As we get older most of us get an annual 'wellness' checkup.
We should do the same for our business. A body scan of all the parts, finding the point of point, what needs work, and what is working well.
Make it a point to reach out to some of your clients from the past few years. Remind them of why they did business with you. Create a meaningful memory and offer to repeat it for them. Become a valued resource and they will reward you with more business.
This presentation serves as a gentle reminder that wellness is a state of mind as well as body. Check in on both.
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Editor's Notes
We are all getting older. Don’t follow the “wellness” that was created years ago. You have changed. The competition has changed. It’s time to change everything.
The most successful people will adapt their role to provide value in collaborative relationships. What stops most companies from innovation is hesitation due to uncertainty. But when you cast aside uncertainty and Start to ask “What If,” you will unleash the unlimited possibilities of incentives that result in new profits for your organization.
We are all getting older. Don’t follow the “wellness” that was created years ago. You have changed. The competition has changed. It’s time to change everything.
The most successful people will adapt their role to provide value in collaborative relationships. What stops most companies from innovation is hesitation due to uncertainty. But when you cast aside uncertainty and Start to ask “What If,” you will unleash the unlimited possibilities of incentives that result in new profits for your organization.
We are all getting older. Don’t follow the “wellness” that was created years ago. You have changed. The competition has changed. It’s time to change everything.
The most successful people will adapt their role to provide value in collaborative relationships. What stops most companies from innovation is hesitation due to uncertainty. But when you cast aside uncertainty and Start to ask “What If,” you will unleash the unlimited possibilities of incentives that result in new profits for your organization.
Do you feel your clients’ pain?
I find that the closer we are to the point of need, the more you can change. The closer you get to the center of pain the easier it is to make a sale, increase your fees, retain your employees, and become an important resource for your clients.
March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015
How often have we be told about ‘miracle weight loss products?
Or that changes to our eating order or preferences that will help us loose weight?
Haven’t we all heard that a balanced diet and regular exercise will help us maintain a healthy weight?
If we know what the formula is, and how could we avoid it with all of the ‘hype’ why do we find it so difficult to follow?
Life is not fair. It doesn’t give us what we need…it gives us what we deserve. You may sell more, and earn more in absolute terms, but for each dollar you sell, you will make the same, and probably less, money if we don’t change our attitude about innovation and customer service.
We are in the center of change and we must accept it.
Life is not fair. It doesn’t give us what we need…it gives us what we deserve. You may sell more, and earn more in absolute terms, but for each dollar you sell, you will make the same, and probably less, money if we don’t change our attitude about innovation and customer service.
We are in the center of change and we must accept it.
Life is not fair. It doesn’t give us what we need…it gives us what we deserve. You may sell more, and earn more in absolute terms, but for each dollar you sell, you will make the same, and probably less, money if we don’t change our attitude about innovation and customer service.
We are in the center of change and we must accept it.
Life is not fair. It doesn’t give us what we need…it gives us what we deserve. You may sell more, and earn more in absolute terms, but for each dollar you sell, you will make the same, and probably less, money if we don’t change our attitude about innovation and customer service.
We are in the center of change and we must accept it.
Life is not fair. It doesn’t give us what we need…it gives us what we deserve. You may sell more, and earn more in absolute terms, but for each dollar you sell, you will make the same, and probably less, money if we don’t change our attitude about innovation and customer service.
We are in the center of change and we must accept it.
Life is not fair. It doesn’t give us what we need…it gives us what we deserve. You may sell more, and earn more in absolute terms, but for each dollar you sell, you will make the same, and probably less, money if we don’t change our attitude about innovation and customer service.
We are in the center of change and we must accept it.
Life is not fair. It doesn’t give us what we need…it gives us what we deserve. You may sell more, and earn more in absolute terms, but for each dollar you sell, you will make the same, and probably less, money if we don’t change our attitude about innovation and customer service.
We are in the center of change and we must accept it.
Today you must provide the objective analysis, strategic perspective to help your organization or your clients take advantage of more opportunities.
Find new opportunities from existing resources.
Don't give up just because one idea or project doesn't work out.
Keep coming up with new ideas and projects, and continue to work hard. Ultimately, you will succeed due to the accumulation of your efforts. The more you do, the higher up the success rate.
Knowledge is a source of change.
Technology in the last 5 years surpassed the previous 100.
Information is multiplying on a daily basis and we are expected to keep up with it.
In the past change required a slower response time. Today, in a world of high velocity, change requires radical SHIFTS in behavior. Specifically we must think differently.
