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Just [Don’t] Do It: The Whats, Whys, & Hows of Delegation achiever change management leading change small business

Hey, owners, we’ve got some bad news (actually, we think it’s good news, but we have a feeling you might require some convincing): you can’t do everyt...

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Millennials and Communication achiever communication consumer insights leading change

Contrary to popular belief, millennials aren’t some separate species encrypted with uncrackable code. The truth is, we’re just like you: we walk the s...

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The Retail Manager achiever change management leading change small business

In 20 years of client work with the Mann Group, we’ve come to an unavoidable conclusion. In the world of retail enterprise, the Store Manager holds th...

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Leading Change Book Launch achiever book leading change

Thank you to all who have supported us in the launch of Dan's new book Leading Change:  How to Achieve Superior Results with Gentle Pressure Relentles...

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What Makes A Successful Store Manager? achiever change management leadership leading change

*Amendment: After reviewing our feedback forms and internal discussions, the title of this NBDA Super Seminar should have been “Manager Profile Trends...

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You Have Become a Manager….Now What? achiever change management communication leadership

Congratulations! What an exciting promotion. Webster defines a manager as a person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a compa...

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Applied achiever change management leading change small business

I trust you are following along in our continued exploration of the phrase/mantra/process, “Gentle Pressure Relentlessly Applied”. So far, we have exp...

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Pressure achiever change management leadership leading change small business

Today, let’s tackle the second word, Pressure. It’s immediately paradoxical that these two words are used together: Gentle. Pressure. But any change e...

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The Integritor achiever hiring leadership small business soft skills

In the late nineties, during my time leading at Bachrach men’s clothing, we had a focus on high-quality hiring. We worked with Jerry Bell of the Bell ...

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The Entrepreneur achiever hiring influencing behavior leadership small business soft skills

The fifth, and most obvious attribute of an achiever is the Entrepreneur. While it may be obvious that an achiever has entrepreneurial characteristics...

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Team Builder achiever hiring influencing behavior leadership small business soft skills

For those of you who have been following along, you know that we are spending six weeks describing the attributes of an Achiever. An Achiever (someone...

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The Survivor achiever hiring influencing behavior leadership small business

“Fall down seven times, get up eight”.

This is the mantra of the Survivor. A survivor is another of the six attributes of an Achiever—and an importan...

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