Sign Sign Everywhere a Sign
A picture is worth a 1,000 words but signs can create a very positive environment for your customers and your team as well.After all a picture says it all. This picture illustrates a creative way to solicit feedback. The fun approach makes you smile which enhances your likelihood to provide substantive thinking for research. Information […]
Attitude Over Aptitude ….. Always
Many people have asked me, “why is attitude more important than aptitude? I want to hire the smartest people possible because I want to create the best business.” Guess what? Attitude is way more powerful! We have a choice every day how we react to what happens to us. If things do not go […]
National Ice Cream Day Cometh
Time for Celebration! I have always found businesses and people miss lots of chances to celebrate. When things go well it is a time to celebrate. When work is moving ahead, it is a good time to enjoin others in the progress. When business expands or new customers come on board, it is a […]
Three Keys to Open Any Door
Purpose Pride Passion There are three keys to success for your business. It does not matter whether you work for yourself as an entrepreneur or are an employee within a company, 3 words will help determine whether you find success. Purpose, pride,and passion will aid you in your climb to the top. First […]
The Best and Brightest are Not Enough
Many a business looks to hire the best and the brightest thinking that will lead them to success. Only after they have finished their recruiting of perfection do they begin to think about how they are going to put the pieces together. They just assume the best and brightest will figure out how to work […]
The Power of Three
Whether you are writing, presenting or just talking with someone else, the critical way to create a memory of what you did or said is to keep the message to 3 points. From a young age our learning is centered around the number three. Three Blind Mice, Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks and the […]
I Have a Problem…
More and more people are having problems interacting with other people, businesses, or technology. How you react to these issues could be an opportunity to differentiate yourself from the competition. Everyone reacts in different ways to people telling them something is not right. Some corporations put people on a list if they return too many […]
The Future of Business has Feelings
It is a great line from SAP. So many people are caught up in technology that they have forgotten the human element of business (and life). We have gone through a very fast paced migration of technology. From dot com to cloud computing to big data to crypto currencies to artificial intelligence. All making things […]
Welcome 2019
It’s a New Year and you are excited to begin your journey anew. Before you start your voyage I have found it is a good idea to reflect on what transpired in 2018. You might think about your successes and determine why they happened. Just as important is to think about what you could have […]
A Plan is the Beginning- Never Give Up!
Sticking to your plan can lead to a happy ending. Most people develop a plan when they start out in business. The plan is based on information they have gained from research through reading, observing, and talking to others. One compiles the plan on paper and it becomes a map of where you want to […]
The Anti-Brainstorming
I am sure most people have been involved in a brainstorming session. In its simplest form, you have an agenda built around how to improve a part of your business. It could be a creative exercise on how to make a new initiative better or creating a new product or a name for a new […]
The Personal Approach to Sales
Every day I hear about the latest app, and how it makes your life easier. Technology makes life different from anything before. The big question is “does it make it better?” Do emails break through the clutter? Do you truly get to know people through texting? I am going back to simpler times and recommend […]