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- Talent Integration Problem - Why Most Companies Hiring Retention Is Rate Less Than 50% - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2011 from Tony KubicaThe hiring retention success rate is disheartening with some studies reporting a rate lower than 50%. Through more than 50 years of combined experience 50+ in helping organizations improve their business performance, we (Tony Kubica and Sara LaForest) have uncovered three reasons why most ...
Views: 857 - Business Exit Planning - Can Your Business Survive If You Could No Longer Manage It Tomorrow? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2011 from Tony KubicaHow much time do you spend thinking about business exit planning? If you're like many of the small business owners we meet - not much. That's okay as long as you don't care about supporting yourself and your family when you retire or leave the business, and if you are not attached to what ...
Views: 922 - Creating a Culture and Brand That Makes and Actually Keeps Brand Promises - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Tony KubicaIt's one thing to make a promise. It's quite another to keep it. Yet, businesses make promises every day. Some keep them. Some companies like AT&T, Bank of America and US Airways have good intentions, but can't keep them because their strong culture and strong brand are misaligned. And, worst of ...
Views: 1016(1 vote) - 3 Options for Managing Change Plus 7 Steps Organizational Leaders Should Take When Facing a Challenge - by Submitted on May 22, 2011 from Tony KubicaWe've all heard it before - "if it we haven't thought of it then it isn't worth doing." "No one knows our business better than we do." This attitude is referred to as the "not invented here" syndrome. Consultants have seen it for years. Department managers and employees use it to fend off ...
Views: 837 - Small Business Growth Quiz – 7 Market Focused Questions You Must Ask To Help You Grow - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2011 from Tony KubicaThere is a lot of attention directed at small businesses this year. President Obama talked about the need to help and support small businesses in his State of the Union address. And one outcome was the launch of Startup America. Also, states are talking about easing regulations and the tax ...
Views: 984 - Adopt a People-Centric Approach to Improve Customer Satisfaction and Profitability - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2011 from Tony KubicaDoes a leader need to be the smartest person in the company to achieve growth and customer satisfaction? No. In fact, being the smartest person in the company can actually impede growth. Some leaders just can't get over "themselves." Yet unfortunately when you suggest that they could be the ...
Views: 1098 - Is Your Management Causing Employee Issues and Slow Business Growth? - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Tony KubicaCould your management team be creating unnecessary employee issues that are leading to: . Low employee engagement . Low employee morale . Poor productivity . Poor customer service . The need for voluminous policy and procedure manuals to ensure that the manager follows the rules, ...
Views: 1334(2 votes) - 10 Ways to Differentiate Your Customer Service & Make Your Clients Actually Feel Valued - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Tony KubicaEvery business owner and organization knows if they want to attract and retain more loyal customers, they need to provide high-quality customer service. That's why organizations today focus heavily on communicating how valuable their customers are to the organization. Now, the question is... How ...
Views: 933 - Creating a Strategic Vision - Are You Making These 3 Mistakes Most Organizations Unknowingly Make? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Tony KubicaHave you seen the effects of success blindness? It is a condition where success can be your greatest impediment to growth and succeeding in the future. Success hides many ills. It masks fundamental weaknesses in the business. And can lead to poor decisions - decisions that could end up fatal ...
Views: 1391 - How to Influence without Positional Authority and Improve Employee Morale Using 3 Simple Strategies - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2010 from Tony KubicaWe know what you're thinking... "Influence without positional authority" sounds like an oxymoron and if uttered in the organization, you believe you will have employees wondering about your sanity. Everyone knows that the only way you will get things done in an organization is to use your ...
Views: 1912(3 votes) - How to Influence Employees to Get Things Done Correctly on Time Without Using Positional Authority - by Submitted on May 29, 2010 from Tony KubicaCan you achieve results without authority? The simple answer is yes. The challenge is how to do it. Each of us have a limited amount of authority. And the positional authority that comes with our title enables us to have some influence, but far less than what is required to get the ...
Views: 1231(3 votes) - Succession Planning: How to Meet Future Talent Needs - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Tony KubicaMany leaders believe succession planning is just a replacement strategy. They think of it as another exercise, a means to an end or a human resources task. They couldn't be more wrong! Succession planning is a talent and organizational improvement initiative that enables your business or ...
Views: 2215(3 votes) - Managing the Transition: How to Face Employee Resistance Head On When Introducing Workplace Changes - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Tony KubicaA preponderance of managers and supervisors are overly familiar with long sighs and disheartened groans from their employees when they introduce yet another organizational change or a new initiative. And in the aftershock of a devastating recession, the sighs and groans are turning into fear. ...
Views: 2020(1 vote) - Hiring to Sustain Growth in a New Economy - 2 Things You Should Look For When Hiring New Employees - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2010 from Tony KubicaAfter six long years, we're finally experiencing a return to growth, pointing to a sustainable recovery. Now we have three questions for you: 1. Will your company be ready to manage rapid growth that can happen at a heartbeat? 2. Do you have enough employees to take your business to the ...
Views: 1079 - Hiring to Sustain Growth in Your Women-Owned Business – 2 Things to Look for When Hiring - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from Tony KubicaWomen today continue to push to the forefront of small business. In fact, according to an article shown on AllBusiness.com, women-owned businesses make up one of the most dynamic sectors of the new national economy, with the majority of them growing at nearly twice the rate as other companies. ...
Views: 1767(1 vote) - Managing the Transition - Why Most Businesses Fail in Today's Economy & How to Avoid Business Doom - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Tony KubicaThe number one reason why most businesses (small and large) are failing today is: They did not recognize the need for a transition nor did they manage the transition effectively. See, business leaders are told all the time that they need to change but it goes in one ear and out the ...
Views: 1088(3 votes) - Becoming an Entrepreneur - 10 Mistakes That Will Kill Your Transition From Executive to Entrepreneur - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Tony KubicaAs the recession continues to loom and as unemployment rises, we have seen an increased interest in executives wanting to start their own businesses. They want to transition from executive to entrepreneur. You may be interested in becoming an entrepreneur because you lost your job, or because ...
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