Personality Prescription, Part 9 – Using Your Culture
When the boss is spread so thin he (or she) can’t work even one more hour, the company stagnates at that level.
Time to do the Opposite
My first reaction was, “Who does this?” It doesn’t make sense… until you really digest what’s transpiring. This applies in business just as well as sports.
KFC – The secret 11 herbs and spices
He never gave up, put crazy miles on his car, promoted and sold Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), and worked well into his seventies.
Personality Prescription, Part 8 – Your Company’s Reputation
Reputations take years to build through word of mouth but can be built in only months through consistent advertising.
When advertising is the LAST thing you need.
Most businesses are blind to friction points that may be holding their sales back. Here's the solution.
Improve Sales Effectiveness & Company Culture With One Simple “Hack”
It’s important for you to seem like the same company in-person as on air.
The key to happiness
This year’s team only has two returning players from last year. One of them is my son. He thinks I’m full of crap.
Fox 40 – From referee to whistle entrepreneur
They all go, “Can I buy one?” Now he doesn’t say, “Oh, I haven’t made it yet.” He says, “Nope, they’re on backorder, but I can take orders.”
Personality Prescription, Part 7 – Company Culture
As each company grows, employees observe and work out the actual rules of survival for their job.
Skunky Beer is the Worst (Part the Third)
For his chocolate-coffee stout, he used pounds of Wilbur Buds dark chocolate (a local delicacy). Then the brewer made a tragic mistake.
Wrigley’s Origin – You buy the baking powder you get the gum
How the power of premiums created an empire.
Who you gonna call?
Halloween 1985 would have been forgotten if Chris hadn’t brought the Roman candles. But in business, Remarkability and Memorability are often rejected for the safe.
Nike – It took them seven years to break $1M in revenue
Nike goes from distributor to shoe manufacturer to work directly with the customer.
All Hat and No Cattle (Part the First)
Being an authentic leader is as simple a concept as there is: Be who you are, warts and all, at all times to all persons.
What firefighting taught me about business
Once we helped the fire department roll out their hoses, Kenny started acting like Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump.