It is easy to compare, especially now with the accessibility of different social media platforms. Each day you see self-inflation and are made to believe a perfect image. Even after all the success of my own organization, we had problems, challenges, and customer complaints. The most common issue any organization faces is making customer service mistakes that impact relationships and have lasting Continue →
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See How Easily You Can Validate Your Values
Validate Your Values Understanding what you value is an integral part of understanding yourself but also how your team will operate. If knowing what your core values are and if they are central to growing a team that is engaged and happy then don't miss out on reading the rest and learning how to validate your values. Imagine you, as the leader, want to recreate the highest quality Continue →
The Secret of Top Salespeople
A friendship that started about 30 years ago eventually developed into my good friend consulting me and my company. And he still consults me even today. He is one of the smartest people I know. On one hand, uses his legal mind (he has a law degree) with a high level of logical thinking, and on the other hand, he displays a strong creative bent. I still “kid” him today that his brain is Continue →
Use Questions to Give Constructive Feedback
Did you hear the story about the boy in the Cummings family that was very uncomfortable? Every time his father said grace and asked forgiveness for the family’s shortcomings, the boy thought he was the “short Cummings” that his father was concerned about! How many of you have ever had a misunderstanding with your… Wife? Husband? Boyfriend or Girlfriend? Children? Continue →
Lean Innovation Secrets: Which Mode Are You In?
Do you want to create more products for your business, but find the development process glacial? Are you afraid that such an expansion could lead to a disaster? How do you minimize those risks by designing innovation to be faster and at the same time more customer-centric? Aaron Eden is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Moves The Needle. Moves the Needle "ignites entrepreneurial Continue →
A Summary of the ON IN Principle
Every day for two to three hours, I read numerous articles and books, watch videos and TV programs, and listen to podcasts and many other sources for my personal growth. On one recent day, I came across what was said to be a true story by Joy Garrison Wasson, an English teacher in Muncie, Indiana. She taught English for 30 years, and she died in 2005 at the age of only 62: “A group of Continue →
Marketing Metrics: The Numbers You Should Be Paying Attention To
Andy Crestodina. His track record includes everything, from earning a degree in Mandarin to working as a teacher in China. In 2001, Andy and his friend co-founded Orbit Media, a company that has grown from zero to about $4.5M in revenue. Totally organically. Now, Andy is the CMO at Orbit Media and he’s a marketing metrics expert. Our latest guest on the Lead to Grow podcast, Andy Continue →
Can Anyone Generate $100M From Cold Emailing? Alex Can (And Did)
Here’s an interesting thought: Cold emailing. It works. Really well, actually … at least according to Alex Berman. In fact, he’s helped his clients generate over $100M in new business from cold emails. Alex is the Chairman of Experiment 27, a digital marketing agency that specializes in cold emailing. x27, as they like to call themselves, is easily creating new business for themselves and Continue →
Is it Purpose or Mission?
Have you ever spent quite a bit of time researching a subject only to come away from your research scratching your head–even more confused than before? Were you frustrated? Boy, I’m glad that I’m not the only one feeling that way. Back in the early 1990s, I was searching out the answer to an important question for our company. I was asking myself, “Why do we exist?” What I found was Continue →
Do You Want More from Business and Life?
Do you want more? Do you want more money? Do you want more of the best of things? Do you want more time? Do you want more out of life? Do you want more life fulfillment? In your business, do you want more revenue, more employee productivity, and more profits? Are you open for change to achieve more? If you are open to change, please take our FREE 5-minute ON&IN Leadership Assessment Continue →