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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Try Before You Buy
No, I’m not talking about hiking shoes or test driving a new car. I’m talking about test driving a prospective employee–and not the way most of us think. I’m talking about an idea I first heard when Brad Remillard of … Continue reading
How Do You Spot the Future?
This month’s issue of Wired Magazine offers seven suggestions. Look for Cross Pollinators Surf the Exponentials Favor the Liberators Give Points for Audacity Bank on Openness Demand Deep Design Spend Time with Time Wasters Read the full article here.
Posted in forecasts, Leadership
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B2B Display Advertising: Should You Chose LinkedIn or ???
By Jessica Forrester at Hanover Research There are many ways to use LinkedIn as a marketer and many tools available. In this post we will focus on the use of display advertising on LinkedIn, which has shown particular promise as a … Continue reading
Posted in Peer Advisory Groups, Social Media
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Build Rapport with Challenging Customers or Employees
This week our two Tucson Vistage CEO groups hosted author, speaker and trainer Abe Wagner speaking on Increasing Motivation and Productivity. Wagner’s presentation is based on a foundation of Transactional Analysis and Neurolinguistic Programming. In 3 hours he presented and … Continue reading
Time Span and the End of the Story
About 18 months ago, Vistage speaker Tom Foster spoke to my Tucson Chief Executive Group about a concept called Timespan. It is based on the work of Elliot Jacques (pronounced Jakes), a professor at George Washington University. To parphrase my … Continue reading
The Beer Game -or- Why Apple Can’t Build iPads in the US
When President Obama asked Steve Jobs what it would take to make iPhones in the United States, the late Apple co-founder supposedly quipped: “Those jobs aren’t coming back.” When I read this, it reminded me of something my dad presented … Continue reading
Posted in Manufacturing/Supply Chain, News
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What Does “Peer” Mean to You
Thanks to Leo Bottary at Vistage International for Permission to Reproduce His Content. Let me start by saying I don’t mean “peer” the verb. I’m not asking about the creepy type of peer which is defined by dictionary.com as 1) … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Leadership, Peer Advisory Groups
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