Ronald J. Recardo, Managing Partner, The Catalyst Consulting Group LLC Many Presidents and CEO’s have come to the realization that they cannot achieve their growth objective by relying only on their internal growth engines (e.g. new product development, 5 P’s of marketing). Unfortunately, there have been a plethora of studies that have concluded the success rates of […]
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This past week there were celebrations across the country for National Small Business Week to draw attention to the entrepreneurial spirit that still exists today despite the challenges that loom large. The week officially kicked off last Sunday at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. There were the expected speeches and of course awards
Marga Hoek, CEO, Sustainable Business Association Every entrepreneur should want to improve the world. Those that do not, and especially businesses that consume and damage our social, environmental, and financial assets, are contributors to the economic, environmental and social problems that we are struggling with today. This recognition makes it clear that it is the business
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Managers hear questions every day. Some serious; some trivial. “Are the merger rumors true?” “How much is our budget being cut?” “Can we extend our deadline a couple of days?” “Is our team going to have to work over the weekend?” But the ONE question that you have to answer correctly every single time is
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Sean Rudner, President & CEO, StockPKG A common goal amongst nearly all businesses is the desire to grow, yet many plateau and can’t seem to become bigger and better like they’d hoped. Why? It’s easy to become set in your ways and comfortable with current processes and procedures, but the difference between plateauing and growing is operating
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You’re wired to see what you already believe. It’s a simple statement but the implications for decision-making are complex. What you already believe is built layer upon layer from your experiences which create a filter through which you see the world. Good decision-making relies on understanding how your brain’s filter colors perception and influences interpretation.
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When people talk about the inner contradictions of an organization, they frequently refer to “culture,” that omnipresent word that describes all pleasant and unpleasant by-products of decisions. But they seldom identify the real problem—the decisions that create the traps. Here are ten examples of how that happens: People don’t realize that their decisions create the
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Michael Stausholm, Founder & CEO, Sprout It all started with an idea from a group of students at MIT in Boston back in 2012. When they got the challenge of developing ”the sustainable office article of the future”, they came up with the idea of a plantable pencil with a capsule of seeds in the
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Janice DiPietro, CEO, Exceptional Leaders International As you execute your plan for 2016 and deal with the myriad of issues and opportunities that CEOs face every day, it is critical that your communications with your direct reports be as succinct and meaningful as possible. This article, the first in a series, addresses the most salient discussion
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Bob Kelleher, Author, I-ENGAGE, Your Personal Engagement Roadmap During the past decade, organizations have increasingly embraced employee engagement as a way to attract and retain the best employees – knowing that a culture of engagement will better position them to capture employees’ discretionary effort (and help the bottom line). That all sounds good, but it’s more
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