by Chuck Kocher | Nov 16, 2015 | Business Growth, Great Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Strategy
Last month there was a popular Halloween joke costume for adults staying at home. People claimed they were going to wear a simple white tee shirt with LIFE printed on it and hand out lemons to trick-or-treaters. When life hands your business lemons, however, it’s no...
by Chuck Kocher | Oct 23, 2015 | Business Growth
If you’re serious about business you don’t just want to be a participant, you want to succeed. You want to have the kind of impact on your industry—or at least your corner of the industry—that sets you apart. Let’s be honest: You’d like to dominate your industry. That...
by Chuck Kocher | Oct 19, 2015 | Business Growth
If you’re serious about growing your business you know it isn’t easy. There always seem to be obstacles in the way. So how can you break through those obstacles that keep you from scaling your business and growing the way you want to? Sure it’s hard work, but growing...
by Chuck Kocher | Oct 12, 2015 | Business Growth, Strategy Development
Put three capital A’s in a row and most people think of the venerable American Automobile Association (which, by the way, tells you something about how well their branding works!). And that’s great if you need fast and courteous roadside assistance. If, however,...
by Chuck Kocher | Oct 5, 2015 | Business Growth, Great Reads, Leadership, People and Teams
We’ve all seen the movie scene in which the cheesy (and not particularly gifted) actor dramatically asks the director: “What’s my motivation?” It’s kind of pathetically funny, because as the audience, we know that motivation isn’t the real problem. In corporate...
by Chuck Kocher | Sep 21, 2015 | Business Growth, Leadership, People and Teams
If you’re a fan of The Rockefeller Habits, as I am, you know that one of the things that approach emphasizes is “Getting the Right People on the Bus”. In other words: Who you hire really matters. And according to Topgrading, the cost of a bad hire is 15 times his or...
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