Team

Always Be Selling

By Tom Cramer
  In my conversations with the members of our group, I find a series of topics that are raised consistently and across all industries and markets. One of the more prevalent concerns is that of “being out of your comfort zone.” What I have found is most of us get into business to follow an idea or concept based on a specific strength or experience or idea or all of these. That is the natural course, but then we all find that business involves many areas in which we feel lost, incompetent, and …

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Who’s On Your Bus?

By Tom Cramer
  We all have a variety of opinions about the thousands of business books that are available, many promising to answer all your questions. While we know that few of them deliver on that promise, there are some gems every business owner and manager should take time to read and contemplate. Jim Collins is an author who has cracked the code in speaking about several practical business issues and how to help be better operators. His first book was Built to Last and speaks to key elements for long-term success. A later book, Good …

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Top 5 Ways to Get Your Teams to Perform

As the CEO of your organization, it is your role to lead, to inspire, and to ensure that your teams are able to execute and execute well – every time. In business, it is not always what you know, but instead, how you execute and getting your teams to produce at their peak level is mission critical to the success and growth of your business. According to CEO peer groups, here are the top five ways to elevate your team’s performance to continually see results.

  1. Put the right people in the right roles. …

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