10 Elements of Successful Businesses
While every business has elements that are unique to it. Every successful business shares common characteristics with other successful businesses. Concept The first element of a successful business is a clear concept of what the business is and does. This concept is...
Customer Service – Keeping Commitments and Valuing Each Customer
This week a service provider demonstrated to me how important I was to her and her business. Let me share the story. I arrived for my appointment 20 minutes early and made myself comfortable on a bench outside her office suite. I could see through the glass wall that...
Open Door, Closed Mind: Listening Well and Making Informed Decisions
Have you ever worked for someone that proudly stated they had an "open door" policy? Was their door really open to new ideas, feedback, information, and issues? Or was the door physically open but the mind closed? Perhaps you work for someone that has an open door...
Networking: Relationship Building, Not Hard Pitch Selling
I have a developing list of bad behaviors in networking. It seems after every event I can add either an entirely new “don’t” or an innovative variant of the core list. Chumming – Method of “baiting” the water to entice sharks to take the bait and encourage feeding...
Is Franchising for You?
Many businesses consider franchising as a strategic method of expanding their operations and financial results. But how do you know if franchising is for you? Let’s start with the benefits of franchising: Building your team with quality, motivated people. Because of...
SMARTer Goals for Business (Excerpt from 10 Minute Success: Goals!
SMART2 Goals for Business The typical “SMART” goal is defined as specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely. Another way of looking at these goals could be called SMART2. This means that SMART goals for businesses also need to be: – Strategic: Long-term,...
One Great Idea: Focus for Success
In today’s fast-paced, competitive business landscape, one strategy stands above all others: focus. Focus drives success by aligning an organization’s resources, actions, and vision toward clear, measurable outcomes. It’s about prioritizing customers, markets, core...
How to Develop Business Growth Goals
Goals, particularly sales targets, must align with your organization’s current results, capabilities, resources, and long-term vision. Generic goals fail to account for unique organizational contexts, making personalization critical for sustainable growth.
Goals – Excerpt from the book 10-Minute Success: Goals!
So let’s think of goal setting from the standpoint of having a goal post and end zone where we accomplish our goals for the play, the game, and the season (our lives).
Dog or Cat: Which Do You Want As a Vendor?
Have you ever noticed the differences in behavior between dogs and cats? I have always had dogs, never cats for pets, until recently. Two years ago my neighbor’s cat decided to live with us (I am told that is not unusual for a cat). In the past two years I have come...