We must reorder our priorities. We must face reality and do what works best.
Kids have learned to handle change.
They take it in stride. They enjoy it. They bend. They love variety.
We need to act like children again and create a culture that knows how to learn.
Today, many organizations are confronted with issues that cannot be resolved merely by conventional processes.
Often internal resources not only fail to tackle problems, but they may exacerbate situations by generating undesirable consequences.
You must transcend the conflicts and concerns of the moment.
You must provide a basis for inspiring and getting results efficiently through your combined wisdom.
You must assure a pluralistic, open and accountable process for your clients.
This may be difficult at first given the turf battles that take place in many organizations when new ideas are presented, but when new experiments become more abundant-and easy and inexpensive to change-those proprietary issues won’t come up as much.
Are You the Competition or the Follower?
Since many of you are several years into your career, it is more about forgetting most of what you already know instead of learning something new. 1/3 of all business managers will invest in learning what their business is all about, the other 2/3s of the struggle will abandon outdated belief systems and ditching business practices that do not apply.
You must explore the widest array of ideas in a controlled and logical process.
You must share measurable, innovative models that address the latest and future trends in technology, social behaviors of customers, and end users of technology and services, product development, channel distribution performance improvement and capital deployment.
Knowledge today, is free. It’s on the internet or there is an ap for that.
Wisdom comes from experience and people will pay for Wisdom.
March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015
Your Clients want
-Better Results
-Better Outcomes
Your Challenge is to find ways to deliver it to them.
Are You Listening to your Clients, Employees, and Suppliers?
March 6, 2015
What does your Client, Employee, or Supplier
WANTNEEDVALUEEXPECT?
Risk tolerance open-mindness/acceptance
Risk captivating/compelling/intriguing
DO OR DO NOT….THERE IS NO TRY
Innovation is the status quo for that alone holds out any hope for survival.
Immediacy is the name of the game.
Innovation is the status quo for that alone holds out any hope for survival.
Immediacy is the name of the game.
Today, my goal is to assist you experts in enhancing your entire management approach.
Change is a matter of survival.
Don’t Listen to what was said years ago.
Change everything.
The most successful people will adapt their role to provide value in collaborative relationships.
Listen to your Clients, Employees, Suppliers? They are all asking the same thing?
Define success from your client’s perspective….,not yours.
The more questions you ask yourself and your organization the greater the chances on learning enough about the problem that the solution almost magically appears.
1-Tell everyone you are there to help them. Become a problem solver.
2-Ask for details so that you understand the depth of the problem or opportunity.
3-Repeat, refine, reflect. Before you work on any solution try the three “Rs.”
4-Determine how you will solve the problem. Determination is the reason most companies don’t impact their bottom line. They often solve problems, identify opportunities, resolve conflicts—in their mind—and never act.
-Repeat, refine, reflect. Before you work on any solution try the three “Rs.” to REMOVE The Blockage
-Determine how you will solve the problem. Determination is the reason most companies don’t impact their bottom line. They often solve problems, identify opportunities, resolve conflicts—in their mind—and never act.
As you encourage your people to display innovation and creativity, be prepared for mistakes.
Acknowledge the mistakes, learn from them, and then try again.
When people know that mistakes are part of the process, they'll be more open to take risks
and think in new directions.
Remember, failure and innovation are related.
Success only comes when you learn from failure.
In order to compete, succeed, and prosper, large organizations need to look at the
entrepreneurial model of small organizations for guidance and direction.
Why? Because the entrepreneurial model is based on small business
units in which everyone is a contributing participant and everyone thinks like an owner.
As you encourage your people to display innovation and creativity, be prepared for mistakes.
Acknowledge the mistakes, learn from them, and then try again.
When people know that mistakes are part of the process, they'll be more open to take risks
and think in new directions.
Remember, failure and innovation are related.
Success only comes when you learn from failure.
In order to compete, succeed, and prosper, large organizations need to look at the
entrepreneurial model of small organizations for guidance and direction.
Why? Because the entrepreneurial model is based on small business
units in which everyone is a contributing participant and everyone thinks like an owner.
As you encourage your people to display innovation and creativity, be prepared for mistakes.
Acknowledge the mistakes, learn from them, and then try again.
When people know that mistakes are part of the process, they'll be more open to take risks
and think in new directions.
Remember, failure and innovation are related.
Success only comes when you learn from failure.
In order to compete, succeed, and prosper, large organizations need to look at the
entrepreneurial model of small organizations for guidance and direction.
