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5Cs of Crisis Leadership

To all the leaders in our networks: Today we attended a private webinar hosted by Verne Harnish, CEO of Scaling Up: A Gazelles Company, on how to lead in this #COVID19#crisis and economic #downturn. We wanted to share with you his 5Cs of Crisis Leadership: Communicate Daily – the number 1 action – maybe even twice per dayCustomer/Community Support – […]

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Annual Planning Business Strategy

2020 Planning

The start of 2020 has been challenging for some businesses, while others are set up for success. In this time of uncertainty, due to the COVID-19 Virus, companies are capitalizing on the opportunity and leaning in on their strategic plans. Schools and businesses all around are beginning to shut their doors. Some for weeks, months, […]

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Company Culture

Every company has a culture, whether they realize it or not. The culture of your company is created by the people that work in your organization. It’s the out-put of what most of your employees are doing most of the time. Culture is not a tangible item. Instead, it’s a sense of belonging to something […]

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Meetings Optimized

We have all been guilty of hosting or attending a meeting that lacked structure or a real purpose.  It is important that every meeting has an agenda, is time-bound, and has takeaways from the session. Here are some best practices to follow: Daily Huddles average 5 – 15 minutes or less; no more. These serve […]

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The 4 C’s for an Organizational Communication Strategy

After working with many medium and large size companies, I’ve come to realize they all struggle with one key area of business, their communication strategy. Most, if not all, of these companies, recognize their need to make improvements in this area, but struggle with where to begin or what a communication model should look like […]