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Speed – A Key Element of Business Success
“The secret to success lies in careful preparation followed by speedy and decisive execution.” Napoleon In successfully executing on your business goals, speed matters. The quicker that you complete a task, the sooner you can get on to the next … Continue reading
Minimize Distractions for Better Results
In business today, the opportunity for distraction is endless. This includes all the distractions of the urgent but unimportant that range from meetings to E-Mail to Internet surfing. Due to these distractions and constant interruptions, employees and companies often do not … Continue reading
8 (Almost) Fundamentals of Problem Solving
As business leaders we are bombarded with challenges that need to be addressed, situations that need to be improved, and problems that need to be solved. Of course, each challenge, situation or problem is different. Nevertheless, there are some fundamentals … Continue reading
Does Your Company Have the Right DNA?
Businesses have been using personality tests for years to determine employee’s thinking styles and corporate fit. In general, the benefit from all this testing and analysis has been meager. The test results, communicated in complex language, are not easy to … Continue reading
Posted in Perform / Execution, Team / People
Tagged Business Decline, Business Leadership, Face Reality, Winning Teamwork
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For Better Business Results, Use Yellow Lights
Quick Question Why are functioning traffic lights at an intersection so much better than a policeman signaling traffic? The yellow light gives each driver a signal in advance, a heads-up allowing all approaching traffic to make decisions ahead of time … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Perform / Execution
Tagged Business Leadership, Communication, Face Reality, Winning Teamwork
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Four Reasons Why Leaders Don’t Take Action
The external environment is changing; we are living in the “New Normal”. The business is falling behind and weakening. Yet, nothing happens. No change takes place. Critical issues are not addressed. The leadership continues to do what it has always … Continue reading
La Femme Nikita and Business Strategy
Recently, I watched an episode of Nikita, a spy v. spy television drama. In the episode, Nikita is approached by the leader of the evil terrorist syndicate, Gogol, who suggests that they team up to defeat Division, their common enemy. … Continue reading
Posted in Growth and Strategy, Perform / Execution
Tagged Business Development, Business Turnarounds, Growth, Strategy
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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
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 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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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
The Magic of Three – The “Windex” of a Winning Business
Throughout my blog posts, you will notice that I construct lots of lists in explaining and clarifying certain points. You may also note that most of these lists have three points. In doing this, I am using a technique … Continue reading
Posted in Business Acumen, Perform / Execution
Tagged Communication, Focus, Make It Happen, Priritization
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Business Turnaround 201 – Focus
In the blog, “Business Turnaround 101 – Let’s Be Honest,” we saw that the three fundamentals to turn a troubled business around are as follows: Understand Reality, Face Reality Focus, Prioritize, Plan (Less is More) Right People Doing the Right … Continue reading
Posted in Improve / Turnaround, Perform / Execution
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Quotes on Change
In some upcoming blogs, I will be discussing change and how to significantly change and improve your business. The three keys for change are the following: Understand Reality, Face Reality Focus, Prioritize, Plan (Less is More) Right People Doing the … Continue reading
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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