Do we parent or do we lead?

Tomorrow is an awesome day–the day my first born son came into this world twenty-eight years ago. I can remember that day like yesterday; I’ll never forget the moment they laid him in my arms, entrusted to me by God to love and raise. I have made mistakes but I hope I have done more …

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How to use today to prepare for tomorrow

We ALL want things to be better tomorrow. If only wishing could make it so!! When was the last time you had a GREAT day–top to bottom? More likely you remember your last not so great day–when nothing went your way. I was reminded recently of a book I read to my kids called Alexander …

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How well do you manage pain?

If I asked you what business you are in, it is likely you would describe your industry–food packaging, children advocacy, or banking for example. To date, no one has ever replied “pain management”. And yet, aren’t we all in that business? Doesn’t our success hinge on how well we manage pain? Let me explain. In …

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Stay the Course

Believe it or not, when “staying the course” with yoru business, strategic planning (or defining the course) is the easy part! (And we all know it is not that easy or we would do more of it and do it better!) The hard part is actually doing what we say we will. Let’s assume for …

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CEO Interview – Dina Dwyer-Owens

Dina Dwyer-Owens The Dwyer Group Interview with Dina Dwyer-Owens, CEO of The Dwyer GroupPlease give us a brief overview of the Dwyer GroupThe Dwyer Group of companies was founded in 1981, by my late father, Don Dwyer. His first business was Rainbow International, a carpet dying and cleaning company. His vision was to have a collection …

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Managing by the Numbers

If you are familiar with the book (and recent movie) Moneyball, then you are aware that it is about improving performance by identifying the key stats that drive results. I am a big baseball fan and loved the book and the movie. What I loved even more is applying the concept to business. Ask yourself …

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Where do you stand?

Hard to believe we are two months into 2012. Wasn’t it just the holidays? Shouldn’t we still be getting off the ground with our new plans? Nope. We are going to be finishing up the first quarter THIS month! So where do you stand? Have you hit your targets? Completed your projects as scheduled? Gotten …

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Become a Breakthrough Growth Master….for free!

You may have heard (or not) that we have a membership program on our website for people who want to achieve their goals and raise the performance and leadership levels in their organization. Our Breakthrough Master Community provides new ideas, tools and best practice techniques to innovative and committed leaders to help them improve results! It has been …

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How do you drive more profit out of core business?

Impossible you say? You have probably cut about every expense you can think of out of your business in the last three years. You are doing everything you can to drive revenue. So….what else is left? Profit management!  Most likely 40% or more of your business is still unprofitable. WHAT?? Shocking, I know. But after significant …

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Myth: Breakthrough growth only works for highly innovative companies

Breakthrough growth is something everyone wants and few feel they can have. We are conditioned to believe we aren’t good/big/innovative/smart/technology-driven/fill-in-the-blank enough to achieve it. Great news! Breakthrough growth is not a limited commodity. It can happen to almost any company that seeks it in a committed fashion. Breakthrough growth requires two basic things–an ability to …

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