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Profitability: A Tale of Two Roads

Profitability: A Tale of Two Roads

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden  You’ve heard of the road less traveled. Can you picture yourself weighing out the cost of a new car in exchange for aContinue Reading

Your Business Information: A Piece of the Puzzle

Your Business Information: A Piece of the Puzzle

  Have you ever heard someone say “If you say it out loud or write it down, it will come true?” This is the puzzle I’m struggling with. I wonder if that is similar to the exercise of visualization: creating an image in your mind and it creates a clarity of what you want or where you’reContinue Reading

5 Sticky Note Substitutes to Organize Data

So, I see that you decorate your office with a bit of sticky note art? (I was going to draw eyes, a nose and a mouth on my image and label it “Old Christine” but refrained). I’ve also seen in the past a certain relative who used the “write it on your hand” method. InContinue Reading

The Synergist Part 4: The Processor

The Synergist Part 4: The Processor

The Processor: Part 4 of 5 in a series on the book The Synergist: How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success by Les McKeown SCALABLE SYSTEMS – Create and enforce systems to capture key information and standardized processes DESIGNER OF ORDER – Takes the complexity of a project and organizes the facts and tasks atContinue Reading

The Synergist – Part 2 The Visionary

The Visionary: Part 2 of 5 in a series on the book The Synergist: How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success by Les McKeown Ferocious Tenacity – The quality that Bill Gates attributes his success to. Hounding Vendors, executives and team members, Gates would not let up on or settle for less than hisContinue Reading

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