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April 29th, 2011 · No Comments · tools
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“The Art of the Start” on Execution
September 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
I really can’t recommend The Art of the Start enough. I consider this a core, must read book. I’m very fond of the chapter: “The Art of Bootstrapping”. It is all about execution. You can have the best idea, the best people but none of it matters unless you can flat out GET.IT.DONE. Kawasaki provides [...]
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Thoughts from “The Art of the Start”
September 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Books, Uncategorized
I recently finished reading Guy Kawasaki’s “The Art of the Start”. Great book. Must read. Anyone buying, selling or processing anything should read this at least once. One section really resonated with me. Especially since I just completed my series of posts on Running a Successful Turnaround. In Chapter 5: The Art of Bootstrapping, Guy [...]
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Zen Habits – Smile. Breathe. And Go Slowly.
September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · change
Zen Habits offered up a brief guide to life on Monday. You may consider this a little off topic for this blog. I will argue. Part of being a good leader is finding balance. less TV, more reading less shopping, more outdoors less clutter, more space less rush, more slowness less consuming, more creating less [...]
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Running A Successful Turnaround: Final Thoughts
August 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · change, operations, tools, Uncategorized
I have been working on a series of posts detailing my thoughts on how I would fix or turn around a business operation. We’ve talked about financials, how to get a handle on your customers and understanding youremployees in an effort to get them more engaged, and finally, we talked about processes. When you walk into a situation [...]
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Running A Successful Turnaround: Process Improvements
August 1st, 2010 · No Comments · change, management, operations, tools, Uncategorized
I have been working on a series of posts detailing my thoughts on how I would fix or turn around a business operation. I would take a stab at a scenario an MBA candidate/intern threw at me. So far we have talked about financials, how to get a handle on your customers and understanding your employees [...]
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Running a Successful Turnaround: The Employee View
July 25th, 2010 · No Comments · change, leadership, management, operations, tools
I have been working on a series of posts detailing my thoughts on how I would fix or turn around a business operation. I would take a stab at a scenario an MBA candidate/intern threw at me. So far we have talked about financials and how to get a handle on your customers. Its all about [...]
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Running a Successful Turnaround: The Customer View
July 17th, 2010 · No Comments · change, customer service, leadership, management, operations
Last week, I started as series of posts detailing my thoughts on how I would fix or turn around a business operation. Inspired by a promising MBA student that is doing an internship with us, I thought I would take a stab at a scenario she threw at me. Last week-ish we talked about financials. [...]
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Nailing an Interview
May 26th, 2009 · No Comments · career, coaching, interviewing, personal branding
Get Rich Slowly linked to a post on How to Nail an Interview recently.There are some great tips here and I know some of you are out there hustling to find a new opportunity. Check it out. I like the authors methodology. Real world research. Not miscellaneous thoughts from people that did some hiring 20 [...]
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Gen X Loves Social Networking
May 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Facebook, linkedin, marketing, networking, social networking, tools, Twitter
Just read the latest from Penelope Trunk. Do you know who is using social media? Gen X. The average Twitter user is in their 30s. The median age of LinkedIn is 40. The majority of people who are joining Facebook right now are over 35. This is because Gen X wants to meet new people [...]
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