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5 Reasons to Build a Real Estate Property Portfolio
Five reasons why I believe the creation of a real estate/property portfolio can benefit anyone…whatever their current financial status.
I think you’ll agree with me that real estate investment deserves a closer look when I tell you...
Creative People - Stop Charging By the Hour & Make More Money
One of the biggest challenges with a creative business is getting paid what you are worth. The root of the problem isn't that the client doesn't have the money and it isn't that the client isn't willing to pay you what you are worth. The root of the...
Creativity And Innovation Directors, Consultants And Managers
Creativity and Innovation is essential for competitive advantage, yet the role of Creativity and Innovation Manager is often not viewed as essential. Organizations without such a role will simply not perform as competitively as their rivals. ...
Hiring and Retaining Good Employees
Hiring good employees is not only important to business, it’s essential. Employees are the heart and soul of a business; they are the mechanism that makes a business run; they are the breath of life that enables a business to be something more...
"How To Pull Massive Profits From Resale Rights Instantly”
What’s in your name? I’m not trying to be funny here, this basic question holds the key to you making much more money with your resale rights business than you probably realized. May I ask again then: “what’s in your name”? If you look...
Jay Abraham just beat the #$%& out of me .....
Key findings at the Jay Abraham Mastermind Marketing Seminar
Jay Abraham just beat the #$%& out of me - and I loved every minute of it !
Yes, it is true - I feel like a freight train ran over my entire body - and yet I could beg for...
Secrets To Successful Publishing
Have you ever wondered what would it take to compete successfully with the “big guys” like Simon & Schuster and even get to the top of the heap? If there is such thing as a magic formula for success, then the story of Geela, the author of the...
Strategic Planning Basics
Strategic planning is vital while starting a new business or expansion of an business or planning to boost the performance of an existing business. But it requires detailed strategic planning and controlled deployment activities. Strategic planning...
The Ultimate Career Builder
THE ULTIMATE CAREER BUILDER. See full color web version at: http://www.SeniorManagementServices.com/pvt-105-career-builder.html Last week, I discussed "Success is no Accident." My message was that according to research, most businesses fail...
What Does Your Staff REALLY Want? Part 2
The 2005 "Best Places to Work" program study showed that,
contrary to popular opinion, employee satisfaction didn't depend
on salary. The most given answer as to what makes a company a
great place to work is employee empowerment.
And what...
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Don't Reinvent the Wheel, Just Get Yours Rolling
"There is no new thing under the sun" wrote the wise author of
Ecclesiastes. The wheel was always present, it just took man
catching up with the idea to implement it. So, there is no need
to reinvent it, is there? But is your wheel rolling? Is the tire
flat? Is there something just "not quite right" in some
situation in your organization or your personal life? Worse yet,
is there an impending doom looming on your horizon?
We all find ourselves in situations where our best-laid plans
did not turn out the way we wanted them to turn out. We work
ourselves into a lather wondering how we are going to fix our
mess, execute our business plan, pull ourselves out of a sales
slump, or some other form of getting our wheel to roll.
One of the best strategies I have discovered throughout my life
and career goes against the grain of so many business "gurus".
Their advice is to "think outside the box". I had a boss once
who lived by that mantra. While he was outside the box, it
seemed someone would come by and nail the lid on the box. The
real solution to the problem was still in the box. Understand
that I am not advocating "closed minded thinking" nor am I an
enemy of creativity. Quite the contrary. It takes some mighty
creative thinking to look at the same set of circumstances over
and over again to ultimately discover something new. More times
than not, though, the solution to the problem was either
overlooked or the problem unforeseen.
Get back in the box. Start the troubleshooting process. In my
early twenties, I got a job at the local cable company and for
about 8 years I
was a service technician. Mind you, I have never
considered myself to be technically gifted. My best work has
always been with people, not technology. But, it was in this job
that I learned the first step in troubleshooting... start with
what you know is bad, identify a place where it is good, and
narrow down what is in between.
Look for the simple solution. Everything complex consists of
many simple parts. It is usually a simple thing that went wrong
that led to a very complex problem. This not always the case as
it may be that there were several simple processes that went
wrong and contributed to a much larger and more complex problem.
The source of a problem can always be found in what I call the 3
Ps. Look into the plan. Was the plan faulty from the get-go? If
not, look into the processes to determine if they were
inadequate to accomplish the plan. Next, look into the people
that implemented the processes that caused ineffective execution
of the plan.
When the wheel is not rolling, reinvention isn't necessary. What
is needed is a turnaround. Sometimes what is needed is a mega
turnaround. Don't be afraid to get help. Learn from the
experience of others to get your wheel rolling again, whatever
your wheel is.
Copyright 2005 Rory Elmore
About the author:
Rory Elmore is an author, consultant, and speaker with over 25
years experience in management, customer service, and technical
operations in the communications industry. Learn more about his
strategies and sign up for the Mega Turnaround newsletter at
http://www.MegaTurnaround.com
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