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When Everyone’s Responsible, No One Is!

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 18, 2015

This week in a weekly meeting with one of my customers the team discussed how they’d failed to follow through on a specific assignment they’d discussed for a father’s day promotion.  It started as a brainstorming session and wrapped up with an idea to promote a specific product.  Everyone agreed that it was a great idea, yet no one took responsibility to implement it and take initiative.  (For more on this subject check out The Leadership Difference - Responsibility and Accountability.)

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Topics: Accountability, People, People Decisions

Get The Most Out of Customer Feedback

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jun 15, 2015

Are you getting the most out of your customer feedback?   Are you asking your senior leadership team to contact at least one customer a week? 

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Mary Kay’s Culture

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 11, 2015

On my birthday, April 13, 1999, I received a letter from, Able Plumbing.  Inside was a message wishing me a Happy Birthday and thanking me for working at Able Plumbing. 

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Story Selling, Nick Nanton – Orlando Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jun 8, 2015

How do you get your message to your audience in a fashion that impacts and results in converting them to customers?

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Focus on Great Things – Changing People Performance Christine Comaford Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 4, 2015

If you read my blog Create Safety, Belonging, Mattering – Christine Comaford Orlando Growth Summit you may have caught the video with Christine and Verne Harnish from the Leadership Summit at the end of it.  If so this may be a bit of review. Understanding how to get more from your people is critical in every organization. Please visit this blog to listen to the five minute interview and pick up a copy of her book Smart Tribes. 

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Create Safety, Belonging, Mattering – Christine Comaford Orlando Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jun 1, 2015

If you lead a team, or business, or simply manage a group of people for your organization you know this feeling.  An passion to help each person you lead or manage to perform at their highest level; to reach and exceed their potential capabilities.

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Topics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Smart Tribes

Bone Marrow Transplant Update – Last Week’s Clinic Visit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, May 28, 2015

“Happiness is a direction, not a place.” -Syndey J. Harris

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, leukemia, Strategic Discipline, Bone Marrow Transplant, Mono Somy 7, Michelle Wick

Find Waste, 2 Second Lean – Paul Akers – Orlando Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, May 26, 2015

Ever received your airline boarding pass and been puzzled on how to decipher what it all means? 

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Topics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Leadership Summit, Paul Akers, 2 Second Lean

Newsjacking – David Meerman Scott – Orlando Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, May 21, 2015

It’s called newsjacking, and David Meerman Scott believes by taking a few risks your company can gain followers and customers to elevate your position in your market and industry. 

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Topics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, David Meerman Scott, Social Media, Newsjacking

Recurring Revenue Streams II – Automatic Customer – Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 18, 2015

The Trojan Horse Effect and increased company value.  Recurring Revenue can have a dramatic impact on your business if you can uncover the means to achieve it. John Warrillow provided his insights from his book The Automatic Customer at the Orlando Leadership Summit.  We covered two of the nine business models for recurring revenue in John Warrillow, The Automatic Customer – Orlando Growth Summit.   All nine business models can be found in an e-book here.

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Topics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, The Automatic Customer, John Warrillow, Leadership Summit, Recurring Revenue Streams

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