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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

2) Mispricing a new product by charging “what the market will bear”. Back in 1993 I wondered why Drucker devoted 3 out of the 5 sins to product pricing, but 18 years later I totally understand his insistence on what he called “price-driven costing” as the most effective way to gain market share. 3) Cost-Driven pricing.

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JULY 8, 2018

But more importantly, the team’s growing resentment is casting a big shadow over morale and productivity. Such is the productivity drag when a leader hangs on too long with a poor performer. First, it’s clear that George, as part of a 10 person group, has been a drag on the overall effectiveness of the team.

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JULY 27, 2014

Let’s take a look… On the left, there’s the formidable “Done fast” After all, in any business, time is money. Expediency is paramount to greater productivity. That widget is put through a rigorous process that produces a consistently reliable product that delivers over and over and over again.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Since the first four days were disciplined and productive, there should be plenty of time to refine the longer-term plan. Friday: “ Think Ahead & Prepare “ The last day of the work week is an excellent time to look ahead – there should always be time to keep our visions sharp.

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APRIL 1, 2012

And in that company, when the loop was working at a high level of “gold production”, we were able to use it to save several million dollars a year, producing an 800% return on the loop investment. They revolved around 5 elements: 1) The experience with the product or service.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

At Facebook, allegiance to the hacker way permeates every aspect of the business, from product innovation to organizational structure to management and training. You are recognized and respected based on your contributions to the improvement of the product; your résumé or your age doesn’t matter. In that sense, everyone is equal.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Secret To A Lifetime Of Productivity – And Five Ways To Find It by Starbucker on February 28, 2010 It’s not the “doing&#. Over committing is the cardinal sin of productivity. Popularity: 23% [ ?

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JUNE 16, 2013

I jotted down a lot of notes during the day, and I wanted to share what I thought were the 15 best nuggets of wisdom from the event: “Pay attention (to everything)” – Eric Winquist , CEO of Jama Software , who is delivering enterprise-grade software solutions to product development challenges.

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APRIL 24, 2016

The key to lifetime of productivity is simply this: Making the best selection of WHAT to do at any given moment. The ones you ultimately choose are critical to being a truly productive leader. So we must develop an intuitive process to make these split-second assessments on the fly, and push our productivity to awe-inspiring levels.

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OCTOBER 14, 2012

To use a couple widely used phrases, it’s your “ essential value proposition “, and the “ problem you are trying to solve “ We don’t want to have to guess what it is – put it front and center.

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MARCH 22, 2015

A product was created and a new business took flight. ” Two Plywerk products- Maggie and Stanley. When Kjell’s wife Kim, a photographer, needed to mount a photo, she simply took some wood glue to the photo and pasted it on a piece of wood. Kjell saw this, had the light bulb go off, and saw an business opportunity.

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JANUARY 4, 2015

We just want to make a good safe product for parents to take their kids out to play and to get kids into that lifestyle. Mark Galbraith, Nau Clothing : “For us, the actual product, the craft, the materials it’s made out of, how it fits, how it wears, what it’s like—it’s probably as tactile and real as anything you do.

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MARCH 3, 2013

Andrew Mason has crossed that bridge, and now, in his words, he’ll ” figure out how to channel this experience into something productive “ My guess is that he certainly will. And the sooner every leader can come to terms with those words, and not fear the vulnerability that comes with them, the better leaders they will be.

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JUNE 29, 2014

They co-authored Low-Hanging Fruit, 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits , published in March 2014. Jeremy and Terri are considered two of the most practical and straightforward business thinkers in the field. This has made them very sought after advisors.

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JUNE 5, 2014

Alas, something so logical can become lost in the morass of short-term profitability, or a belief that marketing magic that could somehow hide product and service deficiencies. Think about that for a second – it seems so elementary, doesn’t it? It IS basic. In the end, however, the circle always turns back to the business basics.

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APRIL 13, 2014

“We’ll spend the money needed to offer a competitive product, so you’re not operating with one hand tied behind your back” The back-breaker. Didn’t happen. “We’ll give you the right tools to do your jobs” Negative. They never showed up. Budget money was allocated, then taken away.

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OCTOBER 26, 2014

One of the core words that are kicked around in these circles as we evaluate possible investments is “ disruptive “ That is, put in the form of a question, “Is the idea, concept, product, service, etc. capable of disrupting an existing market and carving out its own unique niche?”

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It’s really a matter of giving meaning to the work that each person does, which leads to happier, more motivated, and more productive teammates. But successful leaders must resist that temptation.

