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Growth Requires A Culture of Learning

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Oct 20, 2016

Next week I’ll be in Dallas attending the Fortune Sponsored Growth Summit Verne Harnish and our Gazelles coaches puts together twice annually.

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Topics: Growth Summit, Strategic Learning, Growth Summit. Learning, Strategic Learning Cycle

BD – Business Decline: How to Scale Up

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 17, 2016

My youngest son Noah recently got his first job.  (Coincidently on the same day he learned he would receive a sizeable scholarship to University of Iowa that should cover most of his tuition for four years!)

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Topics: Four Decisions, Scaling Up Workshops, The One Thing

Ultra-low Price, and Premium Pricing Strategy

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Oct 13, 2016

We’ve been exploring pricing strategies in the past several blogs from Hermann Simon’s Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything.

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Topics: Execution, Hermann Simon, Confessions of the Pricing Man, Pricing

Success Factors for a Low-Price Strategy

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 10, 2016

I’m not a pricing expert.

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Topics: Execution, Hermann Simon, Confessions of the Pricing Man, Pricing

The Most Promising Price Strategy to Pursue

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Oct 6, 2016

What Is the Most Promising Price Strategy to Pursue?

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Topics: Execution, Hermann Simon, Confessions of the Pricing Man

Chasing the Wrong Goals - How Discounts Affect Profit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 3, 2016

Rarely in my 35 years of coaching and owning businesses have I seen it profitable to discount your prices.

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Topics: Execution, Hermann Simon, Confessions of the Pricing Man, Discounts

Price Is the Most Effective Profit Driver

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Sep 29, 2016

If you’ve been following our blogs on Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything by Hermann Simon you’ve been learning about the huge leverage that pricing can have on your company’s profitability.

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Topics: strategy, strategy decisions, Confessions of the Pricing Man, Pricing

Why Vacation Is A Priority

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 26, 2016

Last week I took a mini vacation to golf and spend time with a best friend in Phoenix/Tucson.  It prevented me from writing my next blog on Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything by Hermann Simon, although it did provide me with considerable time to read and make notes on pricing.

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Topics: Time Block, One Thing, Vacation, vacation, The One Thing

Price Anchors, Pricing Power – Your Company’s Value

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 19, 2016

How much influence and commitment does your management team place ion pricing?

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Topics: strategy, strategy decisions, Confessions of the Pricing Man, Pricing

High Prices or Low Prices Better for the Profit and the Survival of a Company?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Sep 15, 2016

Are high prices or low prices better for the profit and the survival of a company?

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Topics: Hermann Simon, IKEA, Confessions of the Pricing Man, Pricing, ALDI

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