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Best Practices

February 18, 2014

Four Reasons People Follow a Leader

Why do people follow? More importantly, why would people follow you? Anybody can be a leader. Really. From top-line CEO to front-line employee, anybody can be a leader in your...

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December 10, 2013

Are you a Lead Generator…or just “Taking Orders”?

Are you a Lead Generator ... or just "Taking Orders"  Before you take a complete break for the holidays, make sure to plan some “think” time to clear your head and get ready for 2014.  Your Marketing and Sales plans are just the place to start.  Take our quick 5 question quiz to help prime the pump.  Guaranteed to give you some great ideas for leveraging your time and improving your top line in the weeks and months ahead!

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October 29, 2013

The 4th Essential Execution Tool

“A lot of you may love mankind, but you hate people.”
A good understanding of the “human factor” behind great execution however is what’s missing in many companies.  While the right tool kit can help make execution a lot less frustrating, as any good craftsman knows, you can’t just have the right tools for a job; you also need to know what material you’re working with. And in the case of business, that means people...

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October 16, 2013

4 Essential “Tools” for your “Execution” toolbox

While duct tape may be the “survival tool” of choice for the guys from “Mythbusters” – unfortunately for most business leaders, duct tape won’t do it when it comes aligning your team and driving great Execution. Great execution certainly takes a lot of discipline but if you’ve got the right tool kit to leverage, it can be a lot less frustrating and significantly more rewarding.

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