CEOConsultant.comCEOConsultant.comYour Complete Source For Business Knowledge And Information Articles
Overcome Stalled Mind-Sets That Keep You from Accomplishing 20 Times More
2007-06-06 17:22:00 A mind-set is simply the way we organize our thinking, whether consciously or unconsciously. Most of the time, we act based on unconscious mind-sets that simply repeat what we’ve done most recently. In a new situation where our conscious mind is engaged, we may also repeat past behavior because when faced with a new choice, we often search through our alternatives ... More About: Business , Management , Sets , Growth , Mind
Grow Your Business by Shifting from Entrepreneur to Leader
2007-06-06 17:20:00 You’re energetic. You’re focused. You start off with a fabulous idea that you are absolutely certain you can take you to places of amazing success. It’s not just you who thinks that your business concept is a great one. Nearly everyone you talk to offers their support for your bold move. Some of them even envy ... More About: Business , Entrepreneur , Leadership , Shift , Grow
Overcome Harmful Traditions That Delay Improvements
2007-06-06 17:17:00 INTRODUCTION If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It A motorist asks a farmer for a glass of water. The farmer obliges, using a hand pump to draw water from a well. The pump handle turns close to a board, and the farmer curses as he scrapes his knuckles against it. Motorist: Why not move that board? It serves no purpose. Farmer: It’s ... More About: Business , Traditions , That , Overcome , Rove
Cold Calling Openers That?ll Make Prospects Practically Sit Up And Beg To D
2007-06-06 17:07:00 Imagine your blood racing as the previously closed doors of the executive suites magically open ? because you know the secret words. The words that establish trust, build your credibility as the authority, and compel the decision maker to meet with you and only you. The words that get you face-to-face, high-level meetings, trim weeks off of the sales cycle ... More About: Business , Sales , Cold , Make , Calling
How Client Attraction Marketing Works
2007-06-04 21:37:00 I am a specialist in “Client Attraction ” because I find that this form of marketing is the least expensive and most powerful way to grow a thriving business. I have been doing what I do for many years and sadly, I have seen way too many business professionals struggle to bring in more clients and to build thriving ... More About: Marketing , Business , Customers , Works
Create Deliberate Relationships
2007-06-04 21:36:00 “Bodacious” means to be bold, outstanding, and remarkable. Take those attributes to work and you’re on your way to building a fulfilling, bodacious career. Does having a bodacious career sound exciting to you? It is! After starting as an $8 an hour customer service rep, I rose through the ranks of AOL, accepting four promotions and surviving over six layoffs to ... More About: Business , Relationships , Networking , Leadership , Ship
Taking the Sting Out of Employee Evaluations
2007-06-04 21:34:00 Employee evaluations serve an important purpose. They let both the employee and the company know how things are going. Ideally, they offer feedback, guidance and recognition; too often, though, they become just another drudgery and serve no real purpose. Here are some ways to improve the experience for both sides. For the Supervisor. 1. The number one rule is that an employee ... More About: Business , Management , Employees , Sting , Employee
Marketing using unusual customer focused tools
2007-06-04 21:33:00 How just a little creativity can make the ideas pop and the profits sing! One of the biggest problems for most people is how to get customers in the door (or to place an order). You can run sales. You can run lead generation ads (which I highly recommend you do anyhow ? one of my ads pulls in 30-50 ... More About: Marketing , Business , Tools , Customer , Mark
5 Reasons Why Blogging is the New Internet Marketing Tool
2007-06-02 17:00:00 Blogging is a concept that started in late 90s. It used to be a way to comment an existing webpage, an opportunity for visitors and readers to react or voice out one’s opinion on the said page. What started as a single-sentence commentary has evolved into pages of personal take on just about anything and ... More About: Marketing , Business , Internet , Internet Marketing , Blogging
Things to Consider Before Starting Your Own Business
2007-06-02 16:59:00 Deciding which small business to invest in is only part of the equation. The first and most important step is finding a business that’s right for your personality, which has a direct effect on your entrepreneur style and how successful you will be with your business. Determining your entrepreneur style requires that you take an honest look ... More About: Business , Entrepreneur , Things , Side , Tart
