If you care about the future of your company do not skip this column! I just finished a great new book by Geoffrey Colon called Disruptive Marketing and I have to tell you reading this book will turn your world upside down. If you know anything about marketing or like me are a truly passionate […]
Book Recommendation – Make Your Own Waves: The Surfer’s Rules for Innovators and Entrepreneurs
A book recommendation from Dan Beaulieu Make Your Own Waves: The Surfer’s Rules for Innovators and Entrepreneurs By Louis Patler Copyright 2016 Amacom Price $21.95 Pages: 179 with Index Using an exciting sport as a metaphor for going for it in business Even if you don’t know anything about surfing. If you don’t know a […]
How good is your company’s appearance?
How good do you think your company is? How do you think you’re doing? What do you do well? What do you need to work on? What do you people think when they walk into your lobby? These are questions you should be asking yourself at all times. You should be constantly thinking about your […]
You Gotta Break Some Eggs!
I don’t know about you but this drives me absolutely nuts. You’re in a meeting, you come up with a good idea but before you finish getting your idea out there, this guy across from you. You know the one, he graduated from the Dilbert School of discouraging new ideas jumps in with that smart […]
Book Recommendation – The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds That Make a Business Great
A book recommendation from Dan Beaulieu: The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds That Make a Business Great By: Joel Peterson with David A Kaplan Copyright 2016 Amacom Price $15.95 Pages: 126 Index A great guiding light of the straight and narrow. Doing the right thing is not always easy in business but it […]
Looking For Business In All The Right Places
I just read a new book called appropriately enough The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts are the Emerging HOTSPOTS of Global Innovation by Antoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker, a book that everyone in business today should pick up and read. This is by far the most optimistic book of the year because it […]
Book Recommendation – The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an environment that energizes everyone
A book recommendation from Dan Beaulieu: The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an environment that energizes everyone By Shawn Murphy Copyright 2016 Amacom Price: $24.95 Pages: 224 with index The world seems to be a more pessimistic places these days and the workplace is no different. As we share our worries and our concerns over everything from […]
Stop Leaving Out The People!
How many times have you been on the phone in the middle of one of those quagmire calls, you know the ones, we have all been on them; you’re trying to get some help for that new software you bought, or your calling the utility company to see why your bill went up for no […]
Book Recommendation – The Worlds your Stage: How Performing Artists can make a living still doing what they love
Book Recommendation From: Dan Beaulieu 3/16/16 The Worlds your Stage: How Performing Artists can make a living still doing what they love By William F. Baker, Warren G. Gibson, Even Leatherwood Copyright 2016 Amacom Price: $19.95 Pages: 219: With Index and Notes Not all business is business. We have certainly, not until recently anyway look […]
Yes, You Have To Visit Customers
It’s Only Common Sense by Dan Beaulieu 6/27/16 Managers have to visit customers Yes, sales managers have to visit customers. In fact General Managers and Presidents and Quality Managers and yes even owners need to visit customers whenever they get the opportunity. Why are we happy to just sit back and have our sales people […]