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Soft Skills Can Result in Hard Cash!

Soft Skills Can Result in Hard Cash!

BE FRIENDLY; PAY LESS!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

A big part of our “Barefoot Startup” movement is being, well, friendly! You may have the world’s greatest app, most awesome hardware, or must-have consumer product, but the colder your attitude, the higher your price of doing business! Instead of crying about how much...
How to Make Sure You Hear the Good Ideas That Will Improve Your Company

How to Make Sure You Hear the Good Ideas That Will Improve Your Company

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

Often the best ideas to solve problems, cut costs and improve sales come from your own people — but they never get to you. Why? Because you have inadvertently allowed your company’s structure to prevent them from doing so. Employees, vendors and customers are loaded...
How to Make Sure You Hear the Good Ideas That Will Improve Your Company

5 Ways to Build and Grow Trust

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Good business relationships are built on trust. People who depend on you, from your creditors to your employees, need to confidently rely on you to treat them fairly. Once they know you can be depended upon, they will extend their cooperation and even make allowances...
How to Make Sure You Hear the Good Ideas That Will Improve Your Company

Give Your People Permission to be Brilliant

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

These days there are tons of companies that say they want their people to be more engaged, but are they giving them permission to do so? Yes: permission! It’s subtle, but powerful. Permission is a powerful idea in determining company culture. Are you giving your...
Are Your Company Values Shared by Your Customers and Employees?

Are Your Company Values Shared by Your Customers and Employees?

ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

You can’t enter a reception lobby of any established company these days without seeing a plaque on the wall that says “Company Core Values.” This is the company’s way of announcing to vendors, employees, and customers the principles, ethics, and morals for which the...
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