Tag Archives: Do the Right Thing

Three Hidden Truths about Change – Guest Blog by Howard Perlstein

For 14 years I have been a corporate trouble shooter, the one brought in to figure out what is broken, to tell people what is wrong, to clean up a mess, to get people through gut-wrenching change. My job does … Continue reading

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New Year’s Resolutions: Do a Little Less… to Get a Little More Done

The New Year’s Resolutions for many B2B business leaders often boil down to achieving one goal: Be more successful with their businesses while spending less time working and having less stress. Given that most business leaders already work extremely hard … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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