Brad Sugars | ActionCOACH Michael Breitman

Everyone Is Short Staffed
: March 9, 2022 4:18 pm : Business Planning, Delivering Value, Employee Engagement, M/V/C Mission Vision Culture, Marketing Your Business, Vision :Michael Breitman : ( words)

At the risk of piling on, and because many of the business owners and executives I am in contact with say that their top issue is finding and retaining team members, I want to share several concepts that speak to solutions to this problem. I have concluded that most organizations have imbalanced marketing. Their “internal” […] Read More
2015 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious – Part 2
: June 9, 2021 8:33 pm : Accountability, Be x Do = Have, Blinding Flashes of the Obvious, Goals, Sales :Michael Breitman : ( words)

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
2015 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious – Part 1
: 8:21 pm : Blinding Flashes of the Obvious, Business Potholes, Effective Delegation, Learn More to Earn More, Mission, Phase Shifting, Planning, Test & Measure :Michael Breitman : ( words)

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
2016 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 4
: March 17, 2021 12:24 pm : Being Proactive, Blinding Flashes of the Obvious, Business Success, Change Management, Formula for Change, KPIs Key Performance Indicators, Net Promotor Score (NPS), Purpose, Success, Number of Leads :Michael Breitman : ( words)

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
2016 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 2
: March 8, 2021 8:27 pm : Change Management, Consistency, Ladder of Customer Loyalty, Conversion Rate :Michael Breitman : ( words)

Originally posted 5/5/2016. More BFOs from Day 1 of the 2016 BEF, Troy Hazard continued. Troy told a story about car salesman who had sold him a luxury car in Australia where he lived before moving to the USA a few years ago. The salesman asked how often he traded cars in, Troy answered about […] Read More
2017 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of The Obvious Part 4
: January 11, 2021 11:04 pm : 5-Ways Business Chassis, Conversion Rate, Bucket Lists, Reverse Bucket List (Gratitude), Delivering Value, M/V/C Mission Vision Culture, Matter More, Mission, Price Anchoring, Productivity, Unique Value Proposition :Michael Breitman : ( words)

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
2017 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of The Obvious Part 1
: 9:55 pm : Blinding Flashes of the Obvious, Continual Improvement, M/V/C Mission Vision Culture, Vision :Michael Breitman : ( words)

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
2018 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 1
: January 8, 2021 10:43 pm : Blinding Flashes of the Obvious, Leadership, Marketing Mistakes, Marketing Your Business :Michael Breitman : ( words)

Originally posted 3/14/2018. For the third year in a row I must say, the Business Excellence Forum (BEF) gets better each year, and the 2018 event was no exception. This year there were more than 700 business owners, executives, team members and business coaches in attendance in San Diego, California. With that many attendees, there […] Read More
Some Thoughts About Direct to Consumer Startups
: 10:36 pm : Direct to Consumer Retail, KPIs Key Performance Indicators :Michael Breitman : ( words)

Originally posted 7/10/2018. I just finished reading a very insightful article entitled The Race To Reinvent Everything by Tom Foster in the May 2018 edition of INC Magazine. The article is about direct-to-consumer (DTC) startups, companies that are emulating the Warby-Parker model for many other product categories. Products currently offered by more than 400 DTC […] Read More
2019 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 1
: December 30, 2020 10:30 pm : 5-Ways Business Chassis, Being the Most Admired Brand, BHAGs, Blinding Flashes of the Obvious, Delivering Value, Mission, Success :Michael Breitman : ( words)

Originally posted 3/18/2019. For the fourth year in a row, the Business Excellence Forum (BEF) grew and exceeded the previous years in attendance, presenters and content. This year there were more than 700 business owners, executives, team members and business coaches in attendance in Charleston, SC. With that many attendees, there was an abundance of […] Read More

Everyone Is Short Staffed

2015 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious – Part 2

2015 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious – Part 1

2016 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 4

2016 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 2

2017 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of The Obvious Part 4

2017 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of The Obvious Part 1

2018 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 1

Some Thoughts About Direct to Consumer Startups

2019 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious Part 1