Believe in yourself
Overcome objections
Increase performance and satisfaction
Make informed decisions and just do it
Remove Fear As A Barrier to Innovation
Step out of your comfort zone on the Journey To Bright Ideas
5 Shifts (#3) to Instill Innovation and Creativity
Shift #3) Create a Partnership with Customers. All business transactions are based on someone delivering a promise to fulfill a specific desire or need. Companies that spend millions of dollars promoting their products or services only to make the Client wait on hold...
Innovative Problem Solving and Customer Service Workshop 2/26/14
"If you were starting from scratch, and there were no hindrances, no obstacles and no limit to your resources, if anything was possible, what would your business look like?" The need for innovation has never been clearer. There is more competition than ever before....
5 Shifts to Instill Innovation and Creativity
Shift #2) Become Number One With Your Customers The more satisfied your Customers are, the more business you’ll have in the future. Realize that the only commodity your Customers know is you. Since you are the catalyst providing the solution to their problem, you are...
5 Shifts (#2) to Instill Innovation and Creativity in your organization
Shift #2) Become Number One With Your Customers The more satisfied your Customers are, the more business you’ll have in the future. Realize that the only commodity your Customers know is you. Since you are the catalyst providing the solution to their problem, you are...
Shift Happens when you think differently
5 Shifts to Instilling Innovation and Creativity In 2014 Now that 2013 is over and we start to rethink how we are going to make Shift Happen in our businesses and personal lives for 2014 it's time to reflect on what has changed, and what has not. For most buyers it's...
A Kernel of Dazzle
26 Million Checked bags go missing while the airline industry rakes in over 3 Billion Dollars in checked bag fees. Anyone that travels knows how flights have become challenging. With the merger of airlines, the weather, and holiday volume it is a known fact that more...
Innovation at the Speed of Opportunity
In 2014 you should try implementing a company- wide innovation platform that can effectively capture the collective wisdom of employees, partners, and customers; and efficiently manage the identification and implementation of next generation products and services....
Live Meetings Are Dead
You hear it all the time. Getting face-to-face meetings are almost impossible these days. People don't have time to get together, or do they? Truth is some meetings are dead, but some meetings are so productive that they develop long-term relationships. Now we all...
Investigate • Innovate • Initiate Chicago Workshop
Something magical happens with a LIVE workshop. It's the experience, bonding, connection, interaction, discussion, perspectives, learning from others, making friends, sharing, and business/community building that demonstrates that you are not alone in your business...
Shift Happens!® United Turned Possible Complaints into Actual Compliments.
Regardless of the industry, with few exceptions, the creation of a customer is a lost art. Truth is most companies tell you that they care but they clearly demonstrate they don't care. All of us can tell stories of poor customer service but we are often hard pressed...
United Turned Possible Complaints into Actual Compliments.
Regardless of the industry, with few exceptions, the creation of a customer is a lost art. Truth is most companies tell you that they care but they clearly demonstrate they don't care. All of us can tell stories of poor customer service but we are often hard pressed...
Everything but Fleas at Chicago’s Maxwell Street Market
As the economy picks up I am always interested in what the small business person thinks about our future. Almost every Sunday I take a few hours to visit the Maxwell Street Market in Chicago. Even though it was forced to move from Maxwell Street to South Des...
I have a dream-do you?
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's famous and often quoted speech. " I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream." My dream is that in this land of opportunity, in this land of freedom of thought, in this land...
Investigate before you Innovate. Can Bacon Flavored Diet Coke be the next beverage of choice?
This last week we completed our two-day innovation and work/balance workshop. It was an eye-opening event for everyone that attended including myself. What I learned from the group was that for most of them, they were not that innovative. The workshop was presented as...
Success is not a matter of chance. It’s a matter of choice.
Last week I gave a speech to a very large organization that was struggling with what to do given they were just coming out of bankruptcy. As I looked at the audience I realized that each of them had their own dreams. And the fact that they still had a job, a place...
Walgreen’s needs a new Apprentice
I was part of a group of speakers invited to speak at Walgreen University. When I asked about the fact that they ranked very high in merchandising and very low in customer service it became apparent that I hit a nerve. Truth is I like Walgreen Company. I admire what...
At ARIA How You Think Is As Important As What You Think
Last month I had the privilege to work with an exceptional organization to assist them to achieve their goals, overcome challenges, and solve problems. ARIA Resort and Casino brought together sales, marketing, catering, and operations to discuss how to continue...
Frequent Flyer Fiasco
The federal government woke up yesterday to block the merger of American and US Airways. The time for the objection should have been five or six years ago when all of the airline mergers started. Who benefits from the merger? Certainly not passengers. All it does is...
WOW them: It’s called a customer ‘return’ policy for a reason
D-A-T-I-N-G Your Customer means you know they have choices. It's called a 'CUSTOMER RETURN' policy for a reason. W.O.W. them instead of 'why' them. Store returns are a fact of retail life. No matter what you sell, people will want to return things. They come...
10 Questions to make Shift Happen! It’s not about price.
The last few days I have been privileged to work with one of the newest and largest casino resorts in Las Vegas, one of the largest media publishing companies, and the largest trade association for staging, audio-visual production. While each client had different...
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