December 2010
9 posts
Business By-products
Business By-products
You have a business selling a product or a service, that’s the focus and it should be. But wait is that all there is? What can you do that will help your primary business and gain customers through a new channel?
For me it’s e-books and teaching. If someone wants to do it on their own or can’t afford me, I have a business basic library to provide core information. I...
2010, good riddance or get real?
2010 good riddance or get real?
For many, me included 2010 did not start out as a very good year and proceeded to get worse. While I’m not sorry to see it end I am grateful for all I learned.
We often stay in a comfort zone until shaken out of it and when we are fear sets in. To counteract the feeling of dread or helplessness, it is advantageous to have a contingency plan. If one revenue...
Learn Before You Quit.
Learn Before You Quit
I just finished reading Wally Conger’s blog about quitters, (www.wallyconger.com) and he revealed a most interesting fact. More folks are bailing on their jobs than are getting fired, as stated by the Department of Labor.
The most significant quit levels seem to be in financial services, and professional and business services, but people are quitting across the board...
What is your core essence?
What is your core essence?
Have you noticed how many companies, start-ups especially, jump on a band wagon to sell the latest greatest whatever, then when the fad is over they have nothing to fall back on? What is your core that tried and true that is the basis of your business? For me it’s the foundations of the business the planning and the people at whatever stage the business is in. I can...
The Last Newsletter of 2010
Just a quick note to let you know about some of the new things we are doing.
1st Our core values have not changed neither has our mission. We continue to work with a wide range of companies from small to corporate start-up to maturity focusing on the foundational programs to enable every organization the ability to concentrate on the reason they are in business.
We continue to provide...
Where's The Beef?
Where’s the beef?
Do you remember the commercial? Well, it’s even truer in business. What is the content you deliver?
All too often people worry about making the website pretty or what tools to use to make sure you tube looks professional, etc. I’m not saying you should be careless or unprofessional but if you have content get it out there in whatever way you can.
I started doing e-books and...
5 Steps to Better Teams
5 Steps to Better Teams
I have had the privilege to work with a wide range of teams from the AF Space and Missile Command to a global advertising agency, to teams in small businesses and non-profits and they all have similar traits if they want to succeed.
Purpose.. Why was the team created? What is its reason for existence? How does that fit with the company mission? If the team is...
How do you treat YOU?
How do you treat you?
Last week I read Seth Godin’s blog, http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/12/the-worlds-worst-boss.html Chellie Campbell’s quotes for day 362 and 3 from the “Wealthy Spirit” www.chellie.com speak about purpose and that on our journey there will be rough patches that are important to recognize and move on.
Then I see the Judy Garland quote posted by Jodi Michele...
Do YOU Believe in Miracles?
Do You Believe in Miracles?
It’s Chanukah, the festival of lights where as the dreidel says a great miracle happened and a small amount of oil lasted 8 days keeping the eternal flame glowing.
Throughout history there have been many stories of miracles; things people never thought would happen and did. Miracles don’t have to be big they can come in any size.
What miracles are you working on? ...