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Evaluating Your Company's Culture
I believe a company's culture is the single most important factor that will determine whether the company is sucessful or not. Business owners and executives should consider what they want their company culture to be and how they can shape it. This article provides many practical tips.

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SME Financing
On friday I had an interesting meeting with Mr.James Kachangati of FSDKenya, James is the head of GrowthFin and had been informed about TIDE from one of our partners, which aroused some interest from him. The meeting was to start at noon but I arrived at about half past after getting lost on my way there, nevertheless James was welcomed me and proceeded to brief me on what FSDKenya does.

Pursuit of "Good to Great", Level Five Leadership
What is it? How do you pursue it? We examine Jim Collins' concept of Level 5 Leaders and define the attributes in the areas of style, motivators and inherent soft skills.
From Good To Great To Gone
The first six weeks of 2009 were not kind to Jim Collins' eleven Good To Great companies. With some lyrical assistance from "The Chairman of the Board", I explore five formerly great companies and how one has roller coaster-ed from Good To Great To Gone.
Jim Collins Fortune Interview Translated for the Sales Force
Jim Collins was interviewed in the February 2 issue of Fortune. He was asked this question: "Right now, it seems as if people are panicking - or are paralyzed about decisions."
Developing a Passion for Performance
In his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins characterized two common denominators of Level 5 leaders. One was humility and the second was a passion for performance. This article deals with the passion aspect of leadership and gives some tips for how to generate more of it.

Growing Your Business in a Difficult Economy
Admiral James Stockdale was the highest ranking American POW during the Vietnam War. He was held for more than 8 years and after his release wrote a book Love and War that described how he was able to not just survive the ordeal but actually thrive when many others didn’t. The story of his absolute confidence that he would survive coupled with his ability to confront the brutal facts of his current reality came to be known as the “Stockdale Paradox”. Many years later Jim Collins wrote his business masterpiece Good to Great and demonstrated how many companies used the “Stockdale Paradox” to survive and thrive in tough times while many of their competitors fell by the wayside or disappeared completely.

Your Success Requires the Rights Who\'s
How do I know I have the right people? I get this question from clients, alliances, and many of my relationships. “People” is a key decision area you and your company must get right to succeed and grow. Jim Collins states adamantly “who first;” you must make sure you have the right people in your organization before you focus on the “what, where and how” of growth. Here are five keys to knowing you have the right people …
Direct Sales Strategies- Building Instant Rapport for Sales Success
James is the most popular name for males in the United States accounting for over 4.8 million individuals. Dennis happens to be the 40th most popular, given to just over 600 thousand. If that is the case, why is your dentist more likely to be named Dennis than James? More importantly, how is that relevant to the profession of selling?
Recruit and Hire the Right People for Success
Your people are, without a doubt, your greatest asset. As Jim Collins so eloquently put it in his book, titled Good to Great….”To be successful you have to get the right people on the bus with you”….and as I like to say, you need to be the person with the steering wheel in your hands.Most small businesses get in the habit of hiring people when they need them TOMORROW, rather than recruiting people all the time and having a pool of ready to go prospects...

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