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4 August Managing the New Venture (...nursery.)

A healthy mature business is likely to have a business model and a leadership style that differs from the needs of a new business - much li…

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0 Aug 1, 2010

3 August Growth (...fat...)

Drucker defines three kinds of growth - are we growing muscle, fat or cancer?   Muscle - growth that results in an increase in productiviti…

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0 Aug 1, 2010

2 August Being the Wrong Size (...right niche...)

Internal training organizations will struggle to achieve the right size unless their performance metrics are directly tied to the success o…

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0 Aug 1, 2010

1 August Diversification (Shoemaker...)

Drucker asserts that there are only two ways that diversity can be harmonized into unity and his thinking also requires that we accept that…

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0 Aug 1, 2010

30 July Eliminating Cost Center (...roof cave in....?)

Recently I had a consulting engagement where the client indicated that every Friday they were offering a "mandatory" training session on ne…

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0 Jul 28, 2010

29 July Cost Control in a Growth Business (..front-end...)

Often enough I have seen the following:   1. Rewarding an individual for success where it is "generally" known that the success was a resul…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Jul 28, 2010

28 July Cost Control in a Stable Business (...ounce...)

The assertion here is that in order to maintain profitability that a company must assure that it can decrease costs as revenue decreases.  …

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0 Jul 28, 2010

26 July From Selling to Marketing (..."shame.."...)

One of the aspects that I am beginning to understand about Drucker is that he just "tells it like it is" without trying to be political.  …

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Jul 24, 2010

25 July Four Lessons in Marketing (...only because...)

Here are the four lessons described by Drucker: Buying customers doesn't work Define the market for what your product/service does vs. wha…

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0 Jul 24, 2010

24 July Worship of High Profit Margins (...umbrella...)

A focus on profit margin creates a safe haven (umbrella) for the low cost competitor.   An internal provider may have layers of overhead an…

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0 Jul 23, 2010

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