Business Ownership, Let’s Not Sugar Coat It!
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Running a business can be tough, and it’s something that people who work as employees, may never understand. It can be a life of...
Hunter Leonard
- Feb 10, 2020
- 3 min
How to Get Where You Want to Go
Setting a goal and making it happen are two very different things in business, and it takes more than wishes and hopes to be successful....
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 10, 2020
- 3 min
A Look at Two Superstars of Service
Making promises to customers through your marketing is easy. Actually servicing them well enough to ensure they are truly satisfied is...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 10, 2020
- 2 min
Does Being Able to Sell Ice to an Eskimo Really Make You a Great Salesperson?
The saying, “She could sell ice to Eskimos” is a very old idiom. It literally means to get someone to do or buy something that is against...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 10, 2020
- 2 min
Extracting Value From Leadership
A few years back, I was working with a major industrial business that was a household name. Despite the huge recognition of this brand,...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 10, 2020
- 2 min
Passion-Driven Public Relations
Public relations (PR) can sometimes have a terrible reputation. And often the motivation for getting your business in the paper is purely...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 10, 2020
- 3 min
Why Cashflow Isn’t the Problem
We’ve surveyed over 10,000 business owners in the last ten years and almost without exception cash flow comes up as either the #1 or the...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 10, 2020
- 2 min
Don't Get ‘Uberised’; Ensure You Avoid Being a Victim of Disruption
No one wants to get ‘uberised’ (yes, this word is made up)! Yet every business small, medium or large needs to be more adaptable than it...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
A Little Discipline Never Hurts
One of the biggest and most common complaints we hear from business owners is they don’t have time. No time to get organised. No time to...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
A Promise Made…
A lot of businesses are good at making promises; many are not good at delivering on them. Value, reputation, and continued business...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
One Customer at a Time
Many people begin their business with stars in their eyes about how massive their business idea is going to be, how many millions they...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
Are You Passionate about Your Business?
People talk a lot about passion. Possibly the word is overused in society in general, but one thing is for certain, it’s hard to run a...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
Return to the Big Rocks
You’re probably very familiar with the term ‘Big Rocks’ which was referred to by Stephen Covey in his hugely popular 7 Habits of Highly...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
Business Warning Signs
We all see and read the statistics on business failure, and there is much gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands about what we could do...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
Business Success Tips for the Midlife Entrepreneur
Many of the factors that contribute to running a successful business are the same no matter what age you start. However, the midlife...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
Diamonds and Coal
Recently I’ve been reflecting a lot on the surveys of business owners we’ve done over the last decade. A common issue that stands out in...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
Facta, Non Verba
I write this article on the usual rapid approach to Christmas and inspired by the challenge, “What does being a good corporate citizen...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
3 Tips to Make Your Help Go Viral
I would like to talk about how your business can deliver a massive helping of help. You may think you’re only a small business or just...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
Why the First Sale is more Important than any other in Business
Big thinking can often come undone when business owners forget that the first sale is more important than any other. I have had the great...
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Hunter Leonard
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min
Is your Marketing Disconnected?
Most marketing in business is disconnected and upside down. What I’ve noticed in the last few years is there’s a disconnect between the...
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