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The Advantage of Rookie Smarts – Liz Wiseman Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 1, 2014

You are probably not old enough to remember the way back machine from the cartoon series PEABODY’S IMPROBABLE HISTORY, (it was a series that aired within the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon series on TV) however I am betting you can remember when you first started your career.

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Topics: employee performance, Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Business Development Tool, Liz Wiseman

Attitude of Gratitude – Happy Thanksgiving

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, Nov 25, 2014

Thanksgiving is just two days away.  The holiday means this will be my only blog this week.  I thought instead of providing Liz Wiseman’s Growth Summit presentation on Rookie Smarts I’d take a chapter from your previous book Multipliers and send a message on thankfulness.  

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, positive reinforcement, Gratitude and Recognition, appreciation, Thankful

Social Capital – Keith Ferrazzi Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Nov 20, 2014

Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back received his first lesson on social networking when he was just 13.  As a caddie at a local golf course, he earned the title of being the best first year caddie, and eventually caddied for Arnold Palmer,  Coming from a poor family he might have been intimidated by the type of customer with memberships at the club.  Each day he arrived 30 minutes early.  Before anyone else was there Ferrazzi would check the pin placement of the holes and observe how the grass had been cut.  All in an effort to give those he caddied for every advantage possible.  He met a woman, Mrs. Poland, who possibly was the best golfer at the club.  She quickly made Keith her caddie. Why?

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Topics: People, change, Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Relationship Drivers

Sales Advice from an Expert - Jack Daly Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 17, 2014

How important is culture to your organization?   The Rockefeller Habits Four Decisions for Growth offers the outcome of The People Decision is a harmonious culture of accountability.

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Topics: Sales Process, People, People Decisions, Growth Summit, Sales Training, Systems & Process, Leverage

What the Hell Is Big Data? Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Nov 14, 2014

Probably the most disappointing presentation at the Growth Summit was Kenneth Cukier’s, Data Editor for The Economist.  Speaking from London, without video, the presentation was interrupted or dropped several times, making it disruptive.  You may catch the irony here.  Big Data is one of the leading factors in the Disruptive Innovation and exponential growth our first speaker, Salim Ismail got our attention with.

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Drive Versus Passion – Randy Komisar Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 10, 2014

Is there a difference between being driven to do something and being passionate about it?

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Topics: Core Purpose, Growth Summit, Passion, Exponential Organization, MTP, The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Lif

Love ‘em or Lose ’em Beverly Kay - Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Nov 6, 2014

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Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, People, Growth Summit, Employee retention

The Power of Persuasion – Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 3, 2014

You’re interviewing a candidate for a sales position.  You like their responses to your questions, so you ask a typical question often required of sales candidates, “Sell me something!”  In this case it's a jug of water on your desk.

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Topics: Growth Summit, persaussion principles, Power of Persausion

Give More Customer Service - Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Oct 29, 2014

You may recall in People: Teaching Willpower Spurs Starbucks’ Business Growth we discussed how habits changed ordinary people like Travis into an extraordinary service provider.  If you don’t know how hard that might be, read the blog to discover how Travis behaved at McDonalds.

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Topics: customer service, Growth Summit, daily huddle, customer loyalty, Starbucks

Disruptive Innovation:The Exponential Organization - Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, Oct 28, 2014

Exciting or Frightening. 

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Topics: Business Growth, Growth Summit, Esponential Growth, Salim Ismail

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