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Thought Tweet #527

by Rick Baker
On Jul 24, 2012

Thought Tweet #527 Business leaders possess strong drive and will. Those are defining traits. But, there must be more...

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

The best business leaders have the ability to focus their drive and will. They focus it, usually, in one of two ways: (1) toward ideas and (2) toward people.

The very-best of business leaders possess extreme drive and will and the ability to pick the perfect focal point, exactly balancing ideas and people.

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Bad Signals & Signs of Existing and Impending Business Problems

by Rick Baker
On Jul 24, 2012

All businesses experience a series of problems. Solving problems is essentially what business is all about. However, business should not be a strung-out set of stressed-out problem-solving experiences. Business should not be that painful.

When you boil business down you find people. 

So, restating the above:

People's jobs and careers should not be struggling, painful experiences dragged out over long periods of time.

People should step back every once in a while and check the health of their job, career, and business.

Does their workday contain any unhealthy symptoms?

As introductory examples, people could check for:

  1. Failure to reply to phone messages and email messages...2 main reasons why this is unhealthy: it closes the door to potential opportunities, especially the value embedded in weak links and it brands you and your company as self-focused....this is especially a problem if you and/or your business are active with other aspects of social media such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and You Tube. [another idea to consider - ] Successful People Have More Time
  2. Stalled Sales...there are root causes. What are they? [an idea to consider]
  3. Chronic errors...there are root causes. What are they? [an idea to consider]
  4. Software or process technologies falling behind [an idea to consider]
  5. Tightening cash flow [an idea to consider]
  6. Increased disharmony among employees [an idea to consider]
  7. Increased turnover [an idea to consider]

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