critical thinking

5 Hints on Overcoming Stalled Growth Strategies

by Donald McMichael
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This week my 5 favorite busi­ness and strat­egy post cover: It’s all about grow­ing your busi­ness… here’s the how to do it smartly. What’s old is best again… net­work­ing 1980’s style. Don’t call it a come­back… 4 steps for reviv­ing an ail­ing com­pany. As, always I’m look­ing to share with you qual­ity infor­ma­tion that helps increase […]

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Making Solid Business Decisions: 7 Things that You Must Know

by Donald McMichael
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photo: Simon Doggett via Flickr Why are bad deci­sions made by capa­ble busi­nesses? Busi­ness deci­sions are typ­i­cally green-lighted, if not made directly, by sea­soned peo­ple within an orga­ni­za­tion, then why is it so hit or miss? After all, isn’t deci­sion mak­ing some­thing that we as indi­vid­u­als do mil­lions of times a day, day in and day out? […]

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5 Cornerstones of a Powerfully Successful Business Development Pitch

by Donald McMichael
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photo:  Aladair Mid­dle­ton via Flickr You live and die by the pitch in busi­ness.   Pitch­ing is not a sci­ence nor an art & sci­ence it’s pure art. You have mere min­utes to impress your audi­ence and with suc­cess or fail­ure hang­ing in the bal­ance a tight rel­e­vant pre­sen­ta­tion is key.    There are tons of […]

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Warning: This will get you and your boss’ head nodding

by Donald McMichael
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“Who are these guys? They’re my theme music. Every hero’s got to have some.” — Jack Spade, ‘I’m Gonna Git You Sucka’ This has to be one of my favorite quotes from a movie. I’m pretty cer­tain no one is going to call me a hero. But, I do have a theme… check that a soundtrack. […]

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The Truth About Starting a New Business Successfully

by Donald McMichael
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Okay, it’s that time of year again where lists of how to close out the year right, get a jump on the next year, and how to lever­age the hol­i­day social scene pop-up like… well they are every­where. So much so that it forces your brain to tune out and every­thing starts to sound like […]

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How to Win Friends and Stifle Competition

by Donald McMichael
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If you’re King of the Hill and there is another that’s bang­ing on the front door you pro­tect your house (top of the line iPhone) by mak­ing sure that all your flanks are cov­ered. That’s the vir­tual role of the iPhone 4S and the line’s new pric­ing struc­ture. As pointed out in a New York […]

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The Art of Finding Your Groove

by Donald McMichael
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It’s good every now and then to take a moment to under­stand why you do what you do. It gives you an oppor­tu­nity to insure that you’re actions are rel­e­vant to your core. The points below were devel­oped in advance of par­tic­i­pat­ing on a career panel at my alma mater the Fuqua School of Business […]

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