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I think that a lot of people can feel the pressures of the new economy without necessarily articulating the forces acting on them. Our parents told us to go to school, get a good job and stay there forever being a good boy or girl. With the extremely high turnover
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Many department stores have the same setup. There is carefully laid out merchandise, relaxing ambience and an army of ready salespeople on the floor. And they are all too eager to sell you. When the salesperson approaches you and starts selling prematurely, your guard may go up because: * You don&
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It's difficult to find areas where work gets done in a silo apart from others. We live in a highly collaborative world and the dependencies we have on other people to provide an answer, give input or confirm information makes responsiveness important. The neat thing about today'
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Want a boost to your brand, leadership and reputation? Keep your commitments, even when it hurts. It's not just a moral calling going against the grain of cut throat capitalism. It is good business. Think about what happens if you don't keep your commitments or your
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We are losing the luxury of the old economy where we could depend on someone else to tell us what to do. Being a good boy or girl is not something that gets a badge of honor or a gold watch after 30 years. Quite contrary, setting your own path
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We live in a low trust world that is overloaded with options. Your buyers are buried in information and their guards are up. As a buyer yourself, you can understand. After all, you have experienced unmet expectations, overblown salesmanship and avoidable failure. Thus, unless the pain is very high, buyers
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Confusing effort with results is commonplace with the undiscerning person. You may have spent your career understanding a subject matter and can move at light speed compared to others with common knowledge. When I see a person handle a business deal with finesse and professionalism in 5 minutes, I understand
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Each day I feel like is a great opportunity to make a difference for someone. It doesn't have to be much or it could be a lot as well. Sending an unexpected gift, helping with critical advice that helps with building wealth, connecting people that could benefit from
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In organizations where marketing struggles to have a seat at the table, the old school culture and activities seem to be entrenched. As I was listening to the dilemmas of various companies and clients of marketing companies at a recent conference, the correlation between a lack of accountability and marginalization
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The trenches are a great place to be for a while, especially in highly technical areas of work. If a manager is only speaking at a high level about some business system that they have never used in daily work, then the discussion can become quite academic and removed. Talking
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In every area of life there is a cheaper alternative but don't forget the bitterness of poor workmanship stays long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten. ~ Benjamin Franklin I have observed a root issue to the success of many companies and people. They continually choose a
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Knowing what to do and then doing it is where much of the value of our economy exists. There are abundant numbers of industrial-minded workers that are neither remarkable or creative. Tell them what to do and set up rewards and they will get to work. It is the predictable