by Harriet Cohen | Nov 7, 2018 | Harriet Cohen
I really enjoy many facets of marketing especially target marketing and figuring out how to attract customers/clients. I was attending a networking event where people had 2 minutes to tell about themselves. With very few exceptions none of them told what problem they...
by Harriet Cohen | Nov 7, 2018 | Harriet Cohen
No, this isn’t the name of a song from the 60’s. This is an issue I am seeing more and more with entrepreneurs in start-ups. This is their baby and they think they need to do it all. Sadly, unless you never need to sleep or have a life outside the business you...
by Harriet Cohen | Nov 7, 2018 | Harriet Cohen
I just finished reading Wally Conger’s blog about quitters, (www.wallyconger.com) and he revealed a most interesting fact. More folks are bailing on their jobs than are getting fired, as stated by the Department of Labor. The most significant quit levels seem to be in...
by Harriet Cohen | Nov 7, 2018 | Harriet Cohen
What is leadership? Is it the person we defer to because they are the boss? Is it the person we fear, or the one we admire? Do we share their beliefs or vision? Whether teaching the management class at UCLA or working with clients the topic of leadership comes up. How...
by Harriet Cohen | Nov 7, 2018 | Harriet Cohen
We all know this stands for Keep It Simple Stupid (Sweetheart). We ask someone the time and they build us a watch. How often have we seen memos that look like this? “You should to the every greatest extent possible strive for symmetry in your involvement with the...
by Harriet Cohen | Nov 7, 2018 | Harriet Cohen
Do you know what it is? Do you suffer the same issue? It’s called focus and clarity of message. I recently read an article by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardireprinted in the Harvard Business Review. They compared K-Mart Target and Wal-Mart. It doesn’t’ matter...
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