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Successful business leaders seldom have all the answers. That’s the lesson from What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential, by Harvard Professor Robert Steven Kaplan.
Read MoreTopics: leadership, questions, CEO Leadership Focus, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror
Verne Harnish’s newsletter of May 9th provided a 7-minute video of a young man asking Warren Buffet a curious question, “If you had one more day with Charlie, what would you do with him?”
Read MoreTopics: Chet Holmes, Leaders Are Learners, Charlie Munger, Leaders are Readers, Warren Buffet
History has long been one of my favorite subjects, and between my business reading, I interject historical books including biographies of great leaders.
Read MoreTopics: leadership, Effective Leadership, Mastering Leadership, Great Leadership, Team of Rivals, Leadership Character Traits, Abraham Lincoln Leadership Genius
In last week’s blog Two Questions Every Business Needs to Answer we shared the importance of developing a Core Purpose or Mission statement.
Read MoreTopics: Core Purpose, Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the Wo, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose,, Jim Stengel, Great Leadership, Purpose Driven Business
Topics: Core Purpose, competitive advantage, customer loyalty, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose, Purpose, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose,, Competitive Strategy, Know Your Customer, Know What You’re FOR
Topics: People Decisions, Effective Leadership, Great Teams, The Captain Class, Sam Walker, Winning Teams
Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, How to Motivate Employees, Scaling Up Verne Harnish, Great Game of Business, Employee Ownership, Employee Learning, Metronomics
Topics: strategy, human behavior performance, Company Culture, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Culture, Strategy Decision, Change Your Culture, Uncommon Service, The Four Service Truths, Frances Frei Anne Morriss
An exercise often done in strategic planning is SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
Read MoreTopics: customer service, strategy, strategy decisions, Strategy - How, Uncommon Service, The Four Service Truths, Frances Frei Anne Morriss
In our last blog, You Must Manage Your Customer – Uncommon Service Truth #4, we shared Service Truth #4, You Must Manage Your Customer.
Read MoreTopics: customer service, strategy decisions, Strategy - How, Uncommon Service, The Four Service Truths, Frances Frei Anne Morriss, Customer Behavior
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