How to Wrap Up 2015
From Larry Winget: Most reach the end of the year and look back to do some evaluation. If you haven’t done that yet, do it now. Seriously, stop right now and look back at the [...]
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Nov, 2015
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Nov, 2015
What Makes You Happy
The Five Friends share what makes them happy. What makes you happy?
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Nov, 2015
How to Keep Your Business from Being Uberized
Are you afraid of being Uberized? You should be. Uber, Airbnb, and Lyft aren’t just the poster children for the Sharing Economy; they represent the continuation of a truth that is as old as civilization: [...]
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Oct, 2015
Four Changes That Make Growth Happen
You can’t cut your way to growth. Profitability? Yes, at least for a while, but growth is a completely different animal. Growth requires increasing the top line and there are only four basic ways to [...]
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Oct, 2015
What Companies Do You Love Doing Business With and Why?
The Five Friends share the companies with which they love doing business. Find out what keeps them coming back again and again ... and what your business can learn from their experience. [...]
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Oct, 2015
Navigating the Messy Middle of Change
You are now in the middle of a change. How you arrived here doesn’t matter. It could be a planned change gone awry, or perhaps a crisis forced you to do or be something different. [...]
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Sep, 2015
The One Change Your Company Shouldn’t Make
Business today can feel like being transported to the pages of the Louis Carroll classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The potential solutions for meeting today’s challenges are just as confusing as the problems: Change your [...]
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Sep, 2015
Is Your Culture an Anchor or an Accelerator for Change?
A strong, vibrant organizational culture is the ultimate engine for accelerating change and adapting to new opportunities. It can also be an anchor that holds you back and contributes to your downfall. Which is it [...]
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Sep, 2015
Five Ideas to Make Your Business Better
The Five Friends share ideas to make your business better in this special video version of the Five Friends blog. See what Scott McKain, Larry Winget, Joe Calloway, Mark Sanborn, and I have to [...]
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Aug, 2015
The Myth and Reality of Your Organization’s Culture
“We don’t do that stuff.” “What stuff?” I inquired to the person in the next seat. Truthfully, I knew what he meant. I had just responded to his question about what I do with my [...]
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Aug, 2015
Who Should Run the Government: CEO or Politician?
From Scott McKain: “Elected political leader as manager” is a dated, misplaced notion. Let’s change our thinking about the jobs of those we elect to significant positions. I never thought Jack Welch was an expert [...]
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Aug, 2015
How Do I Stay Inspired?
From Mark Sanborn: The quick answer is that my greatest inspiration comes from my faith, family and friends, in that order. While true, that answer is incomplete. On a practical level there is a fourth [...]
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Aug, 2015
Pursing the Future: Learning Faster Is No Longer Enough
Flawless execution today is no guarantee of relevance tomorrow. The ability to quickly and continually change and adapt is a competitive advantage —which is why companies like Jim Beam, Procter & Gamble, and Zildjian Cymbals [...]
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Jul, 2015
Employees: Fix Them or Fire Them
From Joe Calloway: In my 30+ years of working with leaders of organizations of every description imaginable, I’ve discovered a couple of truths about leadership and employees. One is that when a leader reaches the [...]
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Jul, 2015
Changing to Hit a Moving Target
“Our organization isn’t working as well as it needs to be. Things aren’t bad. They used to be much better. The just aren’t that way now.” Every leader has, at some point, felt that everything [...]