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Are You Preparing to Sell Your Business? – Ten Essentials
- Preparing a business to sell is a complex process that requires careful planning and execution. While the specific steps may vary depending on the nature and size of the business, here are ten essential things to do to prepare for the sale of your business, even if you have no plans to sell at this […] Read More
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More Thoughts on the Importance of Planning
- I’ve become a huge fan of Carey Smith’s monthly column in Inc magazine. Within his November 2022 column (“If You Don’t Plan for the Long Term, Plan on Failure”) Mr. Smith covers several important aspects of the planning picture. The article sites a wide variety of reasons to support long term planning and warns of […] Read More
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Napoleon Hill Got Me Thinking (Again)
- Originally posted 1/4/2013 Updated 10/1/2022 I recently tweeted (in December 2012) one of Napoleon Hill’s best quotes “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” As I was typing, I realized that simply tweeting this quote did not do justice to one this quotes most important points. During our quarterly planning GrowthCLUB workshop we invest […] Read More
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Effective Delegation vs. Abdication – Part 4
- Originally posted 2/3/2015, updated 8/23/2021. As part of my on-going series about the art and science of effective delegation, I will discuss two topics in this blog; The prerequisites of effective delegation and how to prepare to delegate. The Key Prerequisites of Effective Delegation There are several essential items you should address before delegating a […] Read More
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2015 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious – Part 1
- Originally posted 4/6/2015. Last month I attended the 2015 North American Business Excellence Forum (#BEF2015) and Awards. I am proud that my client, the Winthrop University Hospital Department of Pediatrics won the 2015 Best Not-For-Profit Business Excellence Award for the combination of their STAR Program for children with special needs, their DOWN program for children […] Read More
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Why You Need Written Plans
- “Planning without Action is futile, Action without planning is fatal” – Unknown Originally posted 6/2/2015, revised 5/16/2021. One of the most profound concepts I have embraced since joining the ActionCOACH team is the many positive results of having written plans. It is commonly believed that those who have written plans outperform their contemporaries by a […] Read More
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What Can We Learn About Business from Wimbledon?
- Originally posted 7/14/2015 revised 2/1/2021. It took 200 IBM statisticians to produce the statistics for Wimbledon and the BBC that we all consumed during this couple of weeks of tennis. So why are we consumed by this incredible amount of information that’s available? What is its purpose and how do we learn from what professional […] Read More
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Are you an Entrepreneur?
- Originally posted 3/6/2017. My wife and I took our grandsons to see, “School of Rock” on Broadway last weekend. There is one line in the show that struck a chord with me: “Not everyone is cut out to be a rock star, but if you are, then you’ve got to go for it.” What struck […] Read More
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A BFO About Planning
- Originally posted 1/5/2018. I had a major comeuppance and Blinding Flash of the Obvious (BFO) this morning related to one of my monthly activities, instigated by a Darren Hardy video I watched yesterday. During my holiday break the week between Christmas and New Year’s, I worked on a few administrative tasks in advance of their […] Read More
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It (Almost) Never Fails
- While flossing my teeth this morning I recalled my late mother’s expression “It never fails.” I decided to write this blog about my top three list of things that never fail, well almost never fail. Of course, top of mind and number one on the list: The last piece of dental floss in the container […] Read More
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