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Building Trust Develops Team Cohesiveness

Strategy Driven

LDRSHIP is an acronym for the seven core values of the U.S. Army: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal courage. Army Infantry, and later in my career as a Drill Sergeant. These values were foundational to many of my business decisions. Developing this trust starts with loyalty.

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Managing Talent in a Passion Driven Job Market

Strategy Driven

the employer-employee contract of loyalty is gone), fluid (e.g. James Rosseau is the author of Success on Your Own Terms : 6 Promises to Fire Up Your Passion, Ignite Your Career, and Create an Amazing Life (Career Press, 2014). Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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The Big Picture of Business – Mentoring Guides Your Success

Strategy Driven

The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes. ’ Approach your career as a body of work. It’s a career, not just a series of jobs. Life and careers include peaks and valleys.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 45 – Marketing & Sales: Closing the Value Gap

Strategy Driven

Episode 45 – Marketing & Sales: Closing the Value Gap examines the evolution of the business-to-business selling process and the gap between what customers want and what their service providers and vendors provide. Before joining the BTS team, Lou had a long career in sales for professional services firms.

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The risk of 9 to 5. And the reality of BEFORE and AFTER.

Strategy Driven

Not just for loyalty of existing customer base, but also to earn referrals and testimonials. The key point of understanding is the difference between a job in sales, and a dedicated, relationship based sales career. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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Still making goals and resolutions? Why?

Strategy Driven

IDENTIFY YOUR BIG PICTURE: What’s going on in your life and your career right now? I think it’s also important to separate family opportunities from business and career opportunities. ” “Why do I want to grow my career?” Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Technology shifts.

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Finding the elusive decision maker. Then what?

Strategy Driven

Finding the decision maker and speaking with that decision maker intelligently are not just critical, they’re also skills that can be career building or career ending. Early in my career, I created a question that helped me find decision makers without ever asking anyone who the decision maker was. Book value is not guaranteed.