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Defying the Forces of Business Gravity

by margaretreynolds on April 6, 2010

in STRATEGIC PLANNING

We all get caught up in the gravity of day to day business–the forces that keep us where we are today. We repeat our processes, our systems “lock us in” to doing business a certain way, our training is teaching the same skills and knowledge as last year, and then we wonder why growth is [...]

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Are you settling?

by margaretreynolds on April 3, 2010

in STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

When you stop and think about it, how many of us are settling? Doing something that is acceptable or tolerable because our dream didn’t work out?
But wait, how many of us actually tried to attain our dream? Further, do you know what your dream is?
My experience is there are far too many people who [...]

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This is not a news flash. We have always known that change is not a luxury of choice. Yet, we have never been in the position we are now––facing so much change all at once and at such a rapid pace. We are surrounded by it… technology, health care treatment (not insurance, an entirely different [...]

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We have grown up with the phrase Just Do It. And with my compliments to Nike. It has served their mission well. But now it is time for most businesses to ask the question, what should I stop?. Here’s why:

Strategy is a set of choices regarding what you want your business to become. It can’t [...]

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Not too many of us feel sorry for the business that is taking off like a meteor. Maybe you were listed in the top 10/50/100 of the fastest growing businesses in your city or maybe even Inc.’s list of the top 500. Kudo’s to Northern Capital Insurance for growing 19,812.2% for being Inc’s #1. But [...]

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Defying the Forces of Business Gravity

by margaretreynolds on July 24, 2009

in STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

We all get caught up in the gravity of day to day business–the forces that keep us where we are today. We repeat our processes, our systems “lock us in” to doing business a certain way, our training is teaching the same skills and knowledge as last year, and then we wonder why growth is [...]

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