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- LNB #024: Without Vision, the People (and Businesses) PerishNot having a clear vision and mission will add unnecessary complexity to your business. It will be harder to stay on track and to determine quickly whether a new opportunity is consistent with your model. However, the concepts of Vision and Mission have become obscured with consultant-speak. Here's a simple way to plan these two important factors into your business plan.Vision: include your target market, niche, products/services, territory, scope, productivity level, and other key factors.Mission: use as few words as possible to convey why you're building the company you're building.Get these resources:The One Page Business Plan with CD-ROMThe One-Page Proposal: How to Get Your Business Pitch onto One Persuasive Page________________________________For more info:www.totalteamsolutions.com/podcast/podcasting.htmtotalteam.blogspot.comQuestions: 214 615 6505, pin 3895Comments: 214 615 6505, pin 3386This month: looking for small biz "podcast personalities." Intriqued, visit the podcast page of my website.I need you to praise -- and pan -- this podcast. Visit the podcast page of the site to complete the 2-question survey.31 min
- LNB #023: Could What We Know about Biz Planning Be Wrong?!People know that the chief reason businesses fail is lack of planning, followed by lack of a system for implementation. Still, business owners don't create them and don't operate from them.What gives?!Here's what people are saying:* I put together a business plan for my company when I started it. It was a horrible process and I ain't doing that again.* I put one together. It cost me a mint and then the consultant wanted more to implement it.* I don't have time.* I don't have a business that needs a 70 page business plan.* My other managers are doing "stuff," but we're not all on the same page.and more.People are looking for a process that will allow them to have a business planning and implementation system that's nimble, simple and elegant.Here are the key questions you need to answer with your planning:* What are we building?* Why does this business exist?* What results will we measure?* How will we build this business?* What's the work to be done?Be looking for a 25 October 2007 webinar on business results. The webinar will be from 11 am - 12:30 pm ET (US). Check back often for additional information, including how you'll sign up for this complimentary webinar.________________________________For more info:www.totalteamsolutions.com/podcast/podcasting.htmtotalteam.blogspot.comQuestions: 214 615 6505, pin 3895Comments: 214 615 6505, pin 338623 min
- LNB #022: "C-c-c-courage," said the Cowardly LionFunny how we're told to show courage and innovation, but we're not rewarded for having the kinds of key failures it takes to succeed like mad?Kinds of courage:* Courage to fail: to make mistakes and explore* Interpersonal courage: in dealing with strong emotions or chargedsituations* Moral courage: fortitude in dealing with temptationsChallenge: be looking for places where your courage has taken a dive.-------------------------------------------For more info, pleaseVisit www.totalteamsolutions.com follow the podcast tabDial 214 615 6505, pin 3895 to leave a questionDial 214 615 6505, pin 3386 to leave a commentemail Lalita, [email protected]21 min
- LNB #021: When Good Habits Go Bad!Change in your organization is made up of more than discussions of character or morals. Change requires shifting to new habits -- repeatable behaviors that become "automatic" and produce the same results over time.Lewin's model: Unfreezing the old habit, moving of transforming behavior, re-freezing an altered or new habit.Prochaska & DiClemente's Model of Change: Pre-contemplation (not now), Contemplation (someday, but not today), Preparation (someday soon), Action (now), Maintenance (locking it in).Get some help. Your organizational and individual habits have staying power. The "buddy system", an advisory council, a mastermind group or individual coaching should help you to make the necessary shifts -- and keep you on track when your old systems and habits call.Email [email protected] to discuss how coaching can help you win.Interested in the power of a facilitated Mastermind Group? Click here for more info and to register for an informational session.32 min
- LNB #020: Make It Simple, Cancel ComplexityHappy 40th Birthday, Star Trek! No one could ever predict that a cancelled television show could spawn 6 series, 10 moves, hundreds of books and an entire language.BOOKS to READ:Guerrilla Marketing: Secrets for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business (Guerrilla Marketing), by Jay Conrad Levinson.The One Page Business Plan with CD-ROM, by Jim Horan.The One-Page Proposal: How to Get Your Business Pitch onto One Persuasive Page, by Patrick Riley.WEBSITE:Cafe Press, fun stuff to create and buy for your business.30 min
