Posts Tagged ‘Setting Goals’
How to Make Your Sales Goals Real and Yourself Accountable
“A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” Samuel Goldwyn. There are a lot of quotes and adages that reflect the idea Samuel Goldwyn was getting at. The heart of the matter is this: When we get serious about something, we put it down in writing. Until something is on paper (or perhaps the…
Read MoreBusiness-Focused, People-Centric
Often in understanding business leadership, people tend to focus on two extreme models of leaders. The first is the “It’s all about the numbers” leader. Typically, these are portrayed as hard charging, data driven, task and goal focused, and sometimes ruthless executives. The other model is the human/people focused leaders. These are portrayed as caring…
Read MoreA Vision for Success
We all have a different idea of success. For some of us it might be a house or luxury vehicle we’ve always wanted, and for others it could simply be having the financial stability to provide for our families. To accomplish these particular goals, we craft a vision for our success and rigorously strive toward fulfilling the…
Read MoreAre You the Leader if No One Follows?
Here is a variation of the “tree falls in the forest” question. In past insights, we’ve looked at leadership skills, ways to enhance effectiveness, and how to develop creative ideas that motivate and propel your organization to greatness. Here is the ultimate question for a leader… You’ve heard the old saying that you can lead…
Read More4 Simple Productivity Hacks for Your Business
Maximizing your company’s potential is something similar businesses all over the globe try to tackle on a daily basis. One of the ways you can maximize your potential and drive more revenue is to identify how your company can improve productivity within the work environment. Limited resources, time restrictions and financial barriers—these are just a…
Read MoreMake Adequate Thinking Time a Priority
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought. ~Bernard Baruch Warren Buffet spends about 80% of his time thinking and reading. So many outstanding leaders spend time specific time thinking. Tim Armstrong, CEO of AOL,…
Read MoreSuccessfully Launch a New Product with Practical Strategies
If you’re planning to launch a new product, you have to keep many different factors in mind. It obviously helps to have a great product, but there’s a lot more to it than that. You have to make sure there’s a strong demand for your new product. You also have to create a strategic new…
Read More5 Tips to Make You More Efficient
Today’s work environments are so stressful that if you’re not going to employ some form of a strategy you can easily be swallowed in the quicksand of work productivity. You may think that you are doing a lot of things at work. But why is it that after an hour behind your desk you feel…
Read MoreLeadership: Sell the Dream, Make the Reality
As a leader, you set the goals, establish the strategies and tactics to get there (with help from others of course) and sell the dream to all of your stakeholders. And that includes potential customers as well as executives and employees. Sometimes growth happens without a leader envisioning it, living it daily, evangelizing it to…
Read MoreDon’t Ignore These 4 Goals in 2016
Now is the perfect time to evaluate your old goals from last year and see what needs to change, in order to bring fresh and new ideas into your business. While it may seem obvious, don’t ignore these four important goals in the coming year. Employees Your employees are one of, if not the most…
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