Monday, February 27, 2017

Leadership Team Development: Employee Centered Leadership - Family Business Strategies


Perhaps it is just my imagination but a completely new guide about management and / or leadership is released about every 10 minutes. For that reason I will not insult you with my ideas on the subject, since you’ll be reading a number of of these masterpieces going forward anyway. It is enough to say that leading any company, regardless of how large or how small, if they’re serious about lasting success in the 21st.Century will need different leadership qualities and management skills in the future than they did before.
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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Leadership Development Strategies: Your Equation For Success - Family Business Strategies


Leadership development strategies are the number one controllable aspect of business success in the 21st Century. Controllable is the key here. It is even more true today, with the traditional barriers to entry virtually gone, that anybody can start a business. Interestingly however the percentage of them that succeed beyond five years is smaller now than ever in the past. Lookalike business come and go. There are few really new ideas out there, so one business looks pretty much like the next. Why then does one of them succeed and the others, often with greater traditional resources, fail?
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Friday, February 24, 2017

What Could Be Worse Than A Bad Airbnb Review? - Family Business Strategies


Can anything be as bad as a negative review on Airbnb.com? Actually I can think of several things that are much much worse than a bad #Airbnb review. Be sure to listen to the brief audio on our web site where I outline three critical types of reviews you definitely want to know about. Plus we have a FREE Airbnb coupon for you as a thank you for taking the time to read this article.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Leadership Development Resources Taking A Successful Company into The 21st Century - Family Business Strategies


Consider your business. If yours is like so many others, that last 10 percent represents a disproportionate percentage of your bottom line profits. So, automate what you can, but be ready to deal with the rest–one to one–focus on a 100 percent satisfactory experience! That will insure your future success!
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Monday, February 20, 2017

What's Important About Your Business Development Strategies? - Family Business Strategies


Someone once reminded me that there is only one direction you can coast, down. Unless your business development strategies are in place and taking you toward success you are headed toward failure. I spent a lifetime as a consultant to long-established businesses. Some of them have been doing business for 75 years or more. And while they do have a business development strategies, they have never had a business plan–at least not one on paper.
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Friday, February 17, 2017

What About Leadership and Management Skills? Leaders Must First Be Followers - Family Business Strategies


Just as there are famous success stories attributed to the admirers of influential leaders, there have also been some terrible failures. Tragic to the employees who followed and to the stockholders who lost their investment.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Video: Top 10 Characteristics of a Leader


I have seen dozens of articles detailing the top 10 characteristics of an effective leader. These lists were always different, they had the characteristics in different orders of importance. There was one characteristic that was on every list, accountability. Leaders are accountable to their employees, their customers, to their businesses, their families and to themselves.
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What Is So Great About An Airbnb?


The two wildcards when it comes to travel, foreign or domestic, are airfare and lodging. So savings in these areas allow you to make the experience all the more enjoyable! Are you planning a trip to Venice for example? Or maybe simply a visit to Grandmother s house, where you usually stay in a hotel? The ... Read more... The post What Is So Great About An Airbnb? appeared first on Family Business Strategies.
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What Is So Great About An Airbnb? - Family Business Strategies


The two wildcards when it comes to travel, foreign or domestic, are airfare and lodging. So savings in these areas allow you to make the experience all the more enjoyable!
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What’s So Great About An Airbnb?


Planning a trip to Venice or another foreign city? Or maybe a simple trip to Grandmother s house, where you usually stay in a hotel. The first time we stayed at an Airbnb was just such an event. We were going to California to visit relatives, staying several days (and we didn t want to wear out our ... Read more... The post What s So Great About An Airbnb? appeared first on Family Business Strategies.
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Monday, February 13, 2017

Airbnb Hosts: What’s Worse Than A Bad Airbnb Review?


Typically, Airbnb hosts focus on the reviews that are left on the site itself. If a bad Airbnb review comes in and you aren t on top of it and able to rectify a bad review to keep your reputation intact   the impact on the Airbnb host s business could be considerable and immediate. Reviews vs Comments ... Read more... The post Airbnb Hosts: What s Worse Than A Bad Airbnb Review? appeared first on Family Business Strategies.
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Airbnb Hosts: What's Worse Than A Bad Airbnb Review? - Family Business Strategies


Actually I can think of several things that are much much worse than a bad review on Airbnb.com. #Airbnb If you have not already listened to the brief audio above you must do so now if you want to get the most out of this article.
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Friday, February 10, 2017

Small Business Internet Marketing and Fly Fishing, What's The Connection? - Family Business Strategies


The key then is to be right there in close range when they are in a position to take action. When your Internet marketing tactic means you send out emails once in a while, or you count on people who visit your site to “order now” – you’re missing 99% of the prospects. Once you’ve attracted them to your site, you need to do something that captures them – so later on when they have elevated themselves from casual looker to actual prospect, you will be able to present your solution again. We can never assume anyone to return to our web site – so we’ve got to take advantage of the fact that they showed up at least once.
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Where Will Your Future Leaders Come From? Succession Planning and Leadership Development


In 2008, 78 million baby boomers retired and were replaced by only 45 million Gen-Xers. The trend continues a decade later. This was the startling news from Andrea Bortner, Director of Learning and Development at Harris Corporation. This gap has most organizations grappling with how they will manage the loss. A survey by the Society ... Read more... The post Where Will Your Future Leaders Come From? Succession Planning and Leadership Development appeared first on Family Business Strategies.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

There Are Three Keys to Tactical Marketing Implementation


On the subject of developing a marketing strategy, why do so many firms are in such a race to get momentum, to get traction from their initiatives, that they forget the age old precept – accuracy first, momentum second? Isn’t that why contractors at all skill levels know you should measure twice, cut once? Don’t forget – it doesn’t help to be making good time, if you find yourself going in the wrong direction.
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Monday, February 6, 2017

Keyword Research Is A Requirement When it Comes to Writing Successful Articles - Family Business Strategies


Keywords are essential. They allow the search engines that crawl your website to spot the subject of the content, but key terms aren’t the only element to consider. Another primary consideration is your target audience, the folks whose interest you want to alert. Identifying your prospects is the rational first step.
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Friday, February 3, 2017

How to Grow your Business? - Family Business Strategies


The ladder to success is a steep one but it is always an exciting challenge. If you are a recent graduate raring to “get out there” and experience the “world” you have been dying to dip your toes in, the corporate world offers a myriad of opportunities where you could apply what you have learned in all those years in school. It is the road that more than half of fresh graduates embark on. But lately, more and more people -not just recent graduates, have started to take notice of another road that is equally, if not more, challenging -the road to business and entrepreneurship.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

A Powerful Sales Technique Courtesy of Honest Abe - Family Business Strategies


If you ask any historian to name the greatest leaders in western civilization, there’s a good chance Abe Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States will make the list. He willed his country to victory in the gut-wrenching Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation and facilitated the eventual ratification of the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery. A number of traits contributed to Abraham Lincoln’s greatness.
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