Monthly Archives: February 2016
Part I: 25 Thoughts About Business, Selling and Success
0 coments…that make up a philosophy These thoughts are from my experience with coaching executives, teams and from research I’ve done. 1) Every Friday afternoon write down what clients say they need and why (their motives). Keep a file or journal on both. You may learn how to sell and market better in today’s tougher marketplace. I once invested five weeks into visiting clients to learn ...
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The Most Important Factor of Success
0 comentsYesterday, I was talking to a fine, wise lady named Roses Straughan, who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is a beautiful, refined lady who grew up on a large cattle ranch in west Texas. She was a pilot by the age of 15 and learned what it took to build a family and create wealth with her partner and husband of 50 years, and my best friend, A. Lee Straughan. As we spoke on the phone, she told ...
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Living the Same Life Over and Over
0 comentsGood Monday Morning. During the dog days of winter, it’s easy to feel like life is about toughing it out until things get better. Well it’s true! The weather does get better. Spring, summer and fall always come. That doesn’t change. Life has a similar, but different twist. The difference in life is that you can sometimes make choices that better design your life. Of course, you ...
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Change the Way You Think and You’ll Change Your Life – 7 Steps to a Better Life
0 comentsLast week I was inspired by many of our great Dale Carnegie participants. In particular, I remember hearing a couple stories about how life has, ‘slapped them in the face’. They went on to share with us what they encourage all of us to do so we’re not faced with the same pain that they felt. It was in that moment that I realized (not sure why it took this long), that we all get ...
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Identifying and Managing Employee Exhaustion within your Organization
0 comentsHow many times have you walked around the office or have been in the lunchroom and heard the phrase, ‘I’m exhausted’? Now, don’t get me wrong, there are some physically taxing jobs out there. But if you think about it, you hear this phrase around the office too, how come? If you had to ask those people that are exhausted what physical activity they had done that day, chances are many ...
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Factor Number Thirteen: The Talent Management Challenge
0 coments54% of executives say that hiring and developing appropriate talent is imperative in order to advance their business strategy. An effective business strategy comes from analyzing the market, what clients want and need, and a present analysis of how you stack up with your offering, your story to the market, how you access the market, your ability to sell and serve, and your analysis of ...
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