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What will be the most important leadership qualities you will need in the future? Print E-mail

Small Business leadershipAs a leader at any level of a business, we become responsible for the well being and success of other people. And as a leader, we achieve success through the success of others.

What are the key issues that you as the leader of your business face over the coming years?

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Success or F... Print E-mail

Success or FulfillmentWhich would you rather ...

  • Success or Fulfillment?
  • Success or Achievement?
  • Success or Failure?

Some words, because of our associations with them, immediately conjure up words of the opposite meaning.

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Leadership in Tough Times Print E-mail

seefireWhat is it that you see as the top three burning issues in your business?

Does your top 3 include sales, finance or planning?
May be it's what our latest survey uncovered ... "leadership".

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Who is your competition? Print E-mail

Most of us compete to beat other people.

What if there was another way.

This is a video about Ben Comen the cross country runner which I gather was produced a few years ago

Ben inspires.

His lesson is more valuable than perseverance.
His lesson is more important that never quitting.

Ben shows us, that when you decide to compete against others, no one will help you.
But when you decide to compete against yourself...everyone will help you.

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What bad habits do you have? Print E-mail

habitsBad business habits are the mistakes you make when you aren’t paying attention because they come to you so naturally. Your business does them every day but invariably finds them hard to break.

These are things that have appeared, for all sorts of reasons ... some of them for unbelievable reasons.

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Think Backwards Print E-mail

Business people all want to move ahead.

Moving ahead is what we all do, and mostly we just barge on, largely at full steam, sometimes we forge ahead in a more tentative manner. But, we are always seeking to move forward.

What if we get stuck?

During those times there is a new way forward that people are discovering

Thinking backwards is a way forward.

Sounds like madness eh?

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Is a guarantee worth anything? Print E-mail

guaranteeProviding a guarantee is a way of assuring customers that what is promised is delivered.

Guarantees can take a number of forms ... regardless a guarantee is about honouring your word.

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Weeds or Trees Print E-mail

seedlingA tree and a weed may look rather similar when they first begin to grow.

The weed may even spring up taller and faster, causing you to assume that it is the more effective of the two plants.

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Happy New Year - but it's not even December Print E-mail

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• Are you ready for 2010?
• Are you getting ready for 2010?
• Or will you start getting ready for it on January second like a lot of businesses do?
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