Why? Because the entrepreneurial model is based on small business
units in which everyone is a contributing participant and everyone thinks like an owner.
As you encourage your people to display innovation and creativity, be prepared for mistakes.
Acknowledge the mistakes, learn from them, and then try again.
When people know that mistakes are part of the process, they'll be more open to take risks
and think in new directions.
Remember, failure and innovation are related.
Success only comes when you learn from failure.
In order to compete, succeed, and prosper, large organizations need to look at the
entrepreneurial model of small organizations for guidance and direction.
Why? Because the entrepreneurial model is based on small business
units in which everyone is a contributing participant and everyone thinks like an owner.
Provide a collaborative workflow that delivers innovative solutions process that drive high adoption rates, that quickly validates dynamic innovation ideas, while also uncovering where some innovation ideas may fail the “stress test” before investment in time and resources are incurred.
You must help your Clients see and sustain a company-wide innovation capability.
When large organizations embrace these concept and break into smaller groups,
they increase their ability to mobilize quickly, slash response time, cut through layers of
bureaucracy, and ultimately drive down costs.
Small, organized work units allow for greater risk-taking and promote creativity,
allowing everyone to actively participate in the risk and reward dynamic.
A process organization allows you to reap the benefits of creative thinking,
increase problem-solving abilities, and draw from the untapped sources of
talent that surely exist in your organization.
Giving your associates the freedom to try new ideas will allow your business to continue to be forward-looking and creative, and to increase your chances of success.
Because of the highly integrated nature of your organizations,
your team members should be fully aware of what is going on in all parts of their organization.
Therefore, entrepreneurial leaders can recognize and define problems in order to find solutions more quickly.
By applying the entrepreneurial mindset to your business,
you will be able to have greater control over the organization
processes and react quickly and effectively to changes in the marketplace,
thus leading your organization to greater success.
An entrepreneurial mindset requires that an organization change its
focus from a task-based perspective to a process-based perspective that many of you have done already.
A task-based perspective treats each project as a one-time event
and emphasizes the immediate conclusion of the project.
From your experience and perspective, you know that concept is
outdated and will no longer serve to increase your competitive lead.
The process-based perspective is an integrated perspective that takes
into account the contributions of all departments and the innovations
each may be able to contribute, as well as the current and future markets that exist outside the organization.
Creativity is the ability to take that new idea and make it valuable in your customers' eyes.
Realize that every problem has a solution, although the solution may not be in plain sight.
To make the solution more apparent, remove "standard operating procedures" whenever possible and inspire creative thinking throughout the organization.
Use novel approaches, strive for dramatic results, and
reach for the highest goal possible.
Reward business associates for finding the "innovative solution" and for "thinking creatively."
Most of us know how to develop a strategy but often we fail to successfully implement it.
It is our lack of determination that causes us the most often conflict.
We must focus. And to focus requires Passion.
Neither works without our core competence-but that is a given.
Forward-looking leaders should focus their energies on the entire process,
looking beyond the immediate outcome to all potential future scenarios.
Change is here to stay: what you are seeing is the reaction to changes in our business world.
The process-based entrepreneurial organization breaks down the barriers that exist in the traditional corporate model, as distinction between departments and divisions hinders communication and tends to foster divisiveness.
When the entire organization is introduced to the entrepreneurial mindset, most of the delays and busywork disappear.
Leaders are known for being risk takers.
Unfortunately, many large organizations lose their focus and forget to be innovative.
They shift from risk taking to merely maintaining the current markets they serve.
But leaders are constantly on the lookout for fresh ideas and new ventures.
However, before taking a risk, they consider the potential losses as carefully as the rewards.
You cannot learn about what they want second hand.
You must take action…quick action on those ideas that have merit.
Innovative thinking distinguishes the best companies from the also-rans.
Truly innovative companies encourage their employees to think creatively, to develop new ideas, and to offer unique solutions.
The company that encourages creative change has many resources at hand when faced with new challenges.
Opportunities will be waiting for you if you can overcome any resistance to new ways of thinking. What stops most companies from innovation is hesitation due to uncertainty.
But when you cast aside uncertainty and Start to ask “What If,” you will unleash the unlimited possibilities that result in new profits for your organization.
You cannot learn about what they want second hand.
You must take action…quick action on those ideas that have merit.
Innovative thinking distinguishes the best companies from the also-rans.
Truly innovative companies encourage their employees to think creatively, to develop new ideas, and to offer unique solutions.
