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Many leaders lack 3 key skills to be an effective leader. How about you?
Many leaders lack 3 key skills to be an effective leader. How about you? A recent study from The Barna Group shows that most leaders are at their best when it comes to using existing resources – and at their worst when it comes to developing needed resources.
 
Are YOU a Leader or a Manager?
Even when organisations have access to identical plant, technology and equipment, they do not get identical results.  Why?  They have different employees.  People provide the real competitive advantage for most organisations.  This makes people who can help people excel extremely valuable.  In the long run, good leadership is worth more than modern technology, new buildings and a favourable quarterly result combined.
 
Cash is king. Long live the King!
Often when we begin working with a business, the business owner’s motivation is to improve their cash flow. The first question I ask myself is whether the lack of cash is due to poor profitability or poor cash flow management.
 
Why should you do a 90 day plan for YOUR BUSINESS?
It’s simple they work, I mean they really work… The owner of a small sheet-metal fabrication company once told me, "Why plan? It only gets in the way of what would have happened anyway." That's a fatalistic notion often held by owner’s and managers of small businesses. Too many believe that they're totally at the mercy of larger competitors. In fact, for many, exactly the opposite is true.
 
7 Ways to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
If you spend a few minutes thinking about why you buy certain brands over others, chances are the answer is because of one or more of the following reasons. Businesses spend years developing a competitive advantage over other businesses in their industry that is sustainable in the long term.
 
BRW Rich 200 – Why not you?!
Every year the BRW produces a list of Australia’s richest people and families. Last week 2009’s list was released.
 
Becoming The Obvious Choice In A Sea Of Competition
There is no choice; YOU MUST READ THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT. Take notes, underline key points, highlight any BFO’s (Blinding Flash of the Obvious) and then most important of all TAKE ACTION. The future of your business may depend on it. Don’t tell them what you do. Tell them what you do for them.
 
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