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Success Syndrome: The Unexpected Obstacles Faced by Thriving Businesses with Larry Mandelberg Our guest today is Larry Mandelberg of Mandelberg Consulting. Larry collaborates with owners and their leadership team to manage changes effectively. He emphasizes that...
Struggling to survive in a world of constant change
Businesses want predictability and dependability, i.e., no change, while the world is constantly changing. This creates friction. Learning how to manage the environment and maintain a sufficient degree of stability is an art most haven’t perfected, much less realizing any need to try. Here, Mandelberg talks about how to do just that.
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5 Minutes with a Smart Person – The SMB Community Podcast
5 Minutes with a Smart Person – Larry Mandelberg https://smbcommunitypodcast.com/2023/05/astronauts-the-easiest-security-solution/ About The SMB Community Podcast Audience: The SMB IT community worldwide.
Jeff Tarbell – Talkin’ Money by ATM Mortgage
Today we get the insight from author of the book: 'Businesses Don't Fail They Commit Suicide: How to Survive Success and Thrive in Good Times and Bad' View the full podcast episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VR6JPWuzwE About Talkin' Money by...
Jon Doolen, Real Conversations
Larry Mandelberg - Leader, Mentor, Coach, Author If change is causing your staff grief, frustration, baldness, or acne, Larry can help. After all, nobody likes change done unto them. Everybody likes change they do unto others, and Larry knows how to flip that script....
Whadddaya mean there’s no spare tire!
“Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.”
— Sir John Harvey Jones
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When marketing just don’t work
When I say sometimes marketing don’t work, I mean it don’t work when you think you know your customer better than they know themselves. This is not an existential issue, nor is it an issue of conscious or subconscious awareness.
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The Second Operational Imperative
Long-term organizational success and sustainability require leadership’s dedication to three operational imperatives. In this post, I explain consistency of performance, the second operational imperative, and why it’s at the root of the highest, most perfect form of promotion, marketing and attracting new clients.
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You don’t know why you’re in business
The question of why a business exists has many answers based on the interests and desires of leadership and those involved in the funding of the organization. Nonetheless, there is one universal truth about business purpose, a.k.a. why a business exists. Read this short blog post for the answer and let me know what you think. Enlightening or stupid? Either way, enjoy.
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Leadership is … ???
The debate over what makes a good leader serves no purpose and has no value. The right questions are, what are the attributes of the best leaders, which apply to my role as a leader, and how do I develop the ones I don’t have. For some answers and guidance, please read more.
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We need staff!
Tired of looking for staff and finding ten “maybe” candidates for every “WOW” candidate? According to Einstein, doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. If you want to get consistently better candidates (different results), you have to try something different. In this issue, Larry offers three concrete ideas.
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Everybody loves change (whether they know it or not)
Everybody loves the change they do unto others. Nobody likes the change others do unto them. Learn how to flip that script and make change a welcome guest in your organization.
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Using purpose to combat cost-push inflation
This post contains important information about cost-push inflation and ways to improve recruitment efforts. It also includes a special section where I talk about three dumb-assed words – a must read!
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You Don’t Know Your Customer
When you being to believe you understand your customers needs is when you begin to lose sight of who your customer is. The demands on your customers that create change in their world can be completely hidden from yours. Ensuring you fully understand what drives your customers, over time, helps ensure you know who they really are.
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Business Schools Don’t Teach You How to Run a Business
The first time every new leader takes charge, they quickly realize how ill-prepared their education left them. As humorously depicted in the Rodney Dangerfield film, Back To School, running a business ain’t as simple as it might seem. This installment talks about the pitfalls and provides some useful tips.
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Profit without Purpose is Pointless
For any strategic objective to have a chance at success, the organization must have some sense of purpose. The founders of Microsoft (Gates), Virgin (Branson), Amazon (Bezos), and Tesla (Musk) built game-changing companies driven by like-minded people working together to fulfill a shared purpose. At the end of the day, without purpose, we live for today and tomorrow loses all promise.
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When strategic plans fail
As a consultant with expertise in strategic planning, I get called to help clients for one of two reasons. They’re either trying to develop their first strategic plan or tired of having them fail. For either scenario, the reasons a strategic plan, or to be more specific, a strategic objective, fails are the same.
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Chat & Spin Radio
https://chatandspinradio.com/ About Chat & Spin Radio We’ve been offering continuous programming as a 24-hour, non-profit Internet radio station for a decade. Our station serves a diversified audience both in the UK and throughout the world, with a weekly...
Hidden Recruiting Benefits of Business Values
Values are the bricks and like-mindedness is the mortar of organizational culture. When you and I have common values, we automatically have common ground. Common ground is where we can respect one another and find enjoyment working together. Enjoyment creates an emotional draw that attracts people.
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TransLeadership – Dr. Karen Wilson-Starks
“Businesses Don’t Fail, They Commit Suicide”: Larry Mandelberg Interview Larry Mandelberg, the author of “Businesses Don’t Fail: They Commit Suicide” is a serial entrepreneur with more than 150 years of inherited business knowledge from his family’s businesses. As a...