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Bob Barker

Breakout Strategies

The best time to evaluate the direction of your business is while it is thriving. I’m currently rethinking 20/20 Outlookx’s strategic positioning, and it’s focused around creating breakout strategies: For visionary CEOs who want to break through current revenue and profit constraints, 20/20 Outlook processes generate breakout strategies that lead to growth through enhanced decision-making and

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Bagels by the Batch

What’s with all the hype about “Artisan Bagels” by Dunkin’ Donuts?  Does anyone even know what the word “Artisan” means?  In the back of my mind, the word conjures up the idea of goods hand-crafted in small batches. Do the makers of Dunkin’ Donuts want us to think its new

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Joe-zente
Financial Freedom
By Allen Fishman, TAB Founder & Chairman Do you have a long-term plan for financial growth? Without a plan, you will have stress.  If your plan is high risk, you will have stress. Financial ...
steve-yanovsky
Rising Above Organic Growth
A successful small to medium sized business often runs the risk of feeling “too comfortable”. Even though revenue is coming in, your customers like you, your sales force is calling ...
Barbara-Fowler
Mobile Marketing Strategy or “How did they know I was hungry?”
You have just parked the car and are on the way to pick-up your dry cleaning or buy some cough drops at the neighborhood pharmacy. Suddenly, your cell phone lights ...
john doyle
Returning Veterans: A Powerful Talent Resource
In your search for the next bright stars in your company's firmament, you may want to examine one sector of the population that many employers should consider but never do ...
joe-grace
The solution to mediocre marketing? A CMO leading multiple niche agencies
It sounds like a great idea to turn your business's entire multichannel marketing campaign over to a single large marketing agency, doesn't it? You simply tell the agency, "Here's our ...
brian-sholly
Drive Success: Push Yourself Down
One of my favorite quotes is “It is amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t care about who gets the credit.”  This quote has been attributed to Ronald Regan ...
Nelson Ramirez
“Growing Your Own” via College Recruitment Programs
Many companies fail to think about their available talent pool until it's already too late to plan effectively and rationally -- a critical director or manager departs, and suddenly it's ...
David Armistead
At global breakpoint, nothing fails like success
“Nothing fails like success.” – George Land(Part 2 of “Waiting For Normal to Return”) General Motors did everything by the B-school ‘best practices’ handbook, turning in a perfect record for growing ...

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