As a leader knowing how you measure your team’s activities is critical to your long term success. It’s just as important to take time to measure your own activities to see if you’re working on the right things or just working. One of the first things I do with my…
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When Less Is More
Multitasking to achieve more is a bad idea. Studies have shown trying to accomplish more than two things simultaneously leads to increased errors. Are you one of the many trying to increase your income by working later and later? Are you returning work calls and finishing a presentation while at…
Continue Reading....Social Media: A Massive Opportunity for SMB B2Bs
This week’s guest blogger on Market Leadership Journal is Bob Leonard of acSellerant. I’m pleased to introduce Bob to the readers of the Extraordinary Partnerships blog. I thought his insights on using social media might be helpful to all of you. I learned about Bob while working on a project…
Continue Reading....When Less Is More
In our society, more is more has become the new mantra. Everyone wants a bigger database, higher conversion rates, and more customers. How are you servicing the customers you already have? Are you spending more and more time to get incremental gains? Are some of your customers worth the time…
Continue Reading....The Qualities of a Skillful Leadership
For the SMB technology leaders starting your week out right is critical to your success. Investing in yourself will pay more dividends than any where else you can invest your time and money. Becoming a better leader will provide you incredible opportunities for you, your family and your employees. Today…
Continue Reading....The Two Choices We Face by Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn made a huge difference in my life. Jim shared his philosophy with me over 20 years ago in Cleveland, Ohio. He reminded me that if you’re given many gifts, you should use them to become a better leader. Jim always felt that many people abdicate their own future…
Continue Reading....Practical Project Management; Part 2
On Tuesday, we posted the first two steps of Brian Tracy’s Practical Project Management article. You can find the first half of the article at http://shar.es/mDsRf As promised, here are the remaining steps. To get a copy the entire article it will be available on Friday July 2, go to www.HighGrowthBusiness.com/articles. Deadlines Once you…
Continue Reading....Practical Project Management; Part 1
Many years ago, I worked for a company that sold software to large corporate clients. We also converted their data from the old software to the new software. In the course of business, we got a large client with locations in several states that bought a huge software and conversion…
Continue Reading....How to Lead and Motivate Your Team Better
Brian Tracy shares several of his secrets on how to become a better leader. We hope you enjoy Brian’s blog on Leadership. As the technology market continues to evolve we will all need to step up and become stronger leaders. This is the first blog in the series on motivational leaders. Leading and Motivating By Brian…
Continue Reading....Remembering Coach Wooden
I was introduced to Coach Wooden by my father. I was getting ready to work with the faculty at The Industrial College of The Armed Forces in Washington DC after September 11, 2001. I was invited to come to Washington DC to talk about how leadership and the world changed…
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