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You Could Blame It On The Camera

You Could Blame It On The Camera You know it’s true, photographs are clearer when they are in focus. When they are out of focus, they are blurry, indistinct and in most cases virtually worthless. How many times have you

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Would it be better if you just quit?

Would it be better if you just quit? How often do you see or hear the following words and messages? “Don’t quit!” “Never give up!” “You can do it!” “Hang in there!” Since we were little we’ve heard “ Winners

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How Well Do You Connect With People?

How Well Do You Connect With People? Lately the topic of leadership has come up in just about every conversation I have had with people. It’s not that I bring it up, but that leadership is inherent in just about

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4 Steps to Productive Pauses

4 Steps to Productive Pauses Busy-ness is the standard operating procedure for SBOs (small business owners). Get it done. Get it done. Make a decision. Get it done. Sometimes, though, you need to pause and think. In reality, more businesses

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Does Your Favorite Number Work in Your Business?

Does Your Favorite Number Work in Your Business? Numbers play a really HUGE role in our lives, don’t they? I mean we live by a lot of numbers: Time on the clock Balance in the checkbook What that demon scale

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9 Tactics to Champion Change in Your Business

9 Tactics to Champion Change in Your Business Okay, okay, settle down. After my last blog post, I got responses – ohh boy. Most of them went along these lines: I know I should get with the program and generate

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5 Steps to Introduce Change in Your Business

5 Steps to Introduce Change in Your Business Six letters that scare the bejeezus out of people: C-H-A-N-G-E. You’d think that six letters would be nice and even – you know, balanced, but oh no, not these six. They throw

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Flatten and Empower

Flatten and Empower Responsibility and accountability are actually fuel for empowerment of employees. When an organization fat with middle management and supervisory levels, decides to flatten they have a tremendous opportunity. I love the example in Zapped! The Lightning of

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Top 3 Frustrating Leaders and How to Identify Them

Top 3 Frustrating Leaders and How to Identify Them Are you a frustrating business owner? Notice I didn’t say a frustrated business owner, I asked if you were a frustrating one … there’s a huge difference. And it’s a difference

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8 Essentials for a Thriving Business

From time to time it’s good to take a look at how you are performing. I have found over the years that the following eight elements are critical to a successful business. They don’t just apply to sales either… They

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