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		<title>What Is The Premise Behind Your Pace? Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many factors affect the pace of a company&#8217;s growth and operations.  Often times executives within a company differ on what they believe determines this pace.  One side will believe that the market drives the pace, while on the other hand the ability and staffing of operations will make that determination.  Below I will show how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Squeeze More ROI Out Of Big Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aldonna Ambler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big changes in a corporation can offer up many opportunities to gain a little more ROI out of the business.  Below are some examples of how three companies in different industries accomplished this goal by asking themselves some simple questions: A client in the IT industry just relocated to a larger headquarters.  They used the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“TWO STAR” COUPLES</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why would a blog about growth strategies for midsized companies include an entry about couples? … because as business leaders, our personal relationships can have a profound impact on our outlook, confidence, and judgment. More and more bright ambitious business leaders are married to other bright ambitious leaders. A CEO of a fast rising technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick Up Speed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does this sound familiar? The tedious process of major prospects makes your sales people sound like they are waiting for several decisions. The production department(s) express agitation about waiting so long for the accounting department to distribute financial reports. They want to know how much gross profit they generate and if the numbers suggest they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Board Members Walk a Fine Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you accept a position on a corporate board, you become part of the culture, ethics, priorities, logic, metrics, reputation, and the public perception of the corporation. A few of a corporate board’s primary responsibilities include hiring the CEO and providing clear logic and metrics for performance review and compensation.  Board members have a fiduciary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look to the CFO &amp; CMO to Eliminate Worries about Growth Financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the most heated debates I have witnessed between executives within privately held companies have been about whether they need to obtain outside growth financing or should continue to fund growth through reinvestment. The arguments sound pretty much the same whether the outside money would come from private investors or an initial public offering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inadvertently Choosing to Stagnate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff and Jim have been running the 12 year old family business since their father (the Founder) suddenly passed away. At first, they had steady growth.  They are in a specialized field, so Jeff and Jim have learned everything they can about product formulation and packaging, customer service and retention, vendor sourcing, quality assurance, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why So Many Companies Can’t Seem to Find the Right Candidates for Open Positions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When asked to site the primary barrier to continued growth, most Presidents of midsized businesses do not say “access to growth financing,” “competition,” or “difficulties keeping up with advances in technology.”  As the host of the syndicated weekly peer to peer talk show, The Growth Strategist®, I have now posed that question to over 300 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Your Expertise Feels OBVIOUS, the Risk of Condescension Increases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflecting on year end strategy sessions, I recall reminding several clients that the base of your competitive advantage comes in the form of capabilities that your customers do not have but do need in order to handle something that is important to your customers. Because our clients have long been accomplished accountants, electrical wholesalers, architects, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed Up Sales by Replicating Impressive Problem Solving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look for…watch for … a complex client situation that your team somehow figured out! The prospect had a ton of excuses but… somehow …one of your rainmakers addressed each and every excuse and objection. Or a client was indecisive.  One minute the client’s Baby Boomer executives seemed like they were energized and enthusiastic leaders.  The [...]]]></description>
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