Tag Archives: growth
Did You Save Room For Dessert?
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Geoff.
Amazing…the impact that momentum, status quo and “that’s how we’ve always done it” can have at eroding sales and growth in an organization.
Almost every server at every restaurant I’ve ever been to in any country/state asks, toward the end of the meal, “Did you save room for dessert today?” The creative ones mix up the [...]
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Reproducers vs. Producers
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by Geoff Wasserman.
You’ve probably heard it said that seeds produce after their own kind. In other words, Apple seeds don’t produce cucumbers, they produce apples. Acorns produce oak trees. A seed produces what’s in it.Â
At the top of most organizations and/or divisions, there’s generally one of two types of leaders: Reproducers or Producers.
Reproducers, generally, are reproducers because they reproduce [...]
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Step On Some Toes
Posted on 10. May, 2009 by Geoff Wasserman.
I had a baseball coach in high school who, when he saw any of us standing around, would shout, “Get moving, you’re not here to kill grass and make my turf brown!”. People who stay in one place too long, get offended, and refuse to recognize their own pride, usually get their toes stepped on by [...]
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Really, It’s Not You, It’s Me
Posted on 01. May, 2009 by Geoff Wasserman.
I remember in high school, when girls would break up with guys (not me of course, but from what my friends told me!)…they’d have that uncomfortable conversation…”Really, you’re too good to me, I don’t deserve you, I really like you as a friend, one day you’ll thank me…it’s me, really, it’s not you.”
Funny, how in [...]
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