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Innovation can deliver important benefits to competition
In the late 1880s Almon Strowger👨🏻💼 was THE ONLY UNDERTAKER IN TOWN 💀, so he ran quite a profitable business 🙊. Suddenly he noticed his work had dropped off considerably 📉 , and that there was a new undertaker in town 😳. Curious as to why so many were going to this new undertaker instead of him 🤔. Strowger found out it was because the TELEPHONE OPERATOR ☎️ was married to this other undertaker‼️ When anyone called for Stowger’s business, she would direct them to her husband. (At that time when anyone placed a call they had to first call in an operator who would then connect them to their…
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Presentations – Keynotes
❝Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to SPEAK, your ability to WRITE, and the QUALITY OF YOUR IDEAS. In that order.❞ 👨🏼🏫 Patrick WINSTON. I’m ending a workweek in which I had opportunities to share insights in different 🖥 Zoom meetings with colleagues. Honestly talking, one of the tasks I love the most in my day-job 😜 📌 Here you are some tips adapted from Winston that I -usually- have in mind when I have to deliver a talk: 💥 DO NOT START WITH A JOKE (let’s leave it for last). I love the sense of humor, but I try not to start making jokes…
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Your walking boots
🥾“Your walking boots / 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝔸ℂ𝕋 \ are SEEN and EVALUATED by those in your environment each and every day.” ✏️The Swiss Army Knife for Leaders – Gabriel Anthonio
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Milestones
🥊 When Mike Tyson was asked by a reporter whether he was worried about Evander Holyfield and his fight plan he answered; ❝EVERYONE HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH❞ ⚓️MILESTONES BRING REALITY TO A STRATEGIC PLAN. Milestones are what you use to convert your business strategy and tactics into ACTION 🎬. If the business doesn’t meet milestones as it executes the plan, leaders have to reconsider whether they’ve got the right strategy after all 🤔 A good STRATEGIC PLAN is ADAPTABLE 🎋Once-a-year planning can be dangerous, especially in short-cycle businesses where markets won’t wait on your planning schedule. So, PERIODIC INTERIM REVIEWS 👨🏼🏫 can help you to…
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Most Valuable Players
❝The MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS are never finished. They are continually ADAPTING, ADJUSTING to hit the mark.❞ ⭐️IMPACT PLAYERS ADAPT to changing conditions faster than their peers because they interpret new rules and new targets as opportunities for learning and growth 🧠 While they appreciate affirmation and positive feedback, they actively seek CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK AND CONTRARY VIEWS AND USE IT TO RECALIBRATE AND REFOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ⚓️ While others attempt to manage and minimize change, impact players are LEARNING AND ADAPTING TO CHANGE 🦅 To embrace the habits of these impact players:📍Seek guidance – Managers respond well to coachable employees. Impact players ask for feedback, not validation, and INCORPORATE CRITICISM into their…
