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Hello Readers,
 At long last our new Home Business Grid is live! We are very excited to offer this wonderful new resource to all our Bizymom visitors. The grid is a web of home business topics from candy wrapping to welcome service.
Each Grid section includes Free downloads and a special, SEO optimized forum for women to share business advice, support and experiences. If you are new to home business, use the grid to learn and kickstart your business. If you are an experienced business owner, please take some time to visit The Grid each week to answer questions and mentor other mom entrepreneurs. After all, that is what Bizymoms is all about - Women helping Women succeed at home business.
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Growing Your Business in a Difficult Economy - Part 1
By Patrick T. Malone
Admiral James Stockdale was the highest ranking American POW during the Vietnam War.
He was held for more than 8 years and after his release wrote a book Love and War that described how he was able to not just survive the ordeal but actually thrive when many others didn't. The story of his absolute confidence that he would survive coupled with his ability to confront the brutal facts of his current reality came to be known as the "Stockdale Paradox".
Many years later Jim Collins wrote his business masterpiece Good to Great and demonstrated how many companies used the "Stockdale Paradox" to survive and thrive in tough times while many of their competitors fell by the wayside or disappeared completely.
The difference is usually attributed to leadership because the leaders in the thriving companies at all levels realized their role was decision getting, not decision making. Managing a business is decision making but leading a business involves getting decisions from others - your customers, your employees, the stakeholders of your business and if you are a public company, your shareholders.
Additionally these leaders weren't just looking for agreement. They were seeking commitment and co-ownership from all those who impact the business. Great companies achieve more impressive business outcomes because of that commitment.
So if you want your company to grow during this difficult economy, you need to enhance your ability to read others especially when they have different points of view. Start by paying more attention to how things are said and less to what is said. The overwhelming majority of our communication is contained in things other that the words we choose.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of this article on the next BizyNews on April 16th 2010
Patrick T. Malone is an author, speaker, corporate advisor, board member and Senior Partner of The PAR Group, an international leadership development firmed headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Co-author of Cracking the Code to Leadership , Patrick has assisted global organizations and small businesses improve their performance by enhancing leadership skill throughout the workforce.
Patrick may be contacted at Patrick.malone@thepargroup.com |
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Bizy Weekend Tip
Easter is here! Take your kids Easter egg hunting, they'll have loads of fun! Then suggest to your child(ren) to give some of the chocolate Easter eggs collected/received with some less fortunate kids. Chocolate always tastes better when shared :) |
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