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7 Ways to Improve Your Business Communication

SIT DOWN, DON’T STAND UP

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, C-Suite, Company Culture, Entrepreneurship

Thanks to tweets, texts, posts, and very short attention spans, we have become a society constantly looking for the shortest way to communicate a thought. That may be fine for the captions on a cute kitten picture, or texting your friend a remark, but it’s...

The Entrepreneurial Culture is In Demand!

BACK TO BASICS

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, C-Suite, Company Culture, Entrepreneurship

The “entrepreneurial culture” is suddenly all the rage in, of all places, the C-Suites of large corporations. Why? Because they see small, agile companies moving quickly and seizing fleeting opportunities. They see an increasing number of start-ups disrupting entire...

To Get True Entrepreneurial Culture, Corporations Must Pay for Performance

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, C-Suite, Company Culture, Entrepreneurship

Some of the most popular search terms we see coming from the so-called C-Suite (top corporate executives) these days are, “entrepreneurial culture, employee engagement, and employee empowerment.” Nowadays it seems even the big corporations want to make the shift to a...

Irish Independent

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog, Interview

IF MICHAEL Houlihan had followed the advice of his Irish-born grandparents he would have settled for a secure, pensionable job and a fairly comfortable lifestyle – and there’s a chance we would not be sipping the near nine million cases of wine sold in Ireland...

Big prices vs. High prices: A novel pricing concept

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Big prices vs. High prices: A novel pricing concept by Ric Payne Recently I posted a note on Principa’s Facebook page in which I strongly recommended a book called The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built...