The company that encourages creative change has many resources at hand when faced with new challenges.
Opportunities will be waiting for you if you can overcome any resistance to new ways of thinking. What stops most companies from innovation is hesitation due to uncertainty.
But when you cast aside uncertainty and Start to ask “What If,” you will unleash the unlimited possibilities that result in new profits for your organization.
To establish credibility you should
Know the boundaries and resources of your company
Listen to Your Players needs
Give Attention To Detail
Provide Meaningful Information
Follow Through
While that sounds simple, many companies “simply” have forgotten the basic premises?
Do you find that airlines have, in general, learned how to satisfy their passengers?
Is your cable TV supplier responsive to your needs?
Have you made a recent visit to your bank and found anyone that knows
To establish credibility you should
Know the boundaries and resources of your company
Listen to Your Players needs
Give Attention To Detail
Provide Meaningful Information
Follow Through
While that sounds simple, many companies “simply” have forgotten the basic premises?
Do you find that airlines have, in general, learned how to satisfy their passengers?
Is your cable TV supplier responsive to your needs?
Have you made a recent visit to your bank and found anyone that knows
To establish credibility you should
Know the boundaries and resources of your company
Listen to Your Players needs
Give Attention To Detail
Provide Meaningful Information
Follow Through
While that sounds simple, many companies “simply” have forgotten the basic premises?
Do you find that airlines have, in general, learned how to satisfy their passengers?
Is your cable TV supplier responsive to your needs?
Have you made a recent visit to your bank and found anyone that knows
To establish credibility you should
Know the boundaries and resources of your company
Listen to Your Players needs
Give Attention To Detail
Provide Meaningful Information
Follow Through
While that sounds simple, many companies “simply” have forgotten the basic premises?
Do you find that airlines have, in general, learned how to satisfy their passengers?
Is your cable TV supplier responsive to your needs?
Have you made a recent visit to your bank and found anyone that knows
Innovative thinking distinguishes the best companies from the also-rans.
Truly innovative companies encourage their employees to think creatively, to develop new ideas, and to offer unique solutions.
The company that encourages creative change has many resources at hand when faced with new challenges.
You don’t have to reduce your price.
To succeed in business you must not only adapt to change,
you must lead change, driving real outcome on behalf of your clients.
Make The Traditionalists Squirm.
Change is a matter of survival…for both you and your Client.
The company that encourages creative change has many resources at hand when faced with new challenges. Study your competitors. Go after their clients.
Opportunities will be waiting for you if you can overcome any resistance to new ways of thinking. BurgerKing builds next to McDonalds’
What stops most companies from innovation is hesitation due to uncertainty.
But when you cast aside uncertainty and Start to ask “What If,” you will unleash the unlimited possibilities that result in new profits for your organization.
You cannot learn about what they want second hand. DON’T fill out RFPs.
You must take action…quick action on those ideas that have merit.
Innovative thinking distinguishes the best companies from the also-rans.
Truly innovative companies encourage their employees to think creatively, to develop new ideas, and to offer unique solutions by listening to their clients.
Speaking up: the power of voice. It doesn't matter who runs the meeting; the de facto leader is the one who frames the debate and articulates the consensus. The power of voice is not mere noise; it comes from the ability to put into words what might be only embryonic, thus shaping the direction for action
Teaming up: the power of partnering. Most things worth achieving can't be done alone.
Entrepreneurs need a founding team.
Innovators in established companies need a coalition of backers and supporters.
Sports teams perform better when athletes help one another hone skills.
Physicians seem to get better results for patients when part of a team that shares information and advice.
Looking up: the power of values.
Higher principles help people transcend the conflicts and
concerns of the moment.
Standing for something larger than mere self-interest
gives leaders moral grounding and provides a basis for inspiring and motivating the work.
Not giving up: the power of persistence.
RememberEverything can look like a failure in the middle. if it's still the middle, there's always hope. Keep at it, make mid-course adjustments, and surprise the naysayers. Change agents in companies sometimes get approval after repeated turndowns just because they wear out their critics, who run out of arguments.
Achieving goals is always a matter of hard work, and success is never guaranteed
Who is your competition and why are you clearly a better choice for your prospects?
It may shock you (on the other hand, it may not) how many CEOs cannot provide
a compelling answer to this question.
If you don't want to get blindsided by your competitors,
you need to understand their capabilities.
And if you want to outflank them in turn, you'd better have ammunition more powerful than your length of service.
