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Too Busy to Change? Try Self Healing
Sometimes we fall into the trap of thinking we’re too busy to take a break or improve. But it’s in those moments where taking a break may be the most important thing you can do. Read how Self Healing is one of the best ways to improve your business and improve your life.
The Forest for the Trees, or How to Successfully Combine the Big Picture with the Details of Your Business
Sometimes we miss the forest for the trees. And sometimes, we forget how important the trees are as we look to achieve the big picture. Read more to learn how to successfully marry together the big picture with the details of your business.
Would I Enjoy My Buying Experience? Remembering the Customer
Would you enjoy buying your product from your company—without being an expert about your product or company? Read more to learn about the best way to keep customers coming back.
Why Isn’t AI Working?
Why isn’t AI working? Where’s the boon we were promised? Instead of flushing money down the toilet, the best way to leverage AI is to apply it to efficient processes. The way to do that? Create efficient processes.
Save Your Company by Listening
Many issues you face in your company have been present for years. Even NASA isn’t immune to the effects of not listening. What does this do to your company, and how do you overcome this?
To Leave a Legacy
What does it mean to leave a legacy? Most definitions include a common theme: leaving something that outlasts you. But how do you avoid the pitfalls of your “life’s work” becoming your albatross? Turn your albatross into a gift as you seek to leave a lasting legacy.
The Cost of an (Un)Engaged Employee
The cost of employing an unengaged employee cost the company 40% more than those who found meaning in their work. When no connection to the vision exists, no connection between the work and the outcome exists, and engagement is lost. Create connection to the vision by…
Employee Engagement, or how to capture misengaged and disengaged employees
“Could you pass the salt?” asked my friend’s grandmother to her friend. “Yeah, I thought they could have passed on the salt,” she replied, asking a third friend, “Wouldn’t you say?” “I saw where that guy was assaulted. Horrible stuff,” the friend replied.
This is much the story of many a successful company. Talking at each other, but not to each other.
How to Scale
To scale, Identify where you are the bottleneck, Document it, and Communicate with those around you.
The Foundations of Scaling Your Business
The company that connects each employee’s work to their vision, proactively heals and documents to help others only miss things once, and understands who works immediately right and left of them is the company that will scale.