Quote of the Week: What’s the main thing?

Only five days til Hanukkah, 22 days til Christmas, 23 days til Kwanzaa, and only 28 days left in the year. It can be a wacky time. Running in a million directions. Too many directions. Not getting anything done and/or not doing it well. This week’s quote is a great reminder for leaders and teams everywhere.

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10 Tips for Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing

It’s such a nice, simple quote with a catchy ring to it. Most people, though, find that keeping the main thing the main thing is not so simple.
Here are 10 tips for keeping the main thing the main thing.

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10 Ways to Be a Better Manager This Year

Whether it has been a banner year or not… you want to make the most of what you have, right?
Which means protecting whatever revenue and earnings you have; doing your best to push through as many end-of-year deals as possible;
laying groundwork for next year; and if you have a team, taking extra good care of them (and yourself) during December.
These things won’t happen if you let December craziness take charge. You must do so instead.

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