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Are You Connecting The Dots?
- Originally Posted 5/4/2012, updated 12/2/2022 While on my way back to New York, from the ActionCOACH 2011 North American Conference I was thinking about the speakers who presented and had an insight I wish to share with you. It was a great conference with a massive amount of learning, insights, BFOs (Blinding Flashes of the […] Read More
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2015 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious – Part 2
- Originally posted 5/6/2015 Here are some more BFO’s from February’s 2015 North American Business Excellence Forum (#BEF2015) and Awards. On the second day of the conference, we were privileged to be entertained, motivated and advised by Jeffrey Gitomer (@gitomer facebook.com/jeffreygitomer linkedin.com/in/jeffreygitomer) a well known speaker, blogger, author and trainer focused on sales. His style is […] 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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2016 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 4
- Originally posted 7/6/2016. The first speaker on the afternoon of the second day was Chris Cooke of Luv4 Marketing one of the ActionCOACH strategic partners. Luv4 has enrolled me and many of my colleagues in a social media master class. In addition, we are able to offer a comprehensive marketing class to our clients via […] Read More
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2016 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 1
- Originally posted 4/7/2016. I must say, the Business Excellence Forum (BEF) gets better each year. There were more than 500 business owners, executives, team members and business coaches in attendance. With that many attendees, there were plenty of formal and informal exchanges of ideas and best practices. This year’s forum had some amazing keynote speakers […] Read More
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2017 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of The Obvious Part 4
- Originally posted 5/31/2017. Paul Dunn continued with his presentation by switching gears to speak about the concept of price anchoring. He presented a case study based upon the fact that most people remember the last thing they see or hear. The case study involved adding eight words at the end of a price quotation for […] Read More
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2017 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of The Obvious Part 3
- Originally posted 5/3/2017. Day two was kicked off (no pun intended) by Tim Brown, 1987 Heisman Trophy winner, NFL Hall of Fame member, and very inspirational speaker. Here are some of my Tim Brown BFOs: Be the coach Be sure of yourself & your approach Emphasize team Look for & guide team members to see […] Read More
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2017 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of The Obvious Part 2
- Originally posted 3/30/2017. After a short break, Keith Cunningham continued with many insights born out of a major bankruptcy that occurred in 2001: And then … Of course, he was speaking about ENRON To repeat a BFO from part 1 – Profit is a THEORY / Cash is a FACT If the Wall Street analysts […] Read More
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2017 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of The Obvious Part 1
- Originally posted 3/15/2017. I said it last year, and I must say it again, the Business Excellence Forum (BEF) gets better each year. There were more than 500 business owners, executives, team members and business coaches in attendance in Houston, Texas. With that many attendees, there was an abundance of formal and informal exchanges of […] Read More
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2018 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 3
- Originally posted 5/4/2018. The second day of BEF began with Darren Hardy, former publisher of Success magazine, and founder of Darren Hardy, LLC Success Mentor to CEOs & High-Achievers. His presentation was entitled Productivity Secrets of SUPERACHEIVERS and was based on what he learned during his many interviews with some of the most successful people […] Read More
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