifically discuss blogging. Why Blog? The specific benefits of blogging are as … Continue reading
Posted in Sales and Marketing
Tagged Blogging, Blogs, Communication, Customer Service, Social Media
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Social Media and B2B – Let’s Get Started
Nearly all B2B (business to business) companies have websites and marketing materials touting their products and services as an integral part of their sales and marketing strategy. Over the last few years, however, these have become insufficient. Companies, even B2B … Continue reading
Posted in Sales and Marketing
Tagged B2B, Blogging, Brand, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter
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Three Lessons on Business Change from Learning the Piano
Five years ago, I attended a leadership training class that ended with each participant giving a passionate speech about how they would do something new and different in their lives. My first two speeches stayed under 100 decibels and thus … Continue reading
Posted in Improve / Turnaround
Tagged Business Leadership, Business Transformation, Change, Cultural Change
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Embrace the “Antithesis” for Better Decisions
As business leaders, our organizations depend on us to make the best decisions for the success of our businesses. The challenge, of course, is that most of these decisions need to be made without complete information and with conflicting facts … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Personal Success
Tagged Antithesis, Business Leadership, Decision Making, Devil's Advocate, Problem Solving
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The Bedrock of Your Winning Business – Ethics and Integrity
“We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But, rather we have those because we have acted rightly.” — Aristotle The times are tough. The pressure on you and all your employees is intense. You have employees … Continue reading
Posted in Business Acumen, Leadership
Tagged Business Leadership, Do the Right Thing, Ethics, Integrity
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8 Steps to Satisfy Your Current Customers and Re-Charge Growth
In a previous blog, Things to Start Doing Today to Re-charge Growth, I described the first stage in re-charging growth: The business leader needs to … Get personally involved in sales, marketing and customer service on a daily basis Talk … Continue reading
The “Art” of Building an Organization – Guest Blog by Mark Herbert
In my series of blogs, I have been writing repeatedly about the how’s and why’s of building a winning business. The essential ingredient to a winning business is having the right mix of people with the same shared vision. My … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Team / People
Tagged Business Leadership, Employee Engagement, Mark Herbert, Winning Teamwork
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Employee Engagement (and Motivation)
A “Winning Business” is built by having talented, well-trained and engaged employees. To that end, multi-billion dollar industries exist to help companies find the right talent and to teach, train, coach, and develop employees and managers. Unfortunately, less time and … Continue reading
How to Be 10X More Effective in Your Life (Well, Almost): The 4- Hour Workweek and Effectiveness Management
Tim Ferriss wrote a best-seller, The Four Hour Workweek. The premise of the book is that it is possible to improve your effectiveness and use the Internet and Social Media tools to create a lifestyle where you work only four … Continue reading
Less is More (Jason Jennings)
Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity as a Competitive Tool in Business (Jason Jennings) Focus on the Simple Big Objective Keep everything simple and clear – including strategy The focus is determined by the leader in a defining … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Perform / Execution
Tagged Business Leadership, Do the Right Thing, Focus, Jason Jennings, Less is More
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Communicate the Vision… Teach the Vision
As a successful leader, you must … Define and communicate the values and vision for your company Align the company and all employees towards your values and vision Engage and then develop the employees to act in accordance with … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Leadership
Tagged Business Leadership, Do the Right Thing, Employee Engagement, Teaching, Values, Vision, Winning Teamwork
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Are You Being Honest? Are You Really Being Honest?
The first fundamental of a Winning Business is to “Do the Right Thing.” The first fundamental of doing the right thing is to be ethical. That is, to have integrity and honesty. I leave to a later blog my … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged Business Leadership, Candor, Do the Right Thing, Face Reality, Honesty, Integrity
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More Quotes on “Do the Right Thing”
As you may recall, I consider “Do the Right Thing” to be the first of the three keys for a Winning Business. Do the Right Thing is defined as: Ethics, Integrity and Character Do the Right Thing to Ensure the … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Perform / Execution
Tagged Business Leadership, Do the Right Thing, Focus, Integrity, Quotes
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Do You Return Phone Calls?
“Your call is very important to me. Please leave your message, and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you.” Welcome to the biggest lie in business!! Unfortunately, most people in business are not … Continue reading
