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This time of year we often hear about the crisis of low productivity in North America linked to whatever the current economic woes may be, whether that’s competitiveness, exchange rates, or lagging GDP, with the accompanying plea that “somebody” needs to do something about the productivity gap. The good news is that you already have ...

I see clients making flawed “keep them at all costs” decisions all of the time that is hurting their business instead of helping it. Are these myths harming your business too? Employee Retention Myth #1: All turnover is bad FACT: Not when the turnover impacts the walking indifferent – those who are suffering from presenteeism ...

Imagine if this month you asked your travel agent for help “planning a vacation”. What would they come back to you with? A sunny escape somewhere warm at an all-inclusive? What if instead you’d asked specifically for the vacation you really had in mind: to get your family “to Disney on my son’s birthday next ...

When you first went into business, you probably didn’t see yourself burning the midnight oil, swamped in never-ending emails, reports, spreadsheets, presentations, and the muck of difficult people. You likely had a passion for developing creative solutions to customers’ problems and issues, a great new idea for something that the market had never seen before, ...

Are you frustrated because your customer service people are STILL busy, even though you’ve invested a lot of time and energy in quality initiatives? If you’re a manufacturer, the most likely problem is that you’ve been going DEEP in the manufacturing process to drive quality when what you need to do is to go BROAD ...

Are you off to a great start this year, totally focused and making things happen? And have you mastered multiple ways to increase productivity?  Great!  Keep reading for a powerful concept that will turn your momentum into results. Or, are you struggling to: get back into a productive rhythm deal with an overwhelming To Do ...

  #1 Bestselling Author, International Speaker, and Accelerator Anne C. Graham is on a mission to help business leaders and their teams double their profit per employee – or more – in less than one year, in less time per week than they’re spending on email per day. Her #1 Best Selling book Profit in ...

Uncertainty in politics, economics, exchange rates, and financial markets means it could be another challenging year for business leaders. Maybe you’ve set goals to achieve higher sales, increase profitability, and finally land that big new account.  New product launches and updated marketing strategies are on the drawing board.  You’ve got initiatives to increase productivity, increase ...

So far we’ve looked at Powerful Insights and Realizing Rapid Results with the 5 R’s – the ‘P’ and the ‘R’ in the P.R.O.F.I+T Roadmap. Along the way, I’ve provided access to some complimentary resources that will help you take action and see results. Let’s turn our attention to the ‘O’ in the Roadmap: Obliterating ...