April 10th, 2009
By Matt Thomas

If you really want to get the most out of your staff, you need to be willing to challenge them.
Challenging work brings lots of benefits to workplace morale, improvements to culture as well as increased employee output.
Below are some reasons as to why challenge is so important in the workplace. [click to continue...]
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April 7th, 2009
By Matt Thomas

Are your customers complaining about the level of service they are receiving?
Are you immediately jumping to the conclusion that the customer is being unreasonable?
While customer service interactions can often be frustrating, and client requests can frequently appear demanding, there may be barriers in your organization that might make reasonable consumer requests seem excessive. [click to continue...]
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April 3rd, 2009
By Matt Thomas

We are confronted with obstacles every day. Sometimes they can be predicted, other times they cannot.
Being confronted with an obstacle is much more different than being confronted with a failure. While avoiding failure prevents action, avoiding obstacles may still bring success.
Since obstacles differ from failure, they require a totally different outlook. [click to continue...]
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March 31st, 2009
By Matt Thomas

Picture yourself logging into your analytics tracking software to find that you had a huge and unexpected surge in traffic over the past day.
What do you do? Do you celebrate? Hope another surge in traffic comes tomorrow? [click to continue...]
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March 27th, 2009
By Matt Thomas

You have just passed a huge milestone in your business. What do you do next?
Don’t rest yet! There is still plenty for you to do. However, remember that there are also plenty of things NOT to do. [click to continue...]
Posted in Long-Term Growth | 2 Comments »