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Every business has a cause-and-effect cycle of interdependent key fundamentals on which they operate their business model. I’ve spent many years working with Walmart so I’m very familiar with what they refer to as a productivity loop. For Walmart, the concept is...

How To Jump Start Your Energy and Sustain It Feeling stuck? Are your creative juices not flowing? It happens to everyone at one point or another. We all get tired, stressed, overcommitted, and it takes its toll. On top of all this, add the excitement of being awarded...

What Is Strategic Planning?  In its purest form, strategy is the means by which an organization determines what they want to accomplish.  A plan encompasses the way an organization wishes to achieve it. Therefore, truly strategic planning aligns today's actions...

Three Crucial Components of a Well-Executed Plan We all know we’re supposed to plan. We’ve been taught about its importance and the techniques to accomplish it since grade school. However, most of us really only plan for the shorter term. Sure, we may have...

Influence Turns Ideas Into Reality Influence is the absolute critical ingredient needed when leveraging your ideas or making things happen with other people. You cannot make the most of your ideas without influencing others. Influence is a learned skill. It is...

Business Flexibility: Learning to Adapt and Re-focus I am a “Cyclist.” I haven’t always been. In fact, if you asked me a few months ago, I would have proudly told you that I am a “Runner.” I have run my whole life and loved every mile in some way, even if only for...