Author: Michael Feuer

What to do when everything...

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Managing ‘mad’ –...

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Does your management style...

Filtering too much information clogs up the works [read more]

The positives and negatives...

There’s a delicate balance between productive and destructive [read more]

If it ain’t broke, break it...

Every business must change or become a victim of change [read more]

Which comes first: proclaiming ‘game on,’ or being ‘on your game’?

To succeed, the sequence is the key

Things you should stop worrying about, but can’t

Second-guessing wastes time and leads to nowhere

The other guys down the street

Who are they and what can they do for your company?

Prepare or perish

God gave us Google; teach your team to use it.

Do your employees sometimes disappoint you?

Maybe it’s not them.

How best to motivate your team

Should you use more of the carrot than the stick or just provide lots of thrills and chills?

The dumbest farmers grow the biggest potatoes

How to outwit the guys who think they’re the smartest ones in the room

Stop problems before they start

In business, we spend a lot of effort fixing what has been broken, rather than preventing the breakage in the first place.

An exaggerated sense of your own importance can stifle new ideas

Simple techniques to discover fresh concepts and solutions

Michael Feuer

Second thoughts can be a good thing, but the timing of when they occur is everything

What is more important, the icing or the cake?

Are you spending more time and money on form over substance?

What have we learned today?

Ask this question after your next meeting and be prepared for a few surprises.

Common business sense

There still isn’t an app for that

When you lose respect, you lose your authority

Business lessons learned under extreme stress and from unlikely sources

How can a teaspoon improve your training?

Manageable doses and a little sugar can produce meaningful results

A straight line is not always the best route

Short detours can sometimes save you time, money and angst.

There’s gold in them there hills

The big question is always: Where?

People, people, people

The three biggest factors that determine

Wise leaders plant trees under which they’ll likely never sit

It takes a skillful balancing act to achieve both short- and long-term objectives.

If you bat 1.000 in business, you’ll eventually strike out

Risk-taking and defeats are a big part of the game

Train your team to say ‘yes’ to customers

In any language, the word ‘nyet,’ ‘nein’ or ‘no’ can translate into lost sales.

Being a big company is not an excuse for being a rude company

How to set expectations using a not-so-subtle nudge

Respect: You have to earn it before you get it

Just because you’re the boss doesn’t mean you deserve respect.

Warning: Satisfaction can lead to complacency

If you are content, you aren’t doing your job right.

Do you work to live or live to work?

Have it your way — there’s a time and place for both

Putting lightning back in the bottle

Entrepreneurs have done it before, but why do they want to do it again?

In the heat of battle, learn to count to 10

A way to have your cake and eat it, too

Something has to give

How to go over, under or around to accomplish your objectives

You’d better start sweating the small stuff

Little problems can lead to huge failures

Sometimes it’s not what you say but how you say it

How to get your message across using a little honey

Enough is enough

Stop with all of the doom and gloom and celebrate the good.

Penny-wise
or pound-stupid?

Don’t make knee-jerk decisions that could come back to haunt you

A fool and his money soon part

Make sure your kids never go barefoot

Trust, but verify

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably ain't a zebra

It’s time to start working smarter, not just harder

A ticking clock is your new enemy

Jumping through hoops and dodging bullets …

The new CEO two-step dance for survival

OMG — panic in the streets!

Survival lessons that must not be forgotten

Make the journey as good as the destination

Dream as you go; don't wait for tomorrow.

Customers aren’t going to take it anymore!

This is your wake-up call.

Strong caveat to new management

First, do no harm!

Follow the leader

Why it's not always the best game to play

Is victory at any cost a real victory?

Should leaders change their mantra?

How to get past the toughest gatekeepers

Lessons every executive must teach

Dying a thousand deaths

Why errors of omission can be fatal to your business

Tidy up dirty little messes

Bad economic conditioins provide unique opportunities

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