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What is the ROI of your training? How Starbucks Trains, Cut Alzheimer’s Risk by 50%!, What old people do for fun

August 11, 2018 7:06 am Published by Curt Fowler

As a Christian business leader you want to accelerate your growth, profit, and witness in the marketplace (and build a better life!). Our goal is to bring you the best tips, tools, and techniques to do just that! Let’s get started! Business Don’t Trust Unanimous Decisions– It is called the Pardox of Unanimity. As results become closer to unanimous the reliability of the results actually decrease. Next time your entire team quickly agrees to a solution expect that decision might be too easy to be true. You can reach consensus but great decisions require testing from opposing views. You should expect and encourage opposition. For example – under ancient Jewish law, if a suspect on trial was unanimously found guilty by all judges, the suspect was acquitted. It sounds counterintuitive, but the legislators at the time had noticed that... View Article

The Power of Influencers, The Humble Checklist, Chasing Your “Musts”, U2’s Bono Discusses the Book of Psalms

August 11, 2018 7:04 am Published by Curt Fowler

As a Christian business leader you want to accelerate your growth, profit, and witness in the marketplace (and build a better life!). Our goal is to bring you the best tips, tools, and techniques to do just that! Let’s get started! Business The Power of Influencer Marketing – I’ve been told for years that networking with people that know you is far less effective in producing actual revenue as networking with people who know people that know you. Translation – when someone who knows you recommends you to someone that might need your goods or services you are much more likely to make sales. Why? 2 Reasons. 1 – You were probably referred with a purpose (the person has a need) and as someone who is an expert that can probably help them with their need. 2 – You... View Article

AI Will Rock Your Industry, The Customer Excellence Journey, Dealing with Bullying

August 11, 2018 7:01 am Published by Curt Fowler

As a Christian business leader you want to accelerate your growth, profit, and witness in the marketplace. Our goal is to bring you the best tips, tools, and techniques to do just that! So, here we go! Business Artificial Intelligence Transforming Search – The rest of the web and life is next… Very interesting article on machine learning and how Google is using it. The implications of this fast progressing technology are huge for all of us. How will AI affect your industry? Read the article here. You must be considering this technology as you plan the future of your business. Excellence (and profit) Starts with the Customer – Businesses don’t exist to make money; they exist to serve a human need. The better they meet that need, the more money they will make. Excellence begins with listening to... View Article

10 Reasons You Won’t Change, Help Your People Make Better Decisions, Shot in America?, The $150M Question

August 11, 2018 7:00 am Published by Curt Fowler

As a Christian business leader you want to accelerate your growth, profit, and witness in the marketplace. Our goal is to bring you the best tips, tools, and techniques to do just that! So, here we go! Business 10 Reasons People Resist Change – Leadership is about driving change, but change is almost always met with resistance. Your best chance of successfully implementing change is to understand the primary causes of resistance and create strategies to overcome each. Here are the top 10 from a great HBR article by Rosabeth Kanter: Loss of Control – Leave room for your people to make choices. Excess Uncertainty – Eliminate uncertainty through clear, detailed communication. Surprise, Surprise! – Get people involved in change early, don’t surprise them. Everything Seems Different – Change only what must change. We love routines. Loss of Face... View Article

How Starbucks will Win in Italy, What is Your Brand Promise?, Baby Aspirin, Overpaying for Investments

August 11, 2018 1:44 am Published by Curt Fowler

As a Christian business leader you want to accelerate your growth, profit, and witness in the marketplace. Our goal is to bring you the best tips, tools, and techniques to do just that! So, here we go! Business How Starbucks Will Win in Italy – Selling Americanized coffee to the originators of the expresso? Yes. Starbucks is invading the country it stole the idea from to popular outcry from the Italians. Why will they win? They won’t win by selling coffee, but by providing a “third place” separate from home and work. The “third place” is their brand promise, their competitive differentiator and how they will win in Italy. What is your brand promise? How does it help you win? Great Wired Magazine article here. Your Brand Promise – Starbucks positions itself not only as a provider of great coffee,... View Article

Build a Championship Team, The Dying Art of Conversation, Environmental Toxins?

