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A Positive Sense of Community

A Positive Sense of Community This week, Don Shilling shares the importance of building a positive sense of community. I know all of us have watched reports in the media or thumbed through articles in periodicals about the wonderful employee benefits some of High-Tech companies provide their workforce. Perks that are used to attract talented […]

Transformation: Becoming a Selling Organization 2

Transformation: Becoming a Selling Organization – Part 2 Tonight, Don Buttrey brings us Part 2 of his two-part series on Transformation: Becoming a Selling Organization. 2) Sell ‘the house’ We don’t just sell product anymore.  Product and brand will not sell itself. We have to ‘sell the house’.  That is one thing the competition does […]

Transformation: Becoming a Selling Organization 1

Transformation: Becoming a Selling Organization – Part 1 Don Buttrey introduces us to the transformation involved in becoming a selling organization in Part 1 of his blog on this topic.   “Nothing happens until somebody sells something.”  With that simple statement, Red Motley made clear the importance of the sales function to any organization.  As […]

The Difficulties in Achieving Scale

The Difficulties in Achieving Scale In today’s guest blog post, Bruce Baker continues discussing the difficulties in achieving scale. So why did this happen to someone like Julia?  There was no cause for alarm because she and her business had the best year ever and had built up an impressive cash cushion. If this was […]

The Power of Identifying Your Potential

The Power of Your Potential I like to tell the story of a young person, at the age of sixteen, being told that they have a lot of potential. That person feels proud and is happy with themselves. Then talking to the same person when they are at the age of sixty-six and saying the […]

Compassion is like a Marathon!

Compassion is like a Marathon! Cultivating compassion is like running a marathon it requires daily practice over a period of time, like running your first marathon with training you can build the skills!  Now more than ever, it’s imperative for leaders to demonstrate compassion. Compassion is the quality of having positive intentions and real concern for others. Compassion in leadership creates stronger […]