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Training Magazine – Teach Employees to think like Owners by Scaling Down to Two Divisions

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog

As a leader, you’re hyper-focused on your company’s productivity, profits, and growth. Wouldn’t it be nice if your employees were as focused on those factors as you and the company’s other executives? Sure, they do what you tell them. They come in every day and...

5 Startup Lessons

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Interview

I’m not a connoisseur of wine. I’m still confused about which type of grape corresponds to which type of wine, and still have not perfected my pronunciation of “sauvignon.” Over the years, I haven’t improved much when it comes to wine selection, but I have spent a...

8 Lessons For Budding Entrepreneurs

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Interview

by Steve Olenski, Contributor, Forbes Last December, my fellow FORBES contributor Robert Reiss, wrote a great piece entitled “The Incredible Story Of Starting The World’s Largest Wine Brand, Barefoot Wines.” The article was essentially a get-to-know two amazing...

Demonstrate Sales to Your Salespeople to Give Them Confidence

“BLOOD FROM THE BEAST”

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

As an entrepreneur, you and everyone who works for you, and with you, must be a salesperson in one way or another. Even so, the official sales staff is under a lot of pressure to perform. But have you shown them “blood from the beast?” In other words have you actually...

University of Lethbridge Teaches Marketing and Management with Real World Experience

LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog, Education, Entrepreneurship, Event

This week we were the Executives in Residence at one of Canada’s premier universities, the University of Lethbridge, with campuses in Calgary, Edmonton, and Lethbridge. In addition to delivering keynotes to several hundred students, faculty, and business...