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Why Build a Good Company When You Can Build a Great One?

How many times have you heard the saying, “You have to get the best people involved to build a successful business?” There’s a lot of truth to it, but Dr. James Collins’ book “Good to Great – Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others don’t” and his recent monograph “Good to Great and the [...]

Can Relationship Marketing Retake Transaction Based Buying Decisions?

As the population of the world increases the basic needs of the population (food and shelter) are met with increasing ease. One result of this is that less of the population is employed in providing these basic needs. At the same time more and more people are living longer and in better health. A great [...]

Are You Buying What the Seller’s Selling?

I just lost a million dollars! That’s right, I had the plan all laid out and was in action on a deal that would have put one million dollars in my pocket in six months. Now I have zero, nada, nothing. And you know whose fault it is? Mine!

How Much Should You Expect From a … Change?

Toyota looks for a 1 % change from each change it puts in place. This company started from the ashes of WWII and is now the biggest auto company in the world. One could say that its management and shareholders fully understand that success comes in small increments, by having patience and being willing to [...]

Are You Working ON Your Business or IN Your Business?

My good friend, Lenny Tumbarello, www.WeTooCanDo.com, gave me the idea for this article. It seems an associate of his sort of criticized him for working “IN” his business. He wanted Lenny to work “ON” his business. This fellow felt Lenny might be spending too much time doing things that could have been “outsourced” for a [...]