Your Business Plan is a Military Mission – Michael Penney
Let’s say you are in the middle of a war. You have an enemy that wants to destroy you. Not only do they not care about you they want to take everything from you. How do you go about your mission to defeat the enemy? Do you just wake up one morning and figure it […]
Finding a Business Strategic Control Point that Leads to More Profit – The Carrot and the Stick – William Putsis
There are so many philosophies when it comes to business. However, when science gets involved and the numbers start demonstrating that that in reality just a few primary components leads to success that’s a game changer. We have all heard of Soft Soap, but did you know that the reality is that liquid soup was […]
Coronavirus Small Business Stimulus – Q & A – David Forrest Sr. VP Fidelity Bank
We are living in very unique times that is for certain. There is no one who could have prepared to see so many businesses suddenly close their doors and employees suddenly be out of work. But that is exactly what has happened as CoVid-19 or the Coronavirus entered our world. Many small businesses may be […]
Mingle: The Art of Face-to-Face Networking in the Digital Era – Steven David Elliot
Networking is truly more are than science. There is a tremendous difference between those who are great networkers and those that work at networking. There are many people, perhaps you who just dread the idea of networking, or perhaps are frustrated by it, or maybe you have felt that you have tried networking face-to-face, but […]
7 Principles to Change Your Business and Your Life: Conscious Leadership – Michael Bianco-Splann
Yesterday is not today…well that’s obvious. So why do we believe that so many of yesterday’s leadership principles will still be effective today? The fact is when it comes to work attitudes have changed. Jobs are plentiful and when people do not like their boss, manager, or CEO, they just leave. This costs the business […]
Find Your Competitive Advantage – The Strategy Mindset 2.0 – Dr. Chuck Bamford
When it comes to business strategy we are often confused. We have a tendency to believe in myths like “Our brand is our strategy” or “Our people are our strategy” or “we do SWOT analysis”, but none of those are really a strategy much less a competitive advantage. Sometimes we jump ahead when it comes […]
SMART Goals – Start Finishing: How to Go From Idea to Done – Charlie Gilkey
It is that time of year again. Hopefully you are thinking about your goals. Many people wait until the first of the year. We shouldn’t. We all know or at least should know what we did the previous year in terms of our goals. We know were we succeeded and we know where we failed. […]
Avoid Disasters in Business and Life – Never Go with Your Gut – Gleb Tsipursky
We like to think of ourselves as being pretty smart. We like to think that we make really good decisions. We like to think especially in business environments that we use our logical side of our brain more so than the inner emotional brain. However what the research tells us…we really do not know ourselves […]
Principles for a Better Life and Business – Good T.A.L.K. Great Sales – Robert Paolini
So often as sales or business professionals we want some slick silver bullet strategy that will increase our business. Somehow our mind has convinced us that there must be some magical secret that somehow we missed to getting more sales. However, the reality is there are no silver bullets and there is really no such […]
Lessons in Life and Business – The Way of the Road Warrior – Rob Jolles
There are many lessons we can learn from our journeys in business and life. We all have them. But how many of us have actually took a journal and wrote every day about our journey. Not many of us for sure. Rob Jolles one of the world’s leading sales trainers and inspirational speakers has been […]