August 10, 2018 10:26 pm Published by Curt Fowler

As a Christian business leader you want to accelerate your growth, profit, and witness in the marketplace. Our goal is to bring you the best tips, tools, and techniques to do just that! So, here we go! Business How To Build a Championship Team – Tony Dungy is one of my favorite coaches of all time. I am not a Pro Football fan at all – my football watching is done on Saturdays, but I love what this guy stands for. He has also produced outstanding results. Togetherness + Sacrifice. Great 1 minute video or blog post. Your choice. Click here to watch. The #1 Best Exercise for Your Team – As a leader, your job is to help your team achieve their goals and ambitions while they help you achieve yours. If you’ve hired the right people, this... View Article

Lead through Disappointment, Surprising Stats on Distracted Driving, Beautiful Practical Joke!

August 10, 2018 10:23 pm Published by Curt Fowler

As a Christian business leader you want to accelerate your growth, profit, and witness in the marketplace. Our goal is to bring you the best tips, tools, and techniques to do just that! So, here we go! Business Lead With the Right EGO – Bad or “Edge God Out” ego occurs when we rely solely on ourselves as the source of knowledge. This results in pride and fear. Fear being what I believe to be the cause of almost all poor behavior on earth. Think about it. Isn’t fear at the root of most of our poor actions? Good EGO, “Exalt God Only”, occurs when we acknowledge God as our source and lead with humility. Great article by the folks at Lead Like Jesus. Click here to read. Leading Through Disappointment – If you want your team to innovate or... View Article

Harvard on Strategy vs Execution, Eat Your Brain Healthy?

August 10, 2018 10:18 pm Published by Curt Fowler

Our goal is to bring you, the Christian business leader, the best tips, tools and techniques to help you build excellent businesses and an amazing life. So, here we go! Business Strategy and Execution Are the Same Thing – Another HBR article on the research we discussed last week that showed only 8% of leaders are good at both strategy and execution. Roger Martin points out that a mere 1% of leaders that were characterized as great strategists executed poorly. Martin makes a great argument that no strategy is great if it does not include an excellent plan (and likelihood) of being executed. The fact remains most leaders are not good at either – only 13% were considered great strategists and 11% great executors. Great short read you can find here. I’d love to discuss with you how we can... View Article

Sugar Free Gummy Bears

August 10, 2018 1:05 pm Published by Curt Fowler

Warning: Do not read this post unless you enjoy slightly vulgar bathroom humor. I literally cried in bed as I read most of this. My wife was seriously concerned for my mental health. Oh gummy bears! Who doesn’t love them? And with swimsuit season coming near, who wouldn’t want to enjoy their gummy deliciousness while avoiding the sugar? But beware, these gummies come with a warning label that, apparently, you should not ignore. Safety Warning: Consumption of some sugar-free candies may cause stomach discomfort and/or a laxative effect. Individual tolerance will vary. If this is the first time you’ve tried these candies, we recommend beginning with one-fourth of a serving size or less. These are actual reviews from Amazon (slightly cleaned up for my audience). I tried to cull out a couple of the best/cleanest of the bunch. If you... View Article

Why Innovation is a Requirement – Innovate! 2018 June 14th

June 12, 2018 7:58 am Published by Curt Fowler

Innovation is a requirement to grow a profitable business. Why? Because the market always has and always will commoditize your product or service. Capitalism is a wonderful system. It provides us with great products and services at great prices. If the product or service is not substantially better than its competition, the price will drop. You cannot grow a profitable company if the market is pulling your prices down. Therefore, you must create an innovation pipeline for your business. You must create new products and services that deliver higher value that you can sell at higher prices. Think back to the prices of smartphones, airlines, computers – practically anything. The prices always start high because the product or service is differentiated with little competition. But that changes fast. Great innovators are the most profitable companies in the world today. Apple... View Article

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