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Mastering the Art of Crisis Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Small Business Finances

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Understanding these vulnerabilities is the first step towards effective crisis management. This might involve tough decisions like restructuring or letting go of less profitable product lines, but such changes can lead to a more robust business post-crisis. Are there inefficiencies you can address?

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The Big Picture of Business – Cut the Weeds: Focus on Priorities and Strategy, Avoid the Time Zappers

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One of the by-products of being high-profile is that you get hangers-on. Most mean well and want to associate with someone successful. Some are groupies, and some are outright users. The art is to discern and marginalize the weeds from your path. One mean-weller kept hounding me.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

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The production was The Sound of Music , starring Carrie Underwood. Ready… Set… Be productive. We just had the first live TV musical play extravaganza on television after a 50-year hiatus. This TV special got a lot of attention because it was unique live, just like opening night of the Broadway show on which it was based.

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Five Benefits from Leading Out of Our Own Identity

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We are better crisis managers: There’s an old saying, we are like a tube of toothpaste, we don’t know what’s inside of us until we are squeezed. We are more trusted: People follow only leaders they trust, they trust only leaders they know. Under pressure, we tend to forget what we are supposed to know but we never “forget” who we are.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Future Has Moved… and Left No Forwarding Address.

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Capitalizing upon change, rather than becoming a by-product of it. Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. One must understand events, cycles, trends and subtle nuances because they will recur. Futurism: seeing clearly your perspectives and those of others. Futurism: an ongoing quest toward wisdom.

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The Big Picture of Business – Avoid the Tired, Trite Terms: Encourage Original Thought, Focus on Priorities and Strategy

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Remain consistent with their products, services and track record. Portray their company as a contributor, not a savior. Clearly defines their niche. Say things that inspire you to think. Compatible with other communications. About the Author.

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

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Websites that sell products are digital platforms, not the arbitrators of quality in the business world. That means doing things correctly the first time, without wasting counter-productive time in cleaning up mistakes. Productivity translates to profitability in an advantageous climate in which to function.

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