Today’s screed isn’t about Joni Mitchell or her song from the late ’60’s. It’s about being an effective businessperson. I was going to write “negotiator” but as I’m thinking about it, this is really applicable to all areas of business – sales, relationships with other members of the team, – pretty much everything. As an aside, I think it’s one of the factors behind the gridlock in our political system but we don’t do that stuff in this space so just file that away. Quite simply, if you want to get to agreements on things, there’s one ability you must have and that’s our topic. Continue reading
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Their Negatives Aren’t My Positives
Over the course of the past college football season, I’ve become a Brady Hoke fan. Oh sure, I’ve rooted for the Michigan Wolverines for many years but Coach Hoke has impressed me not just with the wins.
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Something he said was quoted in a recent issue of Sports Illustrated and it was such a great business point I wanted to share it. Of course, Coach Hoke didn’t think about it that way but we sure can. Continue reading
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Puzzling Lessons
While you have a few days off next week, maybe you’ll spend a few hours decompressing and doing a jigsaw puzzle. Here at the old homestead, the Mrs. loves these things and spends hours putting unimaginable numbers of pieces into place. As she was trying to finish up her latest 1,500 piece project, she stood up and said something that was an excellent business point as well as a key to getting every piece into the place where it belongs.
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The more I thought about it, the more I realized the entire activity had some things for those of us with business on the brain and that’s how we’ll start the week. Continue reading
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Consult Keith 