by Chuck Kocher | Jul 20, 2015 | Business Growth, Coaching and Encouragement
How well do you know what’s going on in businesses beyond your area of expertise? Sometimes we’re so focused on our little corner of the business world that we ignore what’s happening around us. And while it’s good to be an expert in your field, taking a look at...
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 13, 2015 | Business Growth
When you’re working to grow your business, you often think about market share. You know you’ve got competition going after the same potential clients you’re trying to win. You work on your product or service. You pay close attention to your marketing. You’re on top of...
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 6, 2015 | Business Growth
You’ve heard the old adage: When the going gets tough, the tough get going! It’s one of those “up-by-the-bootstrap” motivational sayings that’s supposed to test our mettle and get us moving. But the fact of the matter is that business is almost always tough—especially...
by Chuck Kocher | Jun 29, 2015 | Business Growth, Execution and Productivity
Can anyone really “own” a word? Maybe not in the most literal sense of the definition of ownership, but in the world of business, there are companies that own words or phrases. By that, I mean that they are the first (and maybe the only) company you think of when you...
by Chuck Kocher | Jun 1, 2015 | Business Growth, Execution and Productivity
Old Benjamin Franklin was a pretty smart guy. A lot of what he said and wrote has been passed down over more than 200 years and rings true today. One of his most famous quotes is: “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” In addition to being a political...
by Chuck Kocher | May 26, 2015 | Business Growth, Coaching and Encouragement
Chances are very good that you have a lot of competition in your industry. That’s why it’s so important to stand out from the crowd. You need to be different from the competition. Everybody knows that. The problem is that almost everybody thinks they are different. It...
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