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Succession Planning – Critical Business Planning
Does your company have a succession plan for your key positions? Why not? What will it take to convince you that you need one? The unexpected loss of a key player in that critical position!?
Become a Customer-Focused Leader
In my recent articles, “To Be (Customer-Focused) … Or Not To Be…” and “Why Customer Focus Differentiates” I offer a number of compelling reasons for the strategic importance of making Customer Focus a critical business strategy. If you found these reasons compelling or you already knew in your gut that Customer Focus is strategically essential, then your goal must be to create a customer-centric culture throughout your company. If this is the case then you will need to embed customer focus into everything you do. This article describe t leadership qualities needed to create a cutomer-focused organization.
Do Not Call
Last week Smartcompany ran a story saying that the Federal Government may include business numbers in the Do Not Call register. What are they talking about? Prospecting for new business via the telephone (referred to as unsolicited phone calls) is still a legitimate and critical business activity necessary for anyone in sales and in business, especially in business to business sales where consumer marketing and advertising strategies do not work effectively. It is a vital activity any business or sales person worth their salt should be doing on a regular basis. Therefore I do not believe that the government should include business numbers in the DO NOT CALL register.
3 Reasons Identity Management is a “MUST”… and strategies to make it affordable
Identity Management for companies with employees that have access to critical data is a MUST. Over the years I have had the privilege to work with many companies large and small, who have different business needs. In many cases I hear all the reasons, (and sometimes excuses) for not implementing a solution, policy or methodology. Sometimes these reasons even make perfect sense! In making any business decision, the choice to do, or not do anything is weighed by what I call the “risk vs. reward scale”. The article gives three basic reasons Identity Management is a MUST
Use Your Email Signature
There are many branding opportunities that small businesses can and should be taking advantage of, the email signature is one of them. An email signature doesn't cost any money to setup, and it is a small, but important part of a professional image, and a professional brand. Every business email account should have a professional email signature associated with it. It's easy to make one, and it will remind your email recipients of the fact that you're in business every time you email them.

Three Trends Facing Future Business Strategic Planning
Where does time go? What seems like just yesterday you were planning this year's goals and now it is 6 months or heaven's forbid 2 years later!

More New Clients
Getting more new clients is an ongoing challenge. These marketing tips will help you get prospects interested what you offer and do.
Truth in Numbers
Why Outsourcing your Bookkeeping Makes Cents Many people still associate outsourcing with manufacturing or global workforces, but it is much more. Outsourcing is an efficient way to manage special projects or overflow, expand staffing resources, and grow your business. Many businesses outsource critical business tasks that require specialized knowledge such as bookkeeping.

The Value of Outsourcing
The Value of Outsourcing - "I'm too small to hire staff" say many entrepreneurs. But that's an expensive assumption to make. In this article, you'll read why paying someone else to do specific parts of your work actually makes good business sense, and can set you up to grow your business faster and more effectively. Think your business is too small to staff? Think again! Keep an open mind and read this article and you just might post a "help wanted" sign!

Recession Reality and 15 Simple Strategies for Growing Your Buiness
Good businesses principles work regardless of a recession, in fact they probably work even better during a recession because customers are more tuned in when purchasing. Bad business principles are routed out and killed during a recession. This happens to also be good for people who conduct business in the right way.

Taking control of your IT&T career - June 2004
Implementing a successful career management strategy in the IT&T industry has been anything but easy in the last few years. Changing market conditions, mergers, acquisitions, redundancies, retrenchments, and pay reductions have become the common mantra.
The True Turnaround: The Executive's Brain Call To REALignment
Any attempt at leading one's self, team or organization into transformation must take into account alignment of the brain to reality. Otherwise what we think are the best ways to lead people may say more about our limited perceptual abilities than truth.

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Critical Qualities To Achieve Credibility, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Achieving or earning credibility is something all of us need to strive for in business and in our personal life. Achieving credibility means gaining the ability to be recognized for one’s capabilities and knowledge. In today’s business world, credibility is a critical attribute for everyone. There are a number of qualities that need to be mastered in order to achieve credibility. Here are twelve (12) of those critical qualities, according to your strategic thinking business coach.

Critical Skills Needed To Be A Strategic Thinker, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Strategic thinking is a process that defines the manner in which people think about, assess, view, and create the future for themselves and others. Strategic thinking is an extremely effective and valuable tool. One can apply strategic thinking to arrive at decisions that can be related to your work or personal life. Strategic thinking involves developing an entire set of critical skills. What are those critical skills? Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach offers the following list of critical skills that the best strategic thinkers possess and use every day.

Getting Along with Critical People
We can all be critical. Every day, we literally critique everything that goes on around us consciously and unconsciously. Unfortunately, some people tend to verbalize the thoughts many of us have learned to keep to ourselves. When things don't go our way or we're in a bad mood it is easy to become critical. It's true, miserable people prefer miserable company. Critical people actually feel better around others who share the same negative attitudes. Before we spend time learning how to cope with other people's critical traits let's make sure we have our own well under control. It can be quite challenging to get along with a critic, especially when we live, work or attend church with them. Here are 10 tips to help you get along better with critical people.
A Few Advertising Ideas To Make Your Small Business Stand Out
Advertising is critical to business success, and creativity is critical to advertising. Here are some ideas to help make your small business one that people remember.
How This Critical Success Factor, A Laser Focus Attitude Required To Win Increase Sales
Critical success factors are present in every business from securing new clients to keeping fixed costs low. However, this one critical success factor, a laser focus attitude, is missing from many businesses.

The Two-Word Secret Weapon to Effective Leadership
“Performance Management” is a term coined by Dr. Aubrey Daniels in the late 1970s to describe a technology for managing, both behavior, and results, the two critical elements of what is known as performance. As an entrepreneur and a leader it is critical in your business.
LifeWave : Create Your Success In 90 Days
You can create more than you ever have in the next 90 days with LifeWave. Before you say "impossible", let me share with you these critical and yet easy steps that you can start using immediately. These steps are critical to creating momentum in your business and your life.

Do You Know Your Breakeven
It is critical that all business know their breakeven point and it is even more critical today.
Key Team Roles - What Happens If,,,
Every business has its Key Roles. Each organization has pivotal positions that are critical to get right. Managers who understand that these roles and positions are often critical to success are usually the ones who are ahead of the game
Christmas is coming....but what does it bring?
I am sure most of you will have noticed the baubles, streamers and trees in the shops which indicate that Christmas is around the corner. Apart from sending us all into panic, some of us may genuinely fear all the social expectations at this time, whether at work or at home. Have you had a good look at your social skills recently? When you are in a leadership role, how you behave towards your staff is critical to how successful a leader you are, and, ultimately, critical for the success of your business.
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