Do you just talk about delivering good service, or do you guarantee it? The Maryland National Bank offers a Service Guarantee: “If you ever find an account error, we’ll make it right, right away … refund any fees incurred, and send letters of apology to anyone inconvenienced …. And even pay you $10” In the […]
Archives for February 2012
How to Build a Better Mouse Trap
Imagine the situation. You run a pizza store and you are losing money. Your raw material costs are far more than they should be. You jump to the most obvious conclusion: Somebody must be stealing the cheese. (Either that or you have king sized mice wondering about). After spending a lot of money on an […]
Circles of Influence: Do You Want Your Team Flexing Their’s?
Three very important circles: The smallest is our circle of control, the things we can directly influence, the time we get out of bed in the morning, how we spend our money. All of it within our gift. The largest is our circle of concern, world poverty, global warming, the economy. All the things we […]