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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Monday, November 15, 2010 Early Exits Angel investors and VCs all like to sell one of their portfolio companies. And he has succeeded in a very tough industry in growing a $100M+ company. Lots of training. EG Smart Move 26 - Discover the Benefits of Long-Term Training Programs.

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MARCH 6, 2013

More companies fail from perfection than speed. 3 - Task - have the right processes 4 - People - select properly and coach, train and mentor. I like perfect but often good enough is good enough. Often taking something from 90% to 100% takes as much time as taking it from 0 to 90%. Structure. 2 - Workplace design. Who decides what.

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JUNE 2, 2014

Her company name - Love and Quiches. I know Susan and have toured her company and heard her speak. Her response was "we are a private company and do not share our details". Her response was "we are a private company and do not share our details". So they did. The naivety that made for interesting times. Great read.

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MARCH 4, 2015

I certainly have no training in the field. For those interested in pursuing a career in the field, however, “Creative Anarchy” is definitely a must-read. ++ There is an interesting article on companies co-founding startups. Starting a company with a company as a co-founder would bring competitive advantage.

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MARCH 4, 2015

I certainly have no training in the field. For those interested in pursuing a career in the field, however, “Creative Anarchy” is definitely a must-read. ++ There is an interesting article on companies co-founding startups. Starting a company with a company as a co-founder would bring competitive advantage.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Brand to a company is like reputation is to a person. I read Laurence Vincent's book - Brand Real - How Smart Companies Live Their Brand Promise and Inspire Fierce Customer Loyalty. I love Branding. Like reputation - it can be invaluable and like reputation, it can be easily destroyed. Reputation requires consistency. Brand does also.

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APRIL 15, 2012

It seems logical he would know a thing or two about leadership not just because he runs his own company but as a recruiter, he would have seen hundreds of leaders. 2 - Purpose - This is the true enabler of any company. If the company does well, the people should do well. If the company does well, the people should do well.

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MARCH 31, 2017

Part of it is having a great vision for the company. I believe the job of a good leader to to make people into A players by process, systems, training, mentoring, inspiring and slotting people in the right job for them. Part of it is constant communication. And part of it is "do the right thing". The third chapter talks about team.

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MARCH 31, 2017

Part of it is having a great vision for the company. I believe the job of a good leader to to make people into A players by process, systems, training, mentoring, inspiring and slotting people in the right job for them. Part of it is constant communication. And part of it is "do the right thing". The third chapter talks about team.

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MARCH 4, 2011

They think they work for themselves (not the company). Straight salary tends to attract company loyalists. Companies in this category should focus on making sure they actually do offer the stability the candidates seek. My experience is most companies are a mix of both salary and commission. They like cold calling.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

I best get training now if I am going to beat that. I read a good book on fear in companies - Breaking the Fear Barrier - How Fear Destroys Companies from the Inside Out and What To Do About It by Tom Rieger. I like to have a company that has a high tolerance for failure. Just did not happen. He is 100.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

Of course being a frugal guy, a company that sells at reduced rate seems logical to me. This is why crisis training for EMS, marines etc pounds in the one best rather than lots of alternatives. I even have a column on my time tracker sheets to log energy level. They just introduced reduce long distance for cell phones.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This shows how companies that adopted a Plan for Progress ended up with more diversity in their companies. Leaders articulated this vision in every internal speech and company communication. They provided diversity training to employees and fostered a culture of learning. They demonstrated congruence.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I am a big believer in coaching, training and mentoring. I have found the larger the company or the more perceived power that the person speaking (or coaching) is, the more careful they need to be. This book focuses on the coaching. It has 3 sections - 1 - Listening - clearly a key management skill. 2 - Asking. 2 - Asking.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

The Leadership Pipeline - How to Build the Leadership Powered Company by Ram Charan , Steve Drotter and Jim Noel was awesome. I think promoting from within also keeps knowledge within the company. At this stage, the leader needs to penetrate 2 levels of the company. It is a must read for any aspiring leader at any level.

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JULY 21, 2011

Staff is the largest expense for most companies. One thing I like to do (although clearly am not perfect at) is coach, train and mentor. Maximizing return from staff expense is a highly complex problem. People by nature are complex. I tend to prefer books with more positive titles (although bringing out the best is positive).

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JUNE 7, 2011

"Instead of brainstorming, creatives should be trained in stealthstorming - getting ideas sold is a more critical skill than coming up with the idea in the first place. This can be done by looking back" "The best way to innovate is to frame the problem" Greg Hall was a mining supply company. Predict the future".

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JANUARY 25, 2015

I named my new company after him - DDE Media Company. He was walking 2 miles per day and going on the elliptical trainer in the common gym where he lives for 30 minutes a few times each week in addition to doing some weight training. I knew he was dying and asked him if I could do anything for him. His answer was "no".

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JANUARY 25, 2015

I named my new company after him - DDE Media Company. He was walking 2 miles per day and going on the elliptical trainer in the common gym where he lives for 30 minutes a few times each week in addition to doing some weight training. I knew he was dying and asked him if I could do anything for him. His answer was "no".

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

2 - Spend time coaching, training and mentoring the entrepreneurs. This added cash is often needed to get the company to profitability. VCs often think big which can inspire companies to be great. VCs love this detailed attention and the feeding $ in over time can often save them money. 2 - Provide introductions.

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JUNE 19, 2011

Instead of firing employees like many other large firms were doing at the time, Toyota embraced its mantra of kaizen (Toyota’s firm philosophy of change/improvement for the better) and held company-wide training seminars (most impressively in factories it had stopped production in).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Calgary, AB (Vocus/PRWEB) February 16, 2011 Hatsize, the leading cloud automation software provider for hands-on demos and training, today announced the results of a landmark survey on cloud automation trends based on feedback from a broad range of businesses in North America. There were 181 respondents from businesses of all sizes and types.

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