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This blog credits me as the founder of “The Perfect System” (TPS). And I regularly get asked what is is all about. So what is TPS? Is it some new, revolutionary, hi-tech, blow-you-away system? Is it difficult to implement? Is it only for large corporates, or can a small and medium sized company also benefit from it? You may be […]
» Read moreThis week I am involved in a training course of people that recently took a voluntary or “forced” separation package. What will I tell them? What do you say to people that are devastated, angry, disappointed and with a feeling of despair? How do I tell them there is a light at the end of the dark tunnel? And convince […]
» Read moreThis is a follow up post to last Monday’s – Fire your male managers. I thought it may be slightly controversial. But all I got was a tremendous applause from my female readers. (and NONE from my male readers.) Why did they thank me for acknowledging a fact? That got me thinking. And all I could think of is that […]
» Read moreGreen, green, green. Everybody is talking about green living, green houses, even green electricity. Green is really not my favourite colour. I am not into green gutters, green roofs and green fences. Well I did sort of liked it in the 70’s. But really, it is so dated. Then again, red is not my colour either. Now give me blue, […]
» Read moreWhether you are considering selling your business now or sometime in the future, the most important thing you can do to ensure a successful and profitable sale is to take steps to properly position your business for the sale. There are hundreds of reasons why a company is difficult or even impossible to sell, most of which can be attributed […]
» Read more“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.” — Alan K. Simpson “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionable integrity. Without it, no real success is possible.” President Eisenhower Every customer wants to do business with people they can trust. Leaders should continuously ask stakeholders (shareholders, management, staff, community) for feedback on how […]
» Read moreWhat is an entrepreneur? What qualities will ensure that an entrepreneur is successful? A Google search shows hundreds of different qualities and skills – some of it a whole lot of hogwash. Most people are trying to complicate it too much. Here is my take on the most important qualities: The customer is king. As simple as that! Without a […]
» Read moreAt the risk of being taken out by all my male clients, and other MCP’s, I would like to state that women are superior managers. And my opinion is backed up by many studies. “After years of analyzing what makes leaders most effective and figuring out who’s got the Right Stuff, management gurus now know how to boost the odds […]
» Read moreWhat is marketing? Marketing is probably one of the most confusing and misused (or rather abused) words in business. Many people think that marketing is a synonym for sales (or selling). Many sales people (representatives or reps) are now called marketing representatives. Unfortunately the term sales representative has a negative connotation. This is probably due to the fact that in […]
» Read more“If you do not know where you are going to, how will you know when you have arrived?” Planning is critical to any business. If we do not know what we want to achieve (profit) and what we need to do to achieve it (plans, strategy) we will not know that we have accomplished it (goals). We do not merely […]
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