Stop Competing on Price

By Howard Shore, Executive and Business Coach

It is not unusual to find companies that have made a lot of changes to the business only to find that those changes had little impact on its ability to increase market share, or worse yet, caused market share to decline.

Take Control and Increase Growth: Article 3 of 4

By Howard Shore, Executive and Business Coach

The purpose of this article is to help business owners understand the key daily decisions that influence dependence on external funding and either limit or expand the growth potential of a business. There are essentially 4 decisions: 1. cash; 2. people; 3. strategy;

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Superior Performance Requires Mastering Core Values: Article 1 of 2

By Howard Shore, Executive and Business Coach

If you study any organization that exemplifies sustained superior performance, you will find a remarkable culture. This culture is defined and constructed around the core values institutionalized by your executive team. In other words, the core values, when practiced on a daily basis,

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Superior Performance Requires Mastering Core Values: Article 1 of 2

If you study any organization that exemplifies sustained superior performance, you will find a remarkable

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State Your Goals the SMART Way

The better a person states the goal, the easier it is to create the action

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