What Business Are You In? Are You Sure?
Here’s a little tidbit for your Tuesday thinking pleasure.
For this tidbit, let's pretend that we're in the banking industry, and consider a generic mid-sized bank.
If you're the CEO, it's obvious
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A 17% Sales Increase in Only 3 Months
Nobody cares as much about your business, your customers, and the future of the company as much as you do.
Most of my clients are mid-market private firms with revenues ranging
Sometimes We All Get Lucky
Sometimes we all get lucky.
For those who missed it, Leamington, my neighbouring town, was in the New York Times the other day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/business/international/town-where-the-tomato-is-king-rallies-to-save-its-heinz-plant.html?_r=0
Leamington got lucky. Leamington didn’t diversify. It had all
The Red Pen / Green Pen Test
As I'm sure is the same with you, I get a lot of emails and phone calls from sales people looking to sell me the next great thing.
Just the other
The Uncomfortable Lesson Your Fitbit Can Teach You About Your Business
We would all like to believe that our people always set out do their best, and that the biggest sin in management is the dreaded ‘micromanaging.’
But the huge success of
The Problem With Rushing Third Base
Last week I tried a new frozen yogurt shop at the mall.
An employee was giving away samples. She asked me if I had ever tried the place. I told her
How Walter White Is Destroying Your Company’s Marketing Efforts (and What You Can Do to Fix It)
We did a simple exercise at the recent Evergreen Summit. Participants were asked to spend two minutes writing everything they knew about their favorite TV characters.
For two minutes, heads were
Why Won’t You Take My Money!?!?!?!
My good friend Shawn was telling me about an experience he had recently. It was so in line with what I talk about and share with you on a weekly
What Walmart and Domino’s Pizza Want You To Know About Business Growth
Did you know that Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza, used to order pizzas from local pizza joints whenever he was on the road?
And Sam Walton used to visit
Loyalty Lessons from The Recent Canadian Election
As you may or may not know, I'm a Canadian. I live in Ontario, just south of Detroit.
What you do likely know is that has we just had a major