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How I Empowered My Staff and Made Our Jobs Easier

May 6, 2011
 - by Taylor Vogt

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I realized how I was hampering the productivity of my team by not giving them the power to fully do their jobs. Not only was not giving them power, but I wasn’t giving them clarity, either. So I wrote a message to our staff describing that I was no longer their manager, but their director. They are now managing themselves.

Beginning Are Always Messy

Mar 3, 2011
 - by Taylor Vogt

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How can you turn those breakdowns around? Recognize them. Declare that you’re having a breakdown and determine new actions in order to achieve your resolutions.

Create a Self-help Forum for Your Clients and You’ll Help Yourself Too

Jun 7, 2010
 - by Andrew Rossillo

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“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime.” Small businesses are often tasked with the mounting pressure of providing quality customer support. With just your own efforts or a handful of employees ...

The 9 Secrets of Your Success

May 5, 2010
 - by andrew

The 9 Words are the 9 secrets of your success – the blueprint that you need to follow to build more rewarding relationships and a more profitable business. Discover them now!

Before There Was Social Media There Was Just Social

Feb 12, 2010
 - by Kenneth Vogt

We are social creatures. We are curious about what other people are up to. We want to know what they think. We like to compare ourselves. We are eager to know how we measure up. We like to engage and schmooze and flirt and campaign and posture and woo.

The Why to Your What

Feb 9, 2010
 - by Kenneth Vogt

You are pretty smart. Nope, don’t deny it. The truth is you have an unsurpassed capacity to learn from past experiences and to allow these lessons to influence your plans for the future

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

Feb 5, 2010
 - by Kenneth Vogt

You don’t plan so that everything comes out exactly as you foresaw it. You plan so you have the best chance at getting a favorable outcome.

Words to Live and Do Business By

Feb 2, 2010
 - by Kenneth Vogt

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Moses was an exceedingly wise man. When he needed to lead a great nation, he went to the Ten Commandments. (Arguably, he had a little help there.) Most people would agree that the Ten Commandments are hard to beat, even sublime. Do you have the equivalent of the Ten Commandments at your company?

Marketing Lessons from Super Mario Bros

Jan 29, 2010
 - by Carol Palmatier

Sometimes we learn the hard way; sometimes we take it easy. An excellent article for anyone in business.

Why Directing Trumps Managing

Jan 29, 2010
 - by Kenneth Vogt

Directing, managing, isn’t that just semantics? No. There is a very important difference.