July 2012

Action – A Strategy For Getting Unstuck

July 18, 2012

Disclaimer: I get stuck like everyone else. Particularly if I have a difficult task that I don’t want to do or don’t know how to tackle. Many business owners feel the same way and avoid tackling the tough items by doing a lot of inconsequential work. We all love to spend our days being busy. [...]

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Successful Executives Can Benefit From Coaching

July 7, 2012

(reprint of Dag Nybo’s column for the Austin Business Journal) Executive coaching is no longer reserved for under-performing leaders who need to fix themselves to keep their jobs. Successful executives employ coaches to move to the next level, improve key behaviors and increase overall performance in their current roles. Read Entire Article in the ABJ [...]

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Study Competitors for Effective Differentiation

July 7, 2012

(reprint of Dag Nybo’s column for the Austin Business Journal) Differentiation is critical to a small business. To explore how this concept can work for any business in any industry, I talked with Dan Klopp, owner of a successful Austin-based sign company called Sign Satisfaction. I sought to understand whether the strategies for differentiation that [...]

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Goal Setting – Big and Small Goals Get You There

July 7, 2012

In our business and personal life, we are already in flight. Let’s consider climbing a bit higher. Staying close to the ground is safe, but will never get us where we want to go. We all have professional decisions to make every day. One of them can be to decide where we will end up [...]