Are you Recognizing the Patterns around You

A serial entrepreneur having founded multiple start-up companies, including one of the first profitable Internet enterprises. His last company appeared on the Inc. 5000 list three years in a row. Eric V. Holtzclaw, Founder/CEO of Laddering Works, advises clients on the “whys” of business: Why customers buy, Why teams work and The all-important “entrepreneurial why”. Read More …

Should we be using Job Stories?

I have not gone all in on Customer Journey Mapping and Customer/User/Buyer Personas because the vast majority are created without the Customer/User involvement. Though they may be the “best” we can do, I feel we often stereotype our customer/users into what we want them to be versus who they are. In lieu of this, I Read More …

Challenging The Challenger Sale

What sets apart the The Challenger Sales Reps? Who so happen to be the most successful sales reps. In the book, The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation author Matt Dixon points out six attributes that showed them statistically significant in defining someone as a Challenger rep: Offers the customer unique perspectives Has Read More …

Challenging Traditional Sales Myths

As many of you know, I am a big fan of Matt Dixon’s work, book, The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation.  I had the pleasure interviewing Matt and split the interview into 2 parts. Last week, Need Customers, Create an Effortless Experience was about his latest book, The Effortless Experience and the Read More …

Does Lean Create too much Structure?

I am a big advocate of standard work, though I might have a different take on it which you can view in this post, Holacracy, Zappos and Standard Work. I always like to get other viewpoint on the subject and in a past podcast with one of my favorite Lean people, Drew Locher, I had Read More …

Can Lean Accounting help Drive Market Share?

One of the true experts in the Lean Accounting world is Jim Huntzinger. He has over twenty years experience developing Lean enterprises through system design and development, implementation, and guiding organizations both strategically and tactically through the transformation process. He is Founder and President of Lean Frontiers. Entire Transcription and Podcast: Leading with Lean Accounting Read More …