YOUR STRENGTH is really your ability to solve your Clients problems…to be a solution to their needs.
You must listen! To your Clients- To your Suppliers- To your Employees.
Who is your competition and why are you clearly a better choice for your prospects?
It may shock you (on the other hand, it may not) how many CEOs cannot provide a compelling answer to this question. Recently, If you t 't want to get blindsided by your competitors, you need to understand their capabilities. And if you want to outflank them in turn, you'd better have ammunition more powerful than your length of service.
Your clients are in control…not you!
If you want to change….
ask better questions.
Where do the profits in your business come from?
What are the areas where you beat the pants off your competitors?
Why do clients seek you out?
These are the critical areas of success -- and you'd better be darn good at them.
Opportunities will be waiting for you if you can overcome any resistance to new ways of thinking.
Don’t stay within the lines that were drawn years ago.
Turn the paper sideways and change everything.
The most successful people will adapt their role to provide value in collaborative relationships.
What stops most companies from innovation is hesitation due to uncertainty.
But when you cast aside uncertainty and Start to ask “What If,” you will unleash the unlimited possibilities of incentives that result in new profits for your organization.
Now is the time to implement this in your life.
You have to take action and apply the principles you will be provided today.
Today…commit to change everything.
Today let’s create an army of ruthless, menacing minions so that you can charge for your Wisdom.
Ask yourself. Who are you?
Are you a solution provider?
Do you create transactions or transformations?
What do you sell?
Home Depot doesn’t sell wood and paint; it sells help and assistance create a home that someone can be proud of.
You must determine what you sell beyond the products, beyond the services, you have to offer something more.
There are lessons to be learned from those around us.
Why does it matter? Relevance, Relevance, Relevance.
Commit yourself today to handle the truth.
Home Depot doesn’t sell wood and paint; it sells help and assistance create a home that someone can be proud of.
You must determine what you sell beyond the products, beyond the services, you have to offer something more.
There are lessons to be learned from those around us.
Why does it matter? Relevance, Relevance, Relevance.
Commit yourself today to handle the truth.
Home Depot doesn’t sell wood and paint; it sells help and assistance create a home that someone can be proud of.
You must determine what you sell beyond the products, beyond the services, you have to offer something more.
There are lessons to be learned from those around us.
Why does it matter? Relevance, Relevance, Relevance.
Commit yourself today to handle the truth.
Home Depot doesn’t sell wood and paint; it sells help and assistance create a home that someone can be proud of.
You must determine what you sell beyond the products, beyond the services, you have to offer something more.
There are lessons to be learned from those around us.
Why does it matter? Relevance, Relevance, Relevance.
Commit yourself today to handle the truth.
Home Depot doesn’t sell wood and paint; it sells help and assistance create a home that someone can be proud of.
You must determine what you sell beyond the products, beyond the services, you have to offer something more.
There are lessons to be learned from those around us.
Why does it matter? Relevance, Relevance, Relevance.
Commit yourself today to handle the truth.
Home Depot doesn’t sell wood and paint; it sells help and assistance create a home that someone can be proud of.
You must determine what you sell beyond the products, beyond the services, you have to offer something more.
There are lessons to be learned from those around us.
Why does it matter? Relevance, Relevance, Relevance.
Commit yourself today to handle the truth.
Home Depot doesn’t sell wood and paint; it sells help and assistance create a home that someone can be proud of.
You must determine what you sell beyond the products, beyond the services, you have to offer something more.
There are lessons to be learned from those around us.
Why does it matter? Relevance, Relevance, Relevance.
Commit yourself today to handle the truth.
Change is a matter of survival.
Don’t stay within the lines that were drawn years ago.
Change everything.
The most successful people will adapt their role to provide value in collaborative relationships.
We are all getting older. Don’t follow the “wellness” that was created years ago. You have changed. The competition has changed. It’s time to change everything.
The most successful people will adapt their role to provide value in collaborative relationships. What stops most companies from innovation is hesitation due to uncertainty. But when you cast aside uncertainty and Start to ask “What If,” you will unleash the unlimited possibilities of incentives that result in new profits for your organization.
We are all getting older. Don’t follow the “wellness” that was created years ago. You have changed. The competition has changed. It’s time to change everything.
The most successful people will adapt their role to provide value in collaborative relationships. What stops most companies from innovation is hesitation due to uncertainty. But when you cast aside uncertainty and Start to ask “What If,” you will unleash the unlimited possibilities of incentives that result in new profits for your organization.