Leadership Inspiration – Unrealized Possibilities

“It is not impossibilities which fill us with the deepest despair, but possibilities which we have failed to realize.” Robert Mallett (1915 – )

A Quick Guide To The Marketing Benefits Of A Greener Business

Photo courtesy of Gui Seiz There are plenty of reasons why businesses all over the world are becoming more eco-friendly. It’s a money-saver, for a start. All those high electricity bills, waste paper – it all costs you far less when you try and limit the use. But, one of the most overlooked benefits of […]

“Joinership” is the new Leadership

It’s no secret that most companies value leadership over just about anything else. It’s an attitude reflected in our culture and on the surface, it appears to be the key to success. However, in my experience, there’s another component more important than strong leadership—an element that rarely gets the spotlight, because it’s all about not […]

Strategizing for Success: Keys for Planning Annual Sales & Marketing Goals, part 1 of 2

Each fourth quarter as the New Year approaches, it’s prudent to prepare a profitability plan for the coming year, especially with respect to your sales and marketing endeavors. Doing so can give you a notable competitive edge, particularly given the extraordinary number of professionals that don’t bother producing this strategic tool. But, whether developed before […]

Leadership Inspiration – No Guarantee of Success

“People don’t ever seem to realize that doing what’s right is no guarantee against misfortune.” William McFee (1881 – 1966) English-American writer of sea stories

Can You Really Turn a Hobby into a Business? part 3 of 3

Your ‘Why’ Should Not Be Because You Hate Commuting In his book Start with Why?, Simon Sinek challenges what and how thinking. While what and how are the yin and yang of everything, why is the driving force. So why didn’t I start the article with the why? Because the hobby-to-business process is agile rather […]

Leadership Inspiration – Success Interrupted

“Sleep, riches, and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.” Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 – 1825) German Romantic writer

Decision Makers vs. Influencers

I’ve heard there are 5.7 decision makers for each sale, and ‘unknown’ influencers. Yet there is no difference between ‘decision makers’ and ‘influencers’. If you want to move and your daughter is in her last year of high school and prefers to stay behind to finish the year, is she a decision maker or an […]

StrategyDriven Releases a Turnkey Business Performance Assessment Program

StrategyDriven’s turnkey Sevian Business Performance Assessment Program provides business leaders with an immediately implementable process for performing in-depth evaluations of organizational performance.   StrategyDriven released its Sevian Business Performance Assessment Program providing business leaders with an immediately implementable process for performing in-depth evaluations of organizational performance. The assessment program contains fully developed process procedures, forms […]

Can You Really Turn a Hobby into a Business? part 2 of 3

Business Is Both Fun and Dull All The Time Fun is a small word with a huge impact on our lives, so it makes sense that we’d prioritize injecting fun into our business lives whenever possible. And, if you’re thinking about becoming your own boss, the ability to capitalize on fun is definitely one of […]