Who do you hire first? Talent or personality? If for the sake of this blog post you think about great personality and great talent as two ends of a continuum, where a 10 in personality means you are hiring someone … Read More
I have written previously about the need to find evangelists to spread your message, and how you should not beg people to be your evangelist, but finding evangelists is actually a two way street. Your evangelists should not be a … Read More
I wrote earlier about the need to document your story and of how important it is to be great at storytelling, but there is more to it than those two aspects. It is important to tie a direct line of how … Read More
In open new markets, I talk about the idea of taking your product to new markets to help drive growth. The first step in opening new markets is to consider who you are talking to. How often do products find … Read More
When you produce your brilliant idea, you should expect that someone is going to want to stop you. Who? Your competitors, the status quo, those who don’t like change etc… The reality is that there is nothing you can do … Read More
It is a horrible feeling, someone gets rich or famous on the great idea you had years ago. Do you have something brilliant you are working on? You need to get it out there and let people know. That half … Read More
Perhaps it goes without saying, but my two posts from the past two days about accepting good fortune and great work breeds good fortune, apply to bad fortune as well. When bad fortune comes to your business (and it will), … Read More
In Jim Collins book “Good to Great” he writes about the fact that many of the Good to Great leaders felt like a good portion of their success could be attributed to luck. Not that they were lucky enough to … Read More
You can’t plan your business around good fortune, but when it comes accept it and be thankful. Two common reactions to a fortunate situation is to expect it going forward or to question it too much. If you question it … Read More
Your organization’s history is important, important enough to take the time to document it. To many it probably seems like a very low priority, but how many companies still look back to how they were founded as an inspiration and … Read More