- LNB #019: What Were You THINKING!One of the biggest challenge for business owners is what we think we know. It gets in the way of our being able to see things in new ways or explore new options.When asked why an action was taken, most people can't come up with a really well thought-out reason: "Why is your business plan written this way?" Because someone else said to do it. "Why are you at that location?" Because other people who seem to be successful are there.But, do you understand how you arrived at that decision? Many times our own thinking is a mystery to us.Please visit my website for books and other materials to challenge your thinking.-----------------------------Call the comment line: 214 615 6505, pin 3386Call the question line: 214 615 6505, pin 3895Visit the website: www.totalteamsolutions.com28 min
- LNB #018: The 7 Deadly Sins of Marketing (Pt. 5)Leighton Haynes, of Twin Phoenix Marketing, continues his discussion of the power of brand and customer sensitivity on business success.He urges:* Not taking customer relationships for granted -- with both internal and external customers* Authorizing employees to take immediate action for customers with thetools needed to satisfy them, rather than passing it along to management.* Leading, or anticipating, customer needs -- not waiting for a complaint or a need * Measurement!Leighton suggests the book, Primal Branding: Create Zealots for Your Brand, Your Company, and Your Future and we're both in agreement that Fast Company and Business 2.0 magazines must-have mags.Contact Leighton, 202 203 7737-----------------------------Call the comment line: 214 615 6505, pin 3386Call the question line: 214 615 6505, pin 3895Visit the website: www.totalteamsolutions.com28 min
- LNB #017 - Create Your Kitchen Cabinet (Advisory Boards)Business advisory boards are tools for furthering your business interests, increasing your networks, generating new ideas and advancing projects -- all of this without the formal responsibilities of a Board of Directors.WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?Your business and personal goalsWho can best help youWhat do you need them to doHow you will reward themHow to work with them-----------------------------Call the comment line: 214 615 6505, pin 3386Call the question line: 214 615 6505, pin 3895Visit the website: www.totalteamsolutions.comChime in on the blog: totalteam.blogspot.com34 min
- LNB #016: Are Incubators Hatching Sound Businesses?We've been told that business incubators work, but do they really? This episode investigates the current thinking about business incubators and whether they're all they're cracked up to be.-----------------------------Call the comment line: 214 615 6505, pin 3386Call the question line: 214 615 6505, pin 3895Visit the website: www.totalteamsolutions.com for more complete show notesPost to the blog: totalteam.blogspot.com30 min
- LNB #015: Say You're Sorry!You screwed up. It happens. Now, how to you go about cleaning it up while maintaining great relationships with customers, vendors, suppliers, partners and employees?Triune Brain:Reptilian brain: oldest portion. Designed for survival and reproductionLimbic brain: designed for feeling and emotingCortex: newest portion. The highest thinking part of the brainHow to Get an Apology Done:Acknowledge what happened (tell the truth)Acknowledge the impact on themExplain what happened (only if you know what you needed to fix)Explain that you're willing to make it rightMake an offer to make it rightAsk if this fits the bill and does, in fact, make it right (Note: shut up and listen. Don't put your reptilian brain on "speakerphone.")Ask them if they will accept your apology.-----------------------------Call the comment line: 214 615 6505, pin 3386Call the question line: 214 615 6505, pin 3895Visit the website: www.totalteamsolutions.comPost to the blog: totalteam.blogspot.com31 min
About Like Nobody's Business
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Exactly who said that having your own business is supposed to be frought with struggle and effort -- producing little money and burning through all your time? What rule book is this written in?
Business Success Coach and Strategic Planning Consultant, Lalita Amos, of Total Team Solutions, discusses key issues for the success of small businesses -- how to shift your thinking and business habits to produce extraordinary results. Her show features thoughtful interviews, breaking news and how-to's to keep you at the top of your game. True to her coach's calling, she serves up the real deal in business straight -- no chaser.