Monthly Archives: March 2016
Change Management Series – Part I: Your Practical Guide to Change Management
0 comentsI’ve recently been reaching out to readers of the Accelerated Talent Development blog to thank them, and to ask what challenges they have in their business and what other topics I could write on that would support them. One of the things I’ve consistently heard is the need for a practical guide to Change Management. Well, here we go – the next several issues of the Accelerated ...
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The World Doesn’t Care What You Know!
0 coments“All it cares about is what you can DO with what you know”, says Harvard education expert Tony Wagner. It used to be that you were something if you had a degree in anything. However, employers no longer consider a bachelor’s degree an adequate proxy for your ability to do a particular job, or even to be hired. Just ask the worldwide group of bright young graduates who are part ...
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What is the Fuel of Change?
0 comentsThe other day I was coaching an executive who was a little down because he was behind in his business plan. His enterprise was losing talent and old customers weren’t calling. That’s not the worst thing that can happen in a marketplace that has been fairly flat for four years or so, but there is no doubt he was in a tough situation. And it could get worse, because markets are ...
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The Secret to Your Organization’s Future Success
0 comentsThe reality of today’s working environment is that organizations want and need the following: they want/need to innovate to stay relevant within the market, they want business growth, they want to create a culture of engagement, and they want to differentiate themselves in the marketplace as compared to competitors. To achieve the results described above organizations need all employees to take ...
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How to Outserve Your Competitor
0 comentsIf you’ve noticed that you’re losing repeat business due to penny-pinching in today’s marketplace, how about tightening up your service strategy as a possible loose end? First off, looking for key motivators of your customers is always the best ongoing method of finding and keeping clients. Some will always stay because of the great service they get, that matches what they want. ...
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Part II: 25 Thoughts About Business, Selling and Success
0 comentsIn last week’s Monday Morning Mentor, I reviewed the first 13 of these 25 thoughts based on my experience coaching executives and teams. We now continue with the next twelve of these thoughts. 14) In about 118 seconds you are tuned out. Say things that get and keep attention and ultimately solve your customer’s problems and you will be heard. 15) A brand is just a promise made and ...
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Innovation… not just thinking outside the box, but nurturing what’s inside the box
0 comentsIn this day and age, we find more and more companies believing that innovation is the heart to their success, a means of growing bigger and better. While some companies try to be more innovative, they just don’t seem to be living up to this vision…why is that? Perhaps it has something to do with their innovative climate? If you think about innovation, in some instances innovation does ...
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