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Now is the Time to Step Up Your Game Again!
There’s one strategy that will absolutely change the game once again for your brand and that is positioning your brand. I would hazard to guess that well over 90% of companies have never effectively positioned their brands or even considered it.
Don’t Get Complacent!
When any entity becomes dysfunctional, it all boils down to the same root causes: a blame game where nothing gets done, and everyone getting locked into complacency about the way things are.
Why Your Company Keeps Killing Big Ideas
Just after speaking at a conference last week, I was approached by a gentleman who introduced himself as a “newly minted and incredibly afraid chief innovation officer.”
This One Quality Distinguishes All Top Performers
My mantra is this: People have to talk to people; we have to share ideas. But it starts with your wanting to ask questions, your being curious so that you can stay ahead of that curve.
When the Shift Hits the Fan
Your Industry Is Changing. Now What? There comes a time in every business when it becomes apparent that your product, service or business model is no longer relevant.
10 Ways Entrepreneurs Fail Their Way to the Top
Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs seem to prefer to fail their way to the top, rather than do some research and learn from the successes and mistakes of others.
Smooth Scaling: How to Keep Your Startup Afloat
Of the myriad of factors working against the average startup company, perhaps the most dangerous is scalability. Adaptation isn’t just necessary, it’s vital for the survival of a business.
4 Ways to Turn Metrics into Business Strategies
In the bestselling book “Moneyball,” Michael Lewis explains how the Oakland A’s built a winning team using only statistics. Yet more than 10 years after the book’s publication, few organizations follow this example of metrics-driven decision-making.
What to Do When Your Boss Says It’s Time to Innovate
Unfortunately, saying you are innovative before you actually have a culture that knows how to be so—and produces work that truly is—is incredibly destructive because you wind up breaking promises with your staff and with your customers.
3 Secrets of Companies That Have Made a Comeback
Big-shot companies throughout the world, at some point of their operating lifespan, have witnessed market risks or operating risks and failure. These companies have, however, managed to regain the trust back and rule the market as pioneers through their strong leadership, hard work and correct advertising strategy.