The Human Being’s Business Growth Equation Is there a model to finding growth? You may have read some of my thoughts on setting Strategy, but I haven’t shared my thoughts on incremental growth from minor tweaks to your current business. Let’s change that by introducing the Human Being’s Business Growth Equation.
Making That Big Change Stick Two articles/news items worth noting. Tony Hseih at Zappos moves to Holacracy, a decentralized management structure. Dan Price at Gravity Payments raises the minimum wage for his 120 employees to $70,000. I’ve heard commentary on both events that range from “worst decision ever” to a “generational shift in how companies are […]
Designing Sales and Marketing Practices That Fit I’m finishing up the edits to my fiction novel, The Legend of Mad Gringo. It’s based on my time in the apparel world. During that period of my life, we designed all sorts of garments including swimwear. Specifically board shorts, like the surfers wear. I still have a few […]
Sunk Costs and Strategies A recent article in the Omaha World Herald highlighted a debate in the state legislature about whether or not the progress on the University of Nebraska Lincoln’s Technology Innovation Campus is meeting expectations. “Some question Nebraska Innovation Campus’ pace, funding requests, private-sector buy-in” A quote in the article sounds like it was ripped […]
Building Trust in a Connected World Today I offered a client some communication advice. Using specific language that helps their prospect come to a “yes” or “no” decision faster. Shortening the sales cycle. Language that hasn’t changed in many, many years. This article was sent to emphasize the points I made. Especially the part about the […]
The Company You Keep Yes, this title is the lazy version of Proverbs 13:20 “Walk with wise men and you will become wise. . .” and it sums up how I felt this weekend after spending 3 days with a group of 200 successful consultants from around the world as we gathered under the tutelage of […]
The State of Selling Professional Services 2015 Entering 2014 the news was generally gloom and doom. “Americans will earn less than they previously expected, that fewer of them will want jobs and that fewer will get them. They think companies will invest less and earn less. The economy, as measured by growth in real gross domestic product, […]
Greg Chambers updates you after 2 years of solo consulting It’s been two years since I started Chambers Pivot Industries, and it’s time for another update. Last year I sent a list of “The 3 Most Surprising Lessons” from my first year of consulting. (If you missed that, the abridged version: – the word “consultant” has […]
Trusted Advisors and New Business Idea Generation “All I did was add overhead without any change in the top line. I think I need to go back to the way things were because your idea to add high-powered administrative staff isn’t working.” Hold on! In the last article we went through some simple math to […]
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