by Bernie Heine | Aug 4, 2020 | Business Coaching, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Whether you are in charge of a small business or perhaps only a leader of a small team, you are aware of how connected motivation and productivity are. Providing your employees with the basics such as competitive salaries and benefit packages is very important for...
by Bernie Heine | Mar 26, 2020 | Business Coaching, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Two Must-Do Guidelines and Five Clichés to Avoid. Your strategic review is a rare opportunity to take an objective overview perspective on your business. It is a time for questioning assumptions and a space in which to encourage creativity and involvement. It is not a...
by Bernie Heine | Oct 21, 2019 | Business Coaching, Marketing, Sales, Strategic Planning
It’s all about the CPR! Putting our CPR spreadsheet at the heart of your sales and marketing process will keep your business focused on the highest value prospecting activities. But the acronym is not the one a Google search would give you. Rather, it means Customers,...
by Bernie Heine | Oct 20, 2019 | Business Coaching, Business Systems, Marketing, Strategic Planning
Nature or nurture? It’s what you believe that counts. Are we born smart or do we achieve smartness? Well, both actually… IF you believe you can develop smarts, you will. It’s a mental model that Carol Dweck calls a “growth mindset.” But IF you believe your IQ is...
by Bernie Heine | Aug 10, 2019 | Business Coaching, Business Systems, Personal Effectiveness, Strategic Planning
I’ve discovered 4 keys to freeing up my super productive self. I’ve been reading “Rework” by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. It is a reassuring call to action. We all behave and think irrationally at times. Like drug addicts or...
by Bernie Heine | Aug 4, 2019 | Business Coaching, Financial Management, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Here are some worrisome statistics from The Journal of Finance: On average, companies that take over others have a 10% reduction in wealth over five years post-acquisition. And up to 55% of all alliances fall flat with losses accruing to both firms. It seems that too...
