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5 Questions Great Managers Ask (and They Aren't Hard!)
Remember the Pareto Principle. Aka the 80:20 rule. Well, here's something much, much easier! Answer these questions every day. Consider your responses thoughtfully, or with your team maybe. Or with your coach, or trusted friend. Or simply have a little memo taped up somewhere you can't miss it. 5 Questions. Try it for a week, a month - get the habit. It will make your business. It will make your people. It will make you...
Practical Productivity Improvement and Cost Reduction
Inexpensive and quick actions to raise output and / or lower input in your organization, whatever your line of business. Act to raise profits or output, to ease bottlenecks, to refine operations that have lost their sharp focus over time or start effective new ones. My Amazon book, Cost Reduction How to Survive, Recover, and Thrive, offers examples of practical ideas to effect real cost change.

The 80-19-1 Rule
I expect that many of you are familiar with the Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule.) If you aren’t, the simple definition is that for many phenomena 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes. Or – more practically – 80% of your company’s revenue comes from 20% of your customers, or 80% of your problems come from 20% of your customers, or 80% of your employee problems come from 20% of your employees. While it’s overused, it’s a good rule of thumb.
Priority, Pareto, and the Gorilla List
Someone has to set the priority for actions, and if management doesn't do it the guy with the wrench in his hand, or the gal with the Blackberry, will.

Cost Control in this Economy
Cost control is not just a checklist, but a way of thinking that cost effectiveness is the primary objective. Focus on results, not the process. And please, don’t just look at direct hourly people for improvement. That is probably not where your big costs are. Show me the money. For a deeper analysis, my book called Cost Reduction; Survive, Recover, Thrive offers actions for any phase of the economy, for all levels of the organization chart. It is listed on Amazon, search by the title please. It is available in a Kindle edition as well as paperback.

The Power of Priorities
Leadership trainer and author, John Maxwell, says, “Thinking ahead and prioritizing responsibilities marks the major differences between a leader and a follower.” Therefore, when it comes to your priorities, 20% of your priorities will give you 80% of your production.
Recruiting Quality Talent and Top Performers
What are the secrets to making quality hiring choices and refining your candidate selection process? How do you acquire the team members you really desire and eliminate the guess work? Read on to learn more...
Is Your Sales Training Demonstrating 20/80 or 80/20?
Where are you putting your sales training efforts and what are the positive, measurable results from those actions? Are they 20/80 or 80/20?
To-Don't List
Somehow in our culture, “being busy” has been elevated to a status symbol. However, busy does not equal productive! It’s easy to be unceasingly busy with the never ending to-do list. As one thing is checked off, three more are added on. But too often clients complain they just aren’t getting what they want accomplished or they aren’t hitting their goals. They are “busy” going nowhere.
The 80-20 Rule and Client Drama
The 80-20 Rule, AKA the Pareto Principle, states that “for many events, 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.” This can be observed in any volunteer organization, for example, a church, where 20% of the people do 80% of the work. In our eight-plus years of doing web development at Pelago, we have concluded that the inverse of this rule applies to client drama. That is, 80% of your negative experiences will be caused by 20% of your clients (and maybe even a smaller number like 5%). As a small business owner, how do you navigate this effect? You get tough.
What if Prioritising Was One of the Main Keys to Success?
I have discovered two things that many business owners tend to find rather challenging when running a business. These are... ...So… when it comes to your priorities, 20 percent of your time spent on the important ‘stuff’ will give you 80 percent of a return on that time... In the area of customers, it is vital to identify the 20 percent who account for 80 percent of your business...
How to Improve Your Time Management
One of the most common things that I come across working with people in business (especially business owners) is the comment that ‘I just have too much to do and not enough time to do it’ Now experience has shown that, on average, many people are actually working productively for only 20% of their working week until they start to focus on how they plan their week and their use of time. Effective time management is not just about productivity though – it’s essential to your health too (and it’s one of the key determinants of your business success). It is not unusual, when coaching clients, that we see a substantial increase in time management effectiveness enabling business owners to double their previous output results in quite a short period of time
To Increase Sales Means You Must Map Your Icebergs
Are trying to increase sales? How much of your sales are you missing? Maybe it is time to map all of your icebergs.
Top 7 Questions to Increase Sales Using The 80/20 Rule
Are you aware of the Pareto Principle? Do you know how you can incorporate this mathematical into your business to increase sales?

Are You Drunk with Possibilities?
Every company I have worked with has developed their own methods for determining priorities. The problem is that most are not disciplined enough to limit their number of priorities. "Too many" generally equals "not accomplished."
Seven Simple Ways To Prioritize
Learn seven easy ways to prioritize all the things you need to do so that you can stay focused and effective with your time.

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The 80-19-1 Rule
I expect that many of you are familiar with the Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule.) If you aren’t, the simple definition is that for many phenomena 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes. Or – more practically – 80% of your company’s revenue comes from 20% of your customers, or 80% of your problems come from 20% of your customers, or 80% of your employee problems come from 20% of your employees. While it’s overused, it’s a good rule of thumb.
5 Questions Great Managers Ask (and They Aren't Hard!)
Remember the Pareto Principle. Aka the 80:20 rule. Well, here's something much, much easier! Answer these questions every day. Consider your responses thoughtfully, or with your team maybe. Or with your coach, or trusted friend. Or simply have a little memo taped up somewhere you can't miss it. 5 Questions. Try it for a week, a month - get the habit. It will make your business. It will make your people. It will make you...
Top 7 Questions to Increase Sales Using The 80/20 Rule
Are you aware of the Pareto Principle? Do you know how you can incorporate this mathematical into your business to increase sales?

The 80-20 Rule and Client Drama
The 80-20 Rule, AKA the Pareto Principle, states that “for many events, 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.” This can be observed in any volunteer organization, for example, a church, where 20% of the people do 80% of the work. In our eight-plus years of doing web development at Pelago, we have concluded that the inverse of this rule applies to client drama. That is, 80% of your negative experiences will be caused by 20% of your clients (and maybe even a smaller number like 5%). As a small business owner, how do you navigate this effect? You get tough.
Customer Profiles for New Business
In 1906 an Italian Economist called Vilfredo Pareto created a mathematical formula based on observing that 80% of the land was owned by 20% of the population. Dr Joseph Juran, a Quality Management pioneer also recognised this universal principle that later became know as Pareto’s Principle or The 80-20 Rule.
Do You REALLY apply the 80/20 Principle: Why ignore one of the most important success factors?
I can’t remember where I first heard about the 80/20 rule – Pareto’s Principle –a powerful success factor. About 80% of effects come from 20% of causes. Here are 3 tips for applying this rule to your success.
10 Vital Lessons from the Seed
There is so much to learn from the principle of seed time and harvest. Everything in life revolves around this principle. Study it in this article and see how you can become a better person on knowing this principle.
How to Free Up 10 Hours a Week
Have you heard of the Pareto Principle or the 80/20 rule? It goes like this: • 80% of your results are produced by 20% of your efforts • 80% of your income comes from 20% of your clients • 80% of your files are used 20% of the time

The Key to a Better Life
Time management is basically about being focused. The Pareto Principle also known as the '80:20 Rule' states that 80% of efforts that are not time managed or unfocused generates only 20% of the desired output. However, 80% of the desired output can be generated using only 20% of a well time managed effort. Although the ratio '80:20' is only arbitrary, it is used to put emphasis on how much is lost or how much can be gained with time management.

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