Short Business Jokes
2007-06-01 22:47:00 When I asked my boss for a salary rise because I was doing the work of three men he said he couldn’t increase my pay, but if I told him the names of the three men he’d fire them. I’m always delighted when people stick their noses in my business - my company makes paper tissues. My ... More About: Jokes , Business , Ness , Short , Sine
7 rules for a successful communication approach with non-native English spe
2007-06-01 17:48:00 Communication is effective when a message is clear. As a communicator, you are responsible for the language you use. It is your job to be sure that people understand you. The obstacle is that native English speakers often assume that everyone speaks and understands English. This assumption can be dangerous and unproductive when you communicate with ... More About: Business , Communication , Rules , Comm
Talking to a Prospect as if to a Friend
2007-06-01 17:41:00 While working with a new coaching client, I asked to hear her sound bite. Everyone needs a good sound bite. A sound bite, sometimes also called an “elevator speech,” is a one sentence commercial on what your company does, offers or stands for. Use it when you meet someone new in business, use it at networking meetings, and use it ... More About: Business , Communication , Sales , Friend , Talking
The Challenge of a Family-Owned Business
2007-06-01 17:36:00 The Challenge George’s high productivity got stopped dead in its tracks. His mother was demanding meeting after time-consuming meeting over the details of how to renovate their new facility. George was making a major expansion in his family-owned business. He was adding a new home care division. The expansion was consuming much of his time. Now mother was telling George what bids ... More About: Business , Family , Small Business , Entrepreneur , Owned
Why Are 2,000 Percent Solutions Available for Almost Any Activity?
2007-06-01 17:31:00 Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. ? Anonymous A 2,000 percent solution is any method of accomplishing what your organization does now with zero-to-four percent of the current time and resources, or accomplishing an increase of 20 times in results while employing the same or fewer resources. A combination of those ... More About: Business , Management , Strategy , Solutions , Solution
Leadership Crisis in America
2007-05-31 20:56:00 VA hospitals neglecting our veterans, global warming, a poorly rated public education system, unaffordable health care, and corporate corruption running amok have all been in the news. What’s going on here? What do all of these have in common? “Inadequate leadership”‘ is the answer. Steven Covey, in his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, mentioned the discovery of an interesting phenomenon ... More About: America , Business , Leadership , Crisis , Ship
Power Words
2007-05-31 20:54:00 I did a teleconference a few weeks ago with people who were new in sales and new to prospecting. The focus of the call was to help participants get beyond fear and understand their prospecting process. One of the participants on the call told me that she had been given the telephone prospecting script that her team leader ... More About: Business , Power , Sales , Words
Why Your Networking Is Not Working
2007-05-31 20:43:00 Does this sound like you? * You’re spending way too much time trying to network online and are on networking overload. * You’re trying to keep up with all the threads that relate to your business in all the social networking groups you’ve joined. * You’re also monitoring all the discussion lists you’re on looking for an opportunity to jump in and ... More About: Business , Networking , Working , Workin
Breakthroughs in Effectiveness: Use 2,000 Percent Solutions
2007-05-31 19:37:00 No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. ? John F. Kennedy An emergency room (ER) nurse kept hearing complaints from patients who had been waiting for hours to see a doctor. After reading The 2,000 Percent Solution, she began to keep track of how long it took various kinds of patients to get the attention they needed. She was ... More About: Business , Management , Strategy , Ness , Solutions
How To Use The Law Of Attraction To Take Your Business To The Next Level
2007-05-30 17:09:00 Entrepreneurs work harder than most Americans. They spend countless hours and enormous amounts of energy trying to reach business and financial goals that are often elusive. They seem to be doing all the right things: attending seminars, scouring the latest business books, networking, guerilla marketing, hoping, and praying. We all know of business owners who go ... More About: Business , Entrepreneur , Attraction , Law of Attraction , Ness
Buying a Photocopier: Digital Means Diversity