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APRIL 10, 2011

He knew from experience that most problems occur because of failures of leadership – in other words, he knew that to blame the process, or the customer facing staff, or a glitch with the product or service itself, was like treating symptoms instead of finding a cure. “The fish stinks from the head down&#.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2016

3) Dream and Goal set realistically in a 12-24 month window, and, this is very important: If you hit them, raise the bar quickly.

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AUGUST 4, 2013

Recently I saw a quote by Fred Hassan, chairman of Bauch & Lomb, that summarized this well – “If they (managers & front-line supervisors) start to see themselves as ambassadors as opposed to shop stewards, it totally changes the productivity of the whole organization” 6) Measurement (Milestones Matter) – As the flywheel (..)

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JULY 7, 2013

They need to be able to develop both the human side and product side of a business – if you have just one or the other, you greatly limit yourself and the success of your business.” “Nowadays, leaders need to wear many hats. ” - Ilona Jerabek, PsychTests.com.

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MAY 29, 2014

And that’s turned out to be absolutely true, because the SaySay Boutique is a shining example of the kind of long-term small business success that happens not by the power of the product, but by the humanity, passion, faith and savvy of the person who owns and guides it. And, the product is a local brand ( Sock it to Me ).

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MARCH 10, 2013

Without it, you’ll have less happy, less motivated, and less productive teammates. It truly is “the most powerful thing there is” The most important question a leader can EVER answer is “ Why ?” ” Context is everything in a workplace. Never underestimate the importance of non-verbal communication.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

We’re giving our employees the opportunity to take ownership of their position – and when you give somebody that, and reward them, you get the best quality product. You’re selling a LOT more than your product, even if no cash changes hands. “I wanted to create an experience I wasn’t getting at other places.

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MARCH 30, 2014

It was about pricing products & services. This past week, I presented a workshop at Chris Guillebeau’s Pioneer Nation event here in Portland that was a little bit out of my comfort zone. It wasn’t about leadership. And I gotta tell you, it was exhilarating. Scary as heck, but exhilarating.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2013

I wasn’t a very productive employee. I remember when I didn’t have permission to fail. Or, to say it a bit more precisely, when I was really afraid to fail. I never took chances. I never stepped out of the narrow little box I was existing in. I did my job. I did what I was told to do, and nothing more.

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Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Starbucks and the Product of Last Resort – Fast Always Wins by Starbucker on October 3, 2009 This week Starbucks launched its new instant coffee, “VIA&# , to much fanfare. We want our lattes, and we want them now.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

Someone had to step into that void and somehow get the finished product out the door, but it would involve stepping on some toes, and perhaps even a few hurt feelings. So much so that we ran headlong into a deadline with a half-finished issue, and a bunch of disagreement as to what content got published.

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JUNE 27, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Don’t Do Second Things First (A Core Lesson in Productivity) by Starbucker on June 27, 2010 Remember those yellow legal note pads?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

To put words together that can cut through this fog – and not just impart information, but bring folks to positive and productive action – we need to look beyond the words themselves, and more towards the structure, presentation and delivery. Am I really recommending singing as a way to better leadership?

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JANUARY 27, 2013

The business world has lots of deadlines, and for the leader, the biggest challenge is how to choreograph them in a way that maximizes productivity. Because of my enemy, my friend, the deadline. There are deadlines that you don’t control, of course, but there are plenty more that you do.

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OCTOBER 4, 2015

These core elements are (in the order presented on the video): Put a focus on “Value” (of the product or service provided). Acknowledge the people behind the product (seems all too obvious but it must be said). Take a gentle swipe at the opposition, and naysayers (for an emotional rallying effect).

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OCTOBER 9, 2011

Adam believes that a truly successful organization is not solely measured by a gain in stock price, increase in year over year sales, or higher margin, but in serving to create an environment, experience or product that aides both employees and customers in the journey of discovering their own limitless potential.).

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APRIL 29, 2012

And you know what, it really did help – those meetings became very productive, and vital, to our eventual success. It really was a little chocolate, something light and easy to help make the rest of the discussion, the kale, go down a little better. It’s the wisdom of chocolate covered kale.

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JULY 13, 2011

That is, when all of us Social Media practitioners “load&# ourselves with so many platforms and so many ways to connect, converse, post, and update, and then commence the full scale use of such platforms, that we will all become totally and utterly distracted, and our collective productivity will drop like a stone.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2011

It’s that simple – happy teammates are productive and successful teammates. Because as a leader, you understand that the best benefit of success is the joy and satisfaction that comes with it. It is a byproduct that is universal, and critical. The last word is a repeat – “It&#.

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