| (D) ARTICLES
ON HOW TO MANAGE MORE EFFECTIVELY: |
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1. The
simple truth about "Benchmarking and Best
Practices". |
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2. What's
possible in your business... and what's next? |
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3. The 7
questions to ask your staff that will change your
business forever. |
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4. How and
why to do a Skills Inventory of your staff. |
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5. The
painfully high cost of cutting your price! |
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6. Are you
a serious student of your numbers? |
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7. Avoid
this potentially fatal mistake in your business! |
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8. Create
an "Idea-Fest" in your business! |
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9. Some
clarity on "Change"! |
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10. Why do
businesses struggle with change? |
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11. Businesses
don't die from a single shot to the head! |
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12. Is the
"currency crutch" being kicked out from
under your business? |
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13. Are you
struggling to be a more effective coach in your
business? |
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14. Do you
have a "see-aheadascope" in your business? |
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15. There's
no such thing as "Corporate Goals"! |
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16. Do you
know who and what is really making money in your
business? |
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17. Do the
math...the simple truth about making more money in
your business! |
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18. Tools
for success...powerful lessons from a guy in Canmore! |
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19. Eight
business lessons from the Super Bowl |
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20.
"Process" ain't sexy... but your business is dead
without it. |
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21. If
your industry in consolidating... and most are...
you have four choices! |
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22.
Three quick tips to building an effective TEAM in
your business. |
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23. 10
tips for achieving world-class effectiveness in your
business. |
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24. Do you have
all three ingredients required for business
success?
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25. Attention business
owners... are you paying yourself twice? |
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26. Are you listening
to the right people? |
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27. Treasure the
complainers... for they speak for many others! |
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28. Is your business
experiencing "Death by email"? |
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29. What should you be
"losing" in your business? |
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30. Are your
front-line people driving customers away... and
whose fault is it? |
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31. Here's one word
that will transform your annual planning process.
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32. Are you getting
too damn casual in your business? |
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33. Are you creating
"the next" in your business? |
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34. What needs fixing
in your business? Use our simple one-page
"Audit" to get to the truth! |
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35. Effective coaches
do these 10 things... how do you stack up? |
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36. Are you clearly
focused in your business... or have you lost your
way? |
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37. Are you lumping
your staff into the "muddy middle"? |
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38. Four simple questions that will make you a
world-class manager! |
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39.
Change your language... change your results! |
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40. Is
communication the big issue in business... or is it
trust? |
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41. How
many people in your company are just showing up for
a paycheck? |
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42. Here
are 4 simple things you can do, right now, to grow
your business this year! |
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43. An
income generating opportunity that most businesses
never think of! |
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44. Will
anyone want to buy your business? |
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45. Have you any idea
where your business is going? |
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46. Do you have a
specific "Profit Improvement Plan" for next year? |
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47. Stop going to
Trade Shows & Conferences without a "list"! |
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48. Are you aiming
high enough in your business? |
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49. The incredible
power of defining your business by how you help.. not by what
you sell! |
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50. Defining the real
"purpose" of your business meetings and conferences. |
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51. If you don't
understand your numbers, you don't understand your
business! |
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52. When was the last
time you challenged your suppliers to serve you
better? |
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53. Just like winning
in sports, generating a healthy bottom line in your
business is a 'game of inches'! |
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54. If you think
running a business today is tougher than ever before
you are only half right. |
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55. Are you asking the
right question when something goes wrong in your
business? |
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56. Do you have an
emotional attachment to an uneconomic asset or an
obsolete business model that's putting your future
at risk? |
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57. Will you be an 'offshoring'
entrepreneur... or an 'offshoring' victim? |
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58. Let's stop this Christmas Bonus nonsense! |
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59. Are you committed
to improving your bottom line in 2007? |
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60. How to get dozens
of business improving ideas for about $5.00 each! |
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61. Is everyone in
your business "singing from the same hymn sheet"? |
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62. An important
business lesson from 3500 cheese factories that
aren't around anymore... and from a few that are.
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63.Are you a "Toyota"
or a "Hyundai"? Two different approaches to
improving efficiency and quality in your in your
business. |
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64.To succeed in
business today, you need wisdom, passion and
focus... and 2 out of 3 ain't good enough! |
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65. What the world's
water crisis tells us about creating opportunities
in any business! |
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66. Does your
business model need a reality check... before it's too late? |
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67. The human side
of business leadership! |
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68. When the
relationship between a boss and employee isn't
working out, the reason is usually simple: |
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69. How many of
your staff have "quit", but keep coming in anyway..
and whose fault is it? |
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70. What could you
learn from your suppliers? |
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71. The future
belongs to those who can see possibilities.. and who
know what to do with them. |
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72. The simple
truth about effective business leadership... in just
3 minutes: |
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73. The power of
meaningful work. |
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74. What's
unacceptable in your business? |
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75.
Do you follow up on
opportunities to sell more and manage smarter…or are
you letting valuable opportunities just slip away? |
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76. Is your boss holding you
back...and, if so, what's your plan? |
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77. You can't grow your
business without growing your people: |
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78. Why partnerships go wrong. |
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79. A quick and easy customer
“communications reality check": |
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80. What’s working and what’s
not working in your business? |
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81. Is business still “fun” for
you? |
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82. Why you should be #1 or #2
in your market…or just pack it in: |
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83. If your industry is
consolidating…and most are…you have 4 clear choices! |
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84. Are you an effective
leader, even when you're not there? |
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85. Are you getting the "little
things" right in your business? |
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86. What are you learning from
your competitors? |
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87. How many people are you
trying to manage? |
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88. Why are some of your staff
not performing...and whose fault is it? |
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89. Two questions to ask your
team to get their creative juices going: |
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90. Recession-proof your
business…how to thrive in good times and bad: |
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91. Do your employees have to
go behind your back to do the right thing? |
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92. Are you embracing all the
ways that technology can help grow your business? |
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93. What went wrong at General
Motors and what can we all learn from this? |
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94. Why do many new businesses
get stuck in “start-up” mode…and what to do about
it? |
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95. What are you doing to refocus your business in
these challenging times? |
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96. Stop trying to be more like the "big guys": |
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97. We all need to work "ON" our business, not just
"IN" it ... and here's how to do it: |
