by Chuck Kocher | Feb 19, 2013 | Business Growth, Key Ideas to Think On
A few weeks ago there was a fairly significant announcement from the United States Postal Service (USPS). In an effort to right their financial ship and stave off extinction, the USPS released the news that, beginning in August, they would no longer offer Saturday...
by Chuck Kocher | Jan 14, 2013 | Business Growth, Key Ideas to Think On, Strategy, Strategy Development
There’s a great bumper sticker that proclaims: “Mild-mannered women rarely make history.” The same sentiment applies in business. Leaders who don’t make tough decisions don’t have much impact. But those who play it safe and avoid making waves with the decisions they...
by Chuck Kocher | Jan 10, 2013 | Business Growth, Leadership
There is an inherent danger that faces business people who aspire to greatness. And that danger is success. That may sound heretical to those of us we passionately pursue things to make ourselves and our companies better. After all, isn’t success what we’re after in...
by Chuck Kocher | Oct 15, 2012 | Business Growth, Cash and Financials, Execution and Productivity
Back in 1931 Duke Ellington composed the classic It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)—a song that captured an essential component of what made jazz music so special. Rhythm is essential for music—and for business. If you want your business to succeed—to...
by Chuck Kocher | Sep 24, 2012 | Business Growth, Coaching and Encouragement, Leadership
Do you ever run into business colleagues and ask them how things are going—only to get the “SOSO” response? “Oh, you know,” they reply, “Same Old Same Old!” If that reply leaves you cold (and you’re not content to use it to describe your own business), you probably...
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 9, 2012 | Business Growth, Coaching and Encouragement, Key Ideas to Think On
I’m a business coach. It says so right at the top of this blog page. It says the same thing on my home page and on my business cards. And I make no apologies for that because I love being a business coach. But I’ll let you in on a little secret: There’s more to life...
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