by Chuck Kocher | Jul 11, 2016 | Business Growth, Key Ideas to Think On, Leadership, Strategic Thinking
Not that long ago, it seemed that ever time you turned around someone was telling you that the key to business success was to “Think Outside the Box!” While the idea was sound (new solutions come from new ways of looking at things), we heard the advice so often that...
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 5, 2016 | Key Ideas to Think On, People and Teams
We’ve all known gifted individuals. Sometimes, they’re pretty amazing. They can do some things better than anyone else without even breaking a sweat. And of course we all know about gifted individuals who let the trappings of success rob them of their talents. We’ve...
by Chuck Kocher | Jun 27, 2016 | Business Growth, Great Entrepreneurs, Great Reads, Key Ideas to Think On, People and Teams
Joshua Cooper Ramo is an international best-selling author, Co-CEO and vice chairman of Kissinger Associates, and a member of the board of Starbucks and FedEx. You could say he knows something about business success. Recently, however, he wrote something about what he...
by Chuck Kocher | Jun 20, 2016 | Business Growth, Cash and Financials, Great Entrepreneurs, Key Ideas to Think On
These days you hear a lot of talk about doing business for more than the money. Most of us are familiar with the quote (sometimes contributed to Confucius and sometimes to Marc Anthony), “Choose a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.” There are...
by Chuck Kocher | Jun 6, 2016 | Business Growth, Key Ideas to Think On, Leadership, People and Teams
We all know the dangers that come from making assumptions. Most of us probably think we guard ourselves effectively from that kind of thinking. Unfortunately, there is sometimes a significant difference between what we think we know as leaders and what we actually...
by Chuck Kocher | May 30, 2016 | Business Growth, Cash and Financials, Execution and Productivity, Key Ideas to Think On
It’s easy to overlook and undervalue the importance of your company’s accounting department. Sometimes they are like the Rodney Dangerfield of the business world: They don’t get any respect. We call them “bean counters” and “number crunchers.” They seldom get caught...
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