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Building Confidence for Growth |
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This Newsletter is aimed at Small Business Leaders motivated to Grow their Business but frustrated with managing time and people!
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Silver Fox Advisors |
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Would two hours a month sharing perspectives with a group of non-competing peers benefit you?
Most business owners experience loneliness when making decisions. Check out Silver Fox Advisors roundtables!
I have been accepted and will be formally inducted and pinned as a member of the Houston Chapter of Silver Fox Advisors in February. Silver Fox Advisors provides group coaching for small business leaders at no cost. There are several roundtable groups in the Houston area.
If you want to learn more, contact me or contact the Houston chapter here.
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Blue Ocean Strategy |
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by W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne
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Several people have recommended this book, and I am finally reading it.
It lays out a great concept: focusing efforts on innovation and differentiation that sets you apart from your competitors
“Blue ocean strategy challenges companies to break out of the red ocean of bloody competition by creating uncontested market space that makes the competition irrelevant.
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Instead of dividing up existing –and often shrinking—demand and benchmarking competitors, the blue ocean strategy is about growing demand and breaking away from the competition.”
Think Starbucks, Apple, and Amazon. Each company identified a demand and created a new Blue Ocean market!
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Building Texas Business Podcast |
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Episode #83: Empowerment & Innovation in Childcare with Amyn Bandali
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Check out “Building Texas Podcast” No. 83 with host Chris Hanslik and an interview with Amyn Bandali, CEO of Ivy Kids Early Learning Centers.
Yes, we are proud to have one of our Vistage Peer Group members, Amyn Bandali, interviewed by Chris Hanslik, Chairman of Boyar Miller Attorneys.
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This podcast has excellent reviews, and I try not to miss one. This one stands out with its delve into innovation in the childcare industry and how Amyn empowers his management team to grow this fast-moving franchise organization.
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The KeyHire Solutions Podcast |
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Rehiring Your Current Employees
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How many of us have lost key employees because we took their employment for granted?
What would be the impact on your company to lose one of your best employees who is key to your business plans being executed?
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Consider listening to this advice from Corey Harlock, an expert at positioning clients to hire and retain key talent for growth.
Corey provides numerous strategies to keep key people energized and productive in growing your business!
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Purpose: A Journey |
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Available on Amazon & Kindle
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Check out the book I wrote reflecting on my journey as an entrepreneur and finding my purpose after suffering a midlife crisis in 2000, thirty years into building a successful manufacturing company.
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I take the reader on a journey from a tiny start-up through growth by innovation and investment in new product development, surviving a crisis, and discovering my purpose in the abundant recovery.
“Purpose A Journey from Breakdown to Breakthrough” by Chuck Hendee guides entrepreneurs facing burnout to a better place. |
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