Something successful businesses have in common with great athletes is focus. Gary Furr says it’s critical for your business too. Click on the link at the end of this post to view other episodes in this series. Read or Click to Listen The combination of 40 years of C-level business experience and an MBA focusing… Read More »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 3 – Have a Plan
In this third episode of his seven step process, Gary Furr stresses that business fundamental: planning. Click on the link at the end of this post to view other episodes in this series. Read or Click to Listen The combination of 40 years of C-level business experience and an MBA focusing on Organizational Development uniquely… Read More »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 2 – Communication
Following on the heels of episode #1, where he stressed clarity of direction, here Gary Furr turns his attention to communication. Click on the link at the end of this post to view other episodes in this series. Read or Click to Listen The combination of 40 years of C-level business experience and an MBA… Read More »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 1 – Finding Clarity Of Direction
In this, the first of a series of 7 episodes, Gary Furr explains the importance to your business of having clarity of direction. You can use the link at the end of this post to view other episodes in this series. Read or Click to Listen The combination of 40 years of C-level business experience… Read More »
Something to Talk About
Something to Talk About Do you enjoy making recommendations? On my last trip to Shanghai, I went out to dinner with a group of expats to a restaurant called People 7. The person who made the reservation was given a two-digit code: 64. When we approached the restaurant, all we could see was a concrete… Read More »
Winning Like a Formula One Team
WINNING LIKE A FORMULA ONE TEAM In April I was invited to attend the Formula One Races in Shanghai with a group of expats. I had planned to be in China to continue work on a project there, so attending the races came at just the right time. In preparation for the race I watched… Read More »
Do You Want to Make More Money?
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MORE MONEY? When I ask audiences, “Who wants to make more money?” everyone—yes, everyone—raises their hands. Truth be told, they all deserve to make more money. You deserve to make more money too. But what will you do about it? As I discussed in other blog posts recently, Einstein said,… Read More »
Resilience
RISILIENCE Much is made of the need for creativity, innovation, and speed in the quest to build a successful business and stay on top, but lately the concept of resilience has come to… Read More »
Albert Einstein 2
ALBERT EINSTEIN 2 In my last blog post I discussed a quote that has been attributed to Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”… Read More »
Albert Einstein
ALBERT EINSTEIN Albert Einstein has been widely credited with saying; “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” However there is absolutely no evidence that Einstein actually made this statement. Never the… Read More »