The March 31st post - 60 Second MBA: Rescue Your Negotiations; 3 Commandments - on negotiation drew a fair amount of interest. Why, because negotiation skills are important for everyone, no matter what they do for a living. It is something that most everyone uses often in life; skills to swing
It’s All About the Customer – Failure is Death
I invite you to join me as I continue my… well let’s call it a voyage of discovery. Publicly, it all started last week with a post entitled “It’s All About the Customer; 5 Myths to Bust to Get There”, the premise is that businesses have/are moving away from selling a product to selling a solution by
60 Second MBA: Is Cultural Context Stymieing Your Business Development Effort? Are You Sure?
Whether we recognize it or not we live in a global marketplace in which markets are local. In years past it very rarely crossed our minds that we – when I say we I’m talking about us as individuals - would be interacting with both partners and customers from around the world on a daily basis.
5 Fav Business and Strategy Post #28
photo via Donald McMichael While I never going into depth about the finds, I do encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. When to Gamble -- and When to Fold? Innovation Strategies for a New Economy With regards to innovation it's not always best to be first. Business history is
Structure your business efforts according to…
“Assess the advantages in taking advice, then structure your forces accordingly, to supplement extraordinary tactics. Forces are to be structured strategically, based on what is advantageous.” - Sun Tzu
60 Second MBA: Rescue Your Negotiations; 3 Commandments
Today's tip on negotiating comes directly from a conversation I had with one of my neighbors Marty. It is often said that great neighbors are the result of a strong fence. If that’s the case then outstanding neighbors are those who have a knack for sharing appropriate knowledge