The Top 10 Blogs

Writ­ing always helps to crys­tal­lize my thoughts and learn­ings and I enjoy shar­ing new infor­ma­tion and ideas I con­tin­u­al­ly come across, through study and my prac­ti­cal expe­ri­ence work­ing with clients.

And, after almost over 25 years of writ­ing newslet­ters, arti­cles and blogs, I can see that they are a reflec­tion of how strate­gic plan­ning, human resource man­age­ment, sys­tems con­tin­ue to evolve to meet cus­tomer needs. And we con­tin­ue to wit­ness and mon­i­tor how local and world events bring new chal­lenges to busi­ness, and the much-need­ed aware­ness of good men­tal health and resilience for us all.

I also see how the core, endur­ing prin­ci­ples of man­ag­ing and grow­ing a busi­ness stay the same: focus­ing on what mat­ters most to the cus­tomer, recruit­ing and man­ag­ing teams of tal­ent­ed peo­ple, and sol­id strate­gies to improve cash flow as you grow.

Out of hun­dreds writ­ten, over the past few years, here are 10 of our most pop­u­lar blogs:

• Day 1 Ama­zon Think­ing. How the peo­ple at Ama­zon keep the com­pa­ny fresh by main­tain­ing a cus­tomer-ori­ent­ed focus.
• Cre­at­ing Month­ly and Annu­al Moti­va­tion­al Themes. How effec­tive themes can dri­ve bet­ter results, and high­er morale in your company.
• Work-Life Plan­ning: Plan, Plan & Plan Again. How dis­ci­plined plan­ning and re-plan­ning helps you to achieve what you want for your work, self, and life.
• Account­abil­i­ty: One Throat to Choke or One Hand to Shake? The pos­i­tive side of accountability.
• Stress Scale. The fine line between max­i­mum per­for­mance and over­loaded meltdown.
• CEO Burnout: A Per­son­al Sto­ry. A sto­ry of debil­i­tat­ing burnout, the road to recov­ery and lessons learned.
• Nev­er For­get Who’s The Boss: The Cus­tomer. How to con­tin­u­al­ly remem­ber who’s the boss, and that ourjob is to please the customer.
• Stress Per­for­mance Curve – How Stress Makes High Per­form­ers Bet­ter. How to max­i­mize per­for­mance at a lev­el of stress that is man­age­able for you.
• What Are the Rock­e­feller Habits? Peo­ple, strat­e­gy, exe­cu­tion and cash: four pil­lars of a suc­cess­ful business.
• The 4 Forces of Growth. Where to put your ener­gy and the tools to help you and your team pick what mat­ters the most.

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