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Go Back to the Basics – Make a Business Plan

TweetWhen a sports team is stuck in a losing streak, and feeling down and out what does the coach say? He or she usually claims that the team is going to “get back to the basics” with grueling practice drills … Continue reading

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Create a Winning Team With Confidence

Every season, sports professionals state with supreme confidence that they will be the champions by the end of their respective seasons. Of course, there can be only one champion. No way around it. Continue reading

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The Best Questions to Ask

If you If you’ve heard it once you’ve heard it a thousand times. No matter what you do for a living or what job-position you hold, your ability to communicate is critical to your success. Continue reading

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Engaged? Who Me?

Employee engagement has all the earmarks of a marriage—a business one anyway. It exists when an employee feels that he or she has a job with an employer they support, believe in, and to which they can make a personal contribution. Continue reading

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Aligning Your Team

Forget tough! Today’s competition is fierce! Now, more than ever, your commitment to establishing a true “team” culture is vital to your company’s future success, because it is the key to obtaining a strong competitive advantage. Continue reading

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I’m One Tough Customer

I’m better educated, more individualistic, and more discriminating than my predecessors. I expect a lot more than they ever did, too. For example, if I call your organization on the phone to make any type of inquiry whatsoever, I expect you to be able to give me an answer in three seconds. I expect you to be easily available for me at any time, and I want a speedy-response and efficiency. Continue reading

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Three Years From Now, Who Will Be Left Standing?

Considering today’s unprecedented stresses, volatile economic situation, more cost-conscious customers, and ferocious competition, you can’t help but wonder: “Who will be left standing three years from now?”
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Forging the Link Between Sales and Marketing— Making it Happen Before It’s Too Late

Although the Polaroid story occurred in the sixties, this marketing miss continues in business. Today, there are vivid examples. The airline industry’s push for more customers while reducing customer benefits. The domestic auto industry failing to develop high quality, high efficiency vehicles for the American market. These examples reflect an organization’s failure to forge a solid relationship between marketing and sales that can spell disaster. Continue reading

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Tips For Corporate Retreats

Corporate retreats represent a significant investment of time and energy. Many companies refrain from holding them because they are regarded as time consuming, and, perhaps even a bit frivolous. However, conducted properly, corporate retreats can be the best overall investment companies can make to make decisions to help move their organization into a more successful future. Continue reading

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EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION – BAD BOSSES ZERO TOLERANCE FOR BAD BOSSES

Why do some companies tolerate “bad-bosses?” How can they expect their employees to stay motivated and deliver their best performance if their leaders fail to display the values of honesty, integrity, respect, teamwork, professionalism, and accountability? Indeed, every leader should “walk-the-talk.” Yet, throughout the years I have worked as a consultant, I am still amazed by how often confidential conversations reveal that they are working for a bad boss. Continue reading

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