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Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Thor: Ragnarok

Joseph Lalonde

Great leaders know how to use the tools at hand: Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, had always helped him channel his power. Those aren’t the only things the hammer could do. To get this respect, she DEMANDED their loyalty and respect. Earlier in Thor: Ragnarok, Hela destroyed his hammer Mjolnir. He felt powerless.

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Are You Addicted To Tools And Allergic To Work?

Tim Milburn

I have the same love affair with productivity and organizational tools as I do with hammers, drills, and mitre saws. Second, I want you to develop a loyalty to this tool. No matter how fancy the hammer, you just need something to pound a nail. photo credit: Seditious Canary via photopin cc. But it doesn’t end there.

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Creating Customer Focused Teams, Part 3

Strategy Driven

In order to move to Stage 3, the team must hammer out the performance standards and commitment to achieving them. Stage 4 is where teams come into their own and truly create customer loyalty. They are necessary stepping-stones in the process that leads to high performance.

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The Best Morale Boost $3 Million Can Buy

Harvard Business Review

“There were catchphrases that had to be hammered into the head of the employees, just like advertising does to the general public.” .” Industrial musicals weren’t merely about camaraderie and a few chuckles. “There was a lot of minutia that had to be crammed into the shows,” says Murphy.

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Addiction Marketing

N2Growth Blog

The Tobacco Industry - The tobacco industry has been publicly hammered for selling products that leverage the addictive effects of Nicotine, and even with all the known health hazards smokers face, in many instances the addictive nature of the product is greater than peoples ability to make a logical decision.

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What investment in your business are you REALLY making?

Strategy Driven

Accounting can play a major role in customer loyalty. Big companies hammer their entire workforce to make certain that their customer satisfaction scores are high or higher, when they could be (should be) creating an internal training program that begins with the word wow, and progresses upward from there. Damned automated attendant.

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The hard side of training, and the soft side of learning.

Strategy Driven

BIGGER REALITY: If companies like Halliburton are able to sell hammers to the government for $6,000, somehow you should be able to get your price if you are within a few points or dollars of your competition. .’ REALITY: ‘The customer only buys price’ is an excuse propagated by weak and lazy salespeople. About the Author.