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Great Customer Service is Not Grumpy, Grouchy or Gross | Navigator Newsletter #173

Chart Your Course

In the book, From Good to Great, Jim Collins said, “People are not your most important asset, the RIGHT people are.” One of our clients developed twenty customer service commandments outlining the actions and behaviors he wanted his service people to provide to customers. Here are seven steps to build customer loyalty.

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Finding Your Bigness Balance: Seven Ways to Properly Set the Size.

Kevin Eikenberry

These goals have been labeled by Jim Collins (and others) as a BHAG – a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. To be more specific, for each goal, consider setting a range of targets like this: Target A – This is a perfect world scenario, I/we absolutely want it goal. Target B – This is a big, but potentially believable goal.

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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-06-10

Tanveer Naseer

:c) RT @ ellenfweber TN Tanveer U Rock # We Is Bigger Than Me [link] # leadership #innovation # How to develop a culture of innovation on @ SmartBrief # Leadership blog (via @ SBLeaders ) [link] # innovation # Thank you, Angela! RT @ Pragmatic_PMP : @ TanveerNaseer You have provided worthy information in a clear way — thank you!

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The Four Cornerstones of a High Performance Culture, part 3

Strategy Driven

Whether or not goals are met entirely, movement toward them develops teamwork and is valuable to the company. Some of the following thinking and exercises were inspired by an article called Building Your Company’s Vision , by Collins and Porras, the authors of Built to Last. So how do organizations get to this point? This is good news.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to Dick Clark

Strategy Driven

These are some of the principles that I developed myself but do credit being inspired by Dick Clark. That’s why I developed the Pop Culture Wisdom concept, to interpolate from the cultural icons into business jargon and workable policies. ” Judy Collins (1968). They make strategic decisions based upon cultural memories.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works. Great leaders are like a sponge when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge, the development of new skill sets, and the constant refinement of existing competencies.

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