2007-05-30 17:07:00 Whether you are looking for a low-cost but reliable photocopier for a home office, a networked copier for an office workgroup, or a heavy-duty full colour photocopier for a print-hungry corporate group environment, black-only photocopiers black and colour photocopiers, the choices these days are huge. Digital technology If it is a few years since you last took ... More About: Business , Buying , Suppliers , Vendors , Diversity
What?s Wrong with Business Plans - the truth you won?t hear from Consultant
2007-05-30 17:05:00 Do you have a Business Plan? Congratulations, but you are in a small minority. And if you have a plan, do you actually use it? And have you looked at it in the last few months? If the answer to this question is yes to these questions, then you need to read no further. However, ... More About: Truth , Management , Consultant , Hear
Show Me the Money: 7 Cash Stashes for Small Business Start-Ups
2007-05-30 17:03:00 As a small business start-up coach, I get asked a lot of questions. The most frequent one: Where do I get start-up cash? I’m always glad when my clients ask me this question. Their readiness to take financial responsibility for their business is a sure sign that they’re serious about starting it. Not All Money Is the Same There are two ... More About: Business , Small Business , Entrepreneur , Show
Summer Time Job Searching
2007-05-30 17:01:00 The temptations are there ? warm, lazy, casual days, when the shoes of choice are “flip flops.” Taking the summer off and getting back into the groove of things when the “kids go back to school” would be very easy. You think to yourself, “Nothing’s happening during the summer anyway ? everybody goes on vacation during these months.” Stop! This is ... More About: Business , Summer , Time , Archi , Searching
Job Seekers - Social Networking at its Best!
2007-05-29 16:32:00 Looking for that new job? Or just curious to know what else is out there? Social Networking websites have taken on a storm the past couple of years. From the well known Myspace.com and Facebook.com to the many others that pop up daily. Finally, there is a job seekers social networking website that is taking the recruiting industry ... More About: Business , Social Networking , Job Interviewing
Are Your Marketing Dollars Being Spent On The Right People?
2007-05-29 16:09:00 When it comes to bringing in new clients, the biggest mistake I see people make over and over again is that they don’t target their marketing. They tend to go after EVERYBODY’S business instead of going after the business of the people who might actually be prepared to purchase their product or service. The end result is that many of their ... More About: Marketing , Business , People , Mark , Bein
Are You Aligning Your Business Purpose with Your Passions in Life?
2007-05-29 16:07:00 Do you have a tremendous fondness, desire, or enthusiasm for what you do for a living? If so, congratulations! You’re most likely pursuing your passions in life. On the other hand, do you know what happens when you choose a business direction that’s not aligned with your life passions? You end up settling for an opportunistic approach toward your livelihood instead ... More About: Business , Life , Purpose , Ness , Pass
How To Create a Business Opportunity From Your Product - We Did It With Bus
2007-05-29 16:03:00 If you can create value in your business where value didn’t previously exist, you dramatically increase your probabilities of making money. You simply do that through modelling what’s out there, adding value and packaging it up better! It’s not that hard to do, and as a result, it’ll have a very positive ‘cash flow’ impact on your business right away. Note: If ... More About: Business , Entrepreneur , Product , Opportunity , Ness
Building Great Customer Experiences - Or beware consultants with no clothes
2007-05-29 16:00:00 It must be one my personal business nightmares, if you can imagine having just flown to New York to meet a new client and the airline has lost all your clothes! So what can one learn from such events about delivering great customer service experiences? “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” To give you the background, ... More About: Business , Building , Clothes , Customers , Customer
The Power of Internal Buy-in
More articles from this author:2007-05-28 20:24:00 Jane’s and Bob’s department isn’t the sales department of the company, but they frequently have to use sales skills. To get their department producing efficiently and effectively, they have to sell their ideas to create buy-in. What’s important about buy-in? Everyone knows that projects fail or succeed depending on the buy-in from the other stakeholders in the department: employees, team members, and ... More About: Business , Power , Management , Leadership , Internal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
|
 |
|
 |
