Listen to Howard talk about Never Push A Bad Position: As a dedicated and focused CEO, president or business owner, you make things happen in your business. Because you are so intent at making things happen, at times you may not be observing what is really going on around you. You may at one time or [...]
There are times when we are trying to sell someone our products or services – or perhaps just even an idea, negotiate a contract or a way of doing something, or to buy or remodel a house or building… and things are just not going well. Just not going as you hoped for or planned [...]
Memo from Howard on 02/29/12: Listen to today’s Talk Business With Howard show on Blog Talk Radio. Listen to internet radio with Howard Lewinter on Blog Talk Radio Here are notes from my discussion with Carrie Coghill: Carrie talked about the headwinds that business everywhere is now dealing with. How the world economies, [...]
Listen to internet radio with Howard Lewinter on Blog Talk Radio As I was watching the football playoffs this weekend, several times the game announcer attributed recent game losses to the quarterback rather than to the team. It’s the role of the quarterback to be the leader on the field. To inspire the team [...]
Mother Nature has been active this week across the United States with an earthquake in Colorado, another earthquake centered near Washington D.C. was felt in 22 states that according to record books was an 100 year event, and now here comes Hurricane Irene heading towards the Carolina’s Outer Banks and into major cities and towns [...]
From daily life comes many lessons that can be applied to business. Over the weekend was no exception. At the Indiana State Fair last Saturday evening, the country music duo, Sugarland, was scheduled to perform. Bad weather was in the area and as it neared the time for the band to come on stage the [...]
There are many people across the country who have their houses up for sale. They believe that their house can get a price higher than what the realtor is telling them the market will bear. The houses just sit there. People may look at them but most house buyers today are educated thanks to the [...]
Recently, I was in Asheville, NC. One of my favorite places to visit. The city of Asheville has some of the best marketing campaigns I have ever seen. One of the city’s primary marketing efforts includes the slogan, “Asheville Grown. Buy Local”. When you visit restaurants throughout Western North Carolina the owners and chefs [...]
The word, leadership, seems to be getting more attention these days. That often happens during hard times. People want a leader. Someone who can inspire them. Lead them to happier, more prosperous times. One of my most favorite examples of what it means to be a leader goes back to World War ll. It [...]
It was Warren Buffet who said: “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently”. According to the Wall Street Journal, Warren Buffet recently got himself into a uncomfortable situation after all these years of having a rather spotless business reputation. [...]
