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3 Things Businesses Are Looking For “Right Now”…

I phrase the title this way because “Right Now” might be a different date on the business calendar or the economic cycle, but “Right Now” is pretty consistent. In any business cycle, I’ve found that executives and business leaders are always looking for 3 things:

40 Quick Strategy Tips!

I saw a tweet the other day that said, “What actions would I take if I were starting my social media accounts over.” I’m in no danger of starting my social media accounts over, but I did like one of the tips to write up 40 one sentence tips on the top you talk about. […]

Are You Measuring The Right Things?

In The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker talks about leadership as doing the right things and management is doing things right. In a lot of my client work, I spend a great deal of time dealing with making sure that my clients are measuring the right things. It is often easy to create lists and […]

January 8, 2018
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Lately I’ve spent a lot more time thinking and writing about the sales process. Why? Because as much as I am focused on marketing and strategy, sales is integral to overall success. Or, as the saying that is often attributed to Thomas J. Watson goes, “nothing happens until a sale is made.” As we move […]

What If?

Peter Drucker once wrote about the need to “identify the future that has already occurred” and to figure out how that is going to have an impact on your business. Even though he wrote those words about 30 years ago, the same idea holds true today. If you look at the current state of business in […]

10 Concepts Nonprofits Need To Be Thinking About…

A lot of time nonprofits get jammed up because they feel like the only thing that matters in their work is doing good. But for many nonprofits, the real challenge is actually thinking more like a business. If you don’t, you won’t have the ability to do the work that makes a difference. This […]

Define “Innovation” for me…

A lot of organizations throw around the term “innovation” and they don’t really define it in a way that makes any sense, whatsoever… Here is the challenge that I give to you: Are you in a leadership position in your organization? Take the time at your next meeting with your team to lay out an […]