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Communication, Leadership · November 3, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Kole Performance Group Interview on The Entrepreneur MBA Podcast

Effective leadership is at the heart of every organization;  it sets its tone and dictates its trajectory. With this in mind, business owners should strive to acquire the requisite leadership skills to successfully navigate the rollercoaster of running a company. If you lack leadership skills, it …

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Communication, Influence, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Preparation, Professionalism, Tactics, Training, Ziglar · September 6, 2022

Finding the perfect candidate

I hope you all enjoyed the Labor Day Weekend. I know we call it the unofficial end of summer, but I personally am not ready for what comes next! For those that don't know, I live in Michigan - our winters are sometimes 8 months long! At the end of a recently completed team building session, there …

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Communication, Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Planning, Preparation, Professionalism, Responsibility, Tactics, Time Management, Ziglar · August 16, 2022

Hit me with your best shot

The famous Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had an Intern working for him. On one random Thursday morning, Secretary Kissinger asks the Intern to write a position paper on a particular topic. If you would rather listen to a podcast version, CLICK HERE, otherwise continue reading The Intern is …

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Communication, Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Planning, Professionalism, Tactics, Time Management, Training, Ziglar · July 26, 2022

3-2-1 Grow

Most of us can't remember what we had for breakfast yesterday; how can we be expected to remember all our victories and challenges? So this week's blog is a short and simple exercise that I've used for years. I call it the 3-2-1 Grow Program. I usually do this on Saturday or Sunday morning, spending …

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Communication, Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Planning, Sales, Tactics · June 20, 2022

The 3-steps to any type of sale

In last week's blog "What type of Pencil do you use", we mentioned the sales process. To refresh your memory, we wrote: "Sales come to those that have something someone needed when they needed it. They offered value, a solution to a problem, a service that was missing. Success comes when you rinse …

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Communication, Goals, Influence, KoleHardFacts, Respect, Responsibility, Ziglar · June 9, 2022

Quick tips on how to build trust in teams

Identifying the issue Last week we discussed staying in your lane. In the article, we mention that trust and respect are some of the causes. For example; if your engineering manager doesn't trust the sales manager to follow through, you may see him butting in to this area of the business. Why isn't …

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Communication, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Planning, Responsibility · May 31, 2022

Does your team remind you of a 5 year olds soccer team?

Johnny! Run a LAP! Somehow I was voluntold to become a soccer coach when my daughter was 5-years old. Mind you, I knew nothing about soccer having never played before. After going to the library and reading up a bit (yes, the library - Google had not yet been invented), I figured out the basics of …

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Communication, Goals, Influence, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Negotiation, Professionalism, Responsibility, Tactics, Ziglar · May 17, 2022

Balancing the needs of the organization and team in the post-pandemic era

In last week's blog, Motivators vs Consequences, we showed a pre-pandemic list of what employees value. Since the pandemic, the needs for autonomy, work-life balance, and flexible scheduling have moved up the list in importance. As leaders we must always keep the goals & objectives of the …

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Communication, Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Professionalism, Respect, Responsibility, Tactics · May 9, 2022

Motivators vs. Consequences!

You layout the new policy … your team will adapt their daily work habits and put it in place. If they do this the company will have; higher efficiency, more effectiveness, improved customer satisfaction, and they all will be treated to an additional week off with full pay after the results are …

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Communication, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Negotiation, Planning, Responsibility, Tactics · April 21, 2022

Do you know what you want?

I was approached by a coaching client getting ready for a job interview. Their main concern was to come up with a narrative of what they could do in a position that had become vacant within their current employers' organization. My questions to the client: What do they need? How will they measure …

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