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The first impression…

1 comment May 12, 2010

As I sit here on a United flight from Indy to Denver, my shoes are shined, I’m wearing my best dark suit, my shirt is pressed and I’m sporting a stylish tie. I’m doing my best to create a professional and powerful image, because, when I arrive I will be creating something very powerful – [...]

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A walk in the woods…

11 comments May 4, 2010

Since my wife signed me up to walk a half-marathon with her in seventeen days (but, who’s counting?) — along with my desire to get in better shape — I’m walking every morning. Usually about five miles…sometimes more, sometimes less. I’m very fortunate to have a beautiful path to walk…friendly neighborhood, through a protected wetlands, [...]

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Stumbling towards irrelevancy…

7 comments March 27, 2010

If I were to start a “National Talk-Show Hosts Association,” how high would the standards have to be to attract individuals already successful in the business to join? How compelling would the information and experience need to be so everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Jim Rome would feel they were missing out if they weren’t [...]

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One more on gurus…

7 comments March 9, 2010

After my post on “Intellectual Dishonesty” attacking the mentality of gurus was posted — and has received an amazing number of hits and comments — there is one more related point I have to vent. …and please excuse the very personal aspect of this story. My late wife, Sheri, was a true leader in the [...]

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What this year’s Oscar race can teach us about business…

5 comments February 28, 2010

***UPDATE: My favorite Senior Vice President of Marketing, Shelley Erwin — at McKain Performance Group, of course — just reminded me that many of our readers are on corporate servers blocked from accessing YouTube. Therefore, I’m adding a quick summary of what the video is all about… Since the early 1940′s, the folks behind the [...]

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Who is YOUR competitor?

1 comment February 26, 2010

When I ask organizations to name their competition, they ALWAYS point out other companies in their respective industry. Yet, from the customer or client’s perspective…that’s not the case. Customers do not discriminate in their evaluation of the level of service you provide based upon your specific industry. Here’s an example of how that works from [...]

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Spring IS coming…

February 22, 2010

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What, exactly, is a “mistake”?

5 comments February 19, 2010

In a little less than an hour from the time I’m writing this, Tiger Woods will make his “apology speech.” And, while I obviously do not know what will be said, there’s a darn good example of what he SHOULD deliver at CNN from John Kador, author of the book, “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building [...]

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It’s not about BIG meetings…

5 comments February 18, 2010

Yesterday, Seth Godin told us “No more big events” – while today he wants to inform us of “The best reason for a big event.” Funny, I thought “no more” meant there should be “no more”…like “none.” Which should mean there could be no “best reason” to have one. May I suggest there are only [...]

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Why Seth Godin is sooooooo wrong…

29 comments February 17, 2010

The University of North Carolina announced today, in a cost-cutting measure, all students, alumni, and fans will be prohibited from attending future games of the Tarheel basketball team. “In today’s world, there’s no need for us to go to all of the trouble and expense of actually having the fans in the arena. They can [...]

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