Tag Archives: Focus

Minimize Distractions for Better Results

Posted on May 24, 2011 by David Shedd

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 →

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Why is Business Today So Complex?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by David Shedd

Everything and everyone in business drive business leaders and businesses towards greater and greater complexity and more and more work. As Warren Buffett has said: There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. … Continue reading →

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Five Things a Business Leader Should Do Today and Every Day

Posted on March 22, 2011 by David Shedd

  Successful business leadership depends on the words and ideas that the leader contributes to the organization. But even more significant, is what the business leader does. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: Your actions speak so loudly that I … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 3, 2011 by David Shedd

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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Less is More (Jason Jennings)

Posted on October 11, 2010 by David Shedd

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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More Quotes on “Do the Right Thing”

Posted on September 16, 2010 by David Shedd

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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The Magic of Three – The “Windex” of a Winning Business

Posted on August 5, 2010 by David Shedd

  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 →

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Quotes on “Do the Right Thing”

Posted on July 2, 2010 by David Shedd

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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