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Why a Business Coach Is Every Entrepreneur’s Best Friend

Strategy Driven

There are certainly a lot of attractive selling points to starting your own business, including increased freedom, personal fulfillment, and an escape from the traditional nine to five career. You may find yourself bouncing between websites, reading multiple business books, or attending multiple conferences.

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Great Business Lessons From The Movies – The Godfather.

Rich Gee Group

Develop SWOT analyses on each one to position your business in the best possible light. What are your favorite lines from The Godfather and how have they impacted your career? P.S. Which quote resonated clearly with your career? Who’s your competition? Where are they strong? Where are they weak? Let’s talk.

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Hidden Strengths – Unleashing The Leadership Skills You Already Have

QAspire

Tools like SWOT analysis also focus excessively on two things: strengths and weaknesses. Authors Thuy Sindell and Milo Sindell calls this space as “ Hidden Strengths ” in their new book by the same name. This book can be your effective guide in identifying those missing pieces. For rest of the skills there are missing pieces.

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StrategyDriven Professional Podcast Episode 2 – Standing Out Among Professional Peers, part 2 of 3

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven Professional Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques business professionals can use to accelerate their careers and personal goals achievement. what professionals should do to ‘get to know themselves again’ importance of performing a personal SWOT analysis for each position being applied for.

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Back to Basics: Interviewing for Your Next Sales Position

Strategy Driven

Throughout a sales career, it’s all about the small things. As in any career, getting the basics right, first time and every time, is crucial to land that new dream job. Even to the point of doing a SWOT analysis on them – this will clarify, in your mind, how the industry works, who the main players are etc. Look the part.

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Employee empowerment and motivation are board level (strategic) issues

Chartered Management Institute

Individual empowerment includes “being valued” but also explores potential through training, fulfilling ambitions through career advancement, expressing and testing innovative ideas and achieving success and financial security. That is more than “being valued” which is basically having a clear job description and performance expectations.

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Outsizing Strategies to Grow Your Business Potential

Skip Prichard

In his book Outsizing: Strategies To Grow Your Business, Profits, And Potential , Steve Coughran tackles these questions. Over the course of my career, I have seen the business world transform and certain powerhouses, think Amazon, Apple, and Uber, redefine the business model to capture incredible value. Steve Coughran. Steve Coughran.