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A Look at How Brad D. Smith Motivated and Inspired Intuit Employees

Success

I’ve done a number of things in the spirit of employee motivation ,” said Smith, who was named CEO in 2008. “I Smith’s successes “When I transitioned into the CEO role, one of my primary goals was to learn what our stakeholders were thinking about,” he said. “I The ability to learn, adapt and execute is critical.”

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The Making a Difference Foundation Ensures People Without Housing Aren’t Without Good Meals

Success

The Joy Box Ministry offers caring words in a time of need In Peru, Blue learned that when a local woman was going through a difficult time, the other women in the village got together and wrote words of encouragement to drop off at the struggling woman’s house every day until her situation turned around. million pounds of food.

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Price Isn't the Primary Loyalty Factor

Make or Break Moments

I went to Levin because they had a 50% off sale and if you purchased on the weekend, it was free delivery. I’ve bought furniture there before – a dining room set, some end tables, and I’ve been happy with the purchase. That’s him sitting in the new chair. He’s 19. I asked for Chuck and he remembered me.

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Sell What the Customer Wants – Not What You Want to Sell

Make or Break Moments

He went through 16 hours of unpaid training and had to purchase the sales kit prior to making any money so he is invested in the process. He’s too new in the sales game to have learned the trick many sales people adopt – focusing their sales efforts on the items that bring the biggest commission. At least financially.

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It's Not What You Say – It's How They Feel » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

She said lots of thought provoking, inspirational stuff as Maya often does but the one quote that really struck me was this one: ‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ ’ How true is that? we might ask them.

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Flourish or Flounder!

Office Dynamics

A few years ago in late winter, I purchased a bunch of pussy willow stems at Costco. And I learned a valuable lesson: we flounder or flourish right where we are, on a continual basis. Nancy runs a creative writing and editing business, “Phrase, Ink” and published her first poetry book, “Paper Wait” in 2008.

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Top 5 Biz-to-Biz Sales Tips

The Small Business Blog

Try to learn a bit about the industry that your prospective business customer works in so you don’t look out of your depth. If they are unhappy with their purchases, work hard to repair the relationship between businesses. If only more people would learn the value in such information. Number 3 is also especially relevant.

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