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    s of things…for the first time.

    8. Follow The System – Stick with your proven business practices...and show your employees how to do the same. You’ll go farther faster.

    9. Educate – Make time on a regular basis to train your team. They’ll appreciate your investment in their personal and professional gr

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    1. Trust Your Team – Delegation. Empowerment. Call it what you wish. You can’t do everything by yourself. Hire the best people, train them well, then get out of their way.

    2. Communicate – You may know where your small business is heading, but if your employees don’t, they can’t help you get there. Make time to share with them on a daily basis.

    3. Smash The Box – It’s a clich?…“think outside the box.” What if there was no box? What could you do differently? Be innovative…and look for new ways to do everything you do better.

    4. Ask Questions – A good business philosophy to get to the root of an issue is to ask “Why?” seven times. Ask a lot of questions…to your customers, suppliers, employees and yourself.

    5. Make It Easy – Consider all the ways customers interact with your small business. Where are the barriers, and how can you remove them to enhance the customer experience?

    6. Plan For Success – A business plan isn’t something you do before opening, then stick in a drawer and forget. Take time to update yours each year…focusing on new opportunities.

    7. Stand On A Chair – In “Dead Poets Society,” students stand on their desks to get a different perspective. Do this at your small business location, and you’ll see lots of things…for the first time.

    8. Follow The System – Stick with your proven business practices...and show your employees how to do the same. You’ll go farther faster.

    9. Educate – Make time on a regular basis to train your team. They’ll appreciate your investment in their personal and professional gro

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    to share with them on a daily basis.

    3. Smash The Box – It’s a clich?…“think outside the box.” What if there was no box? What could you do differently? Be innovative…and look for new ways to do everything you do better.

    4. Ask Questions – A good business philosophy to get to the root of an issue is to ask “Why?” seven times. Ask a lot of questions…to your customers, suppliers, employees and yourself.

    5. Make It Easy – Consider all the ways customers interact with your small business. Where are the barriers, and how can you remove them to enhance the customer experience?

    6. Plan For Success – A business plan isn’t something you do before opening, then stick in a drawer and forget. Take time to update yours each year…focusing on new opportunities.

    7. Stand On A Chair – In “Dead Poets Society,” students stand on their desks to get a different perspective. Do this at your small business location, and you’ll see lots of things…for the first time.

    8. Follow The System – Stick with your proven business practices...and show your employees how to do the same. You’ll go farther faster.

    9. Educate – Make time on a regular basis to train your team. They’ll appreciate your investment in their personal and professional gr

    Barter, The Electronic Handshake
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    ask “Why?” seven times. Ask a lot of questions…to your customers, suppliers, employees and yourself.

    5. Make It Easy – Consider all the ways customers interact with your small business. Where are the barriers, and how can you remove them to enhance the customer experience?

    6. Plan For Success – A business plan isn’t something you do before opening, then stick in a drawer and forget. Take time to update yours each year…focusing on new opportunities.

    7. Stand On A Chair – In “Dead Poets Society,” students stand on their desks to get a different perspective. Do this at your small business location, and you’ll see lots of things…for the first time.

    8. Follow The System – Stick with your proven business practices...and show your employees how to do the same. You’ll go farther faster.

    9. Educate – Make time on a regular basis to train your team. They’ll appreciate your investment in their personal and professional gr

    The Road to Achieving Training Success: What Holds the Key?
    As a trainer, you will be able to see a single change in a single person, out of perhaps a hundred tries, as a success. That is a good percentage. Obviously, the more successes the merrier, and the smaller the number of tries, the more critical becomes the necessity to
    ss plan isn’t something you do before opening, then stick in a drawer and forget. Take time to update yours each year…focusing on new opportunities.

    7. Stand On A Chair – In “Dead Poets Society,” students stand on their desks to get a different perspective. Do this at your small business location, and you’ll see lots of things…for the first time.

    8. Follow The System – Stick with your proven business practices...and show your employees how to do the same. You’ll go farther faster.

    9. Educate – Make time on a regular basis to train your team. They’ll appreciate your investment in their personal and professional gr

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    s of things…for the first time.

    8. Follow The System – Stick with your proven business practices...and show your employees how to do the same. You’ll go farther faster.

    9. Educate – Make time on a regular basis to train your team. They’ll appreciate your investment in their personal and professional growth, and they’ll be more productive for you.

    10. Take Five – Owning your own small business means taking on a lot of challenges and pressures. Make sure you step away occasionally and refresh. You’ll be more energized when you return.

    11. Get Close – Step outside the walls of your office/location, and “ground pound”…getting to know your customers and staying involved in your community. It leads to geometric returns.

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