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Execution: Getting things done sounds so simple, doesn't it? After all, don't we all do things every day? Then why is it that there is such a high failure rate when it comes to project execution?

www.businessknowhow.com/growth/get-it-done.htm

Leadership: Even leaders who articulate a compelling vision, inspire followers, and display passion and courage to take on great challenges can have unproductive traits that limit their effectiveness. This popular article titled "Looking in the Mirror," featured in several online publications such as Leadership Excellence, HR.Com, The CEO Refresher, The Sideroad, and Themanager.org, how to spot these traits and what to do about them.

http://www.refresher.com/aabpmirror.html

http://www.themanager.org/HR/Leadership_looking_in_the_mirror.htm

http://www.sideroad.com/Leadership/team-leadership.html

Strategy: However brilliant, strategy alone is rarely enough. Strategy without execution (or vice versa) is like yin without yang. You can’t have one without the other. Why is a cerebral exercise like strategy formulation only as good as a half-baked pie? How does one translate strategy into meaningful action? This popular article titled "Inventing the Future" was featured on weLead Online Magazine and sideroad.com.

http://www.sideroad.com/Management/strategic-planning.html

Client Loyalty: Client loyalty is becoming increasingly relevant and important. And the pressures on it are growing daily. The pace of business means that what is innovative today and sets you apart can be commonplace tomorrow. In this environment, how do you know what clients really want? This popular article was featured in many publications such as The Wise Marketer, Management Consulting News, Rain Today, and Top-Consultant (Germany).

http://www.managementconsultingnews.com/articles/padgaonkar_article.php

http://www.raintoday.com/pages/1570_getting_inside_clients_heads.cfm?broadcastID=352&link
ID=6857&ID=29670

http://www.top-consultant.com/Deutschland/Editorial/Article_display.asp?ID=1418

Telling Ain't Selling: It is well known that people buy for their own reasons—not for the seller’s. In fact, their motivation to buy may have very little to do with the reasons why the seller thinks they should buy. When it comes down to it, people buy something to meet their own needs or resolve the problems they are facing. How do you prevent the temptation to get on the soapbox and start telling? This popular article was featured in many publications such as Marketing Profs, Side Rroad, Rain Today, Top-Consultant, and Networking Today:

http://www.sideroad.com/Sales/sales-talk.html

http://www.raintoday.com/pages/1392_telling_ain_t_selling_learning_to_sell_the_right_way.cfm

http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/Editorial/Article_display.asp?ID=1412

http://www.networkingtoday.ca/articles/telling.htm

Marketing when YOU are the Product: Marketing professionals widely use the 4 Ps for marketing a product. But how do you market yourself when YOU are the product? How do you make your own accomplishments believable? We are constantly asked to prove ourselves and provide evidence of our capabilities. How best we market ourselves can make a difference between personal success and failure. This "how-to" article describes with examples the S.O.A.R. model to be used for articulating accomplishments and preventing poor performance. It is the only way for making YOU believable.

http://www.presentations.com/msg/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003381486