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We've got a great newsletter for you this week to help you Maximize Possibility in your organization!
In our lead article we'll address all the talk and increased focus on hiring the best fit talent for the job and challenge you to ask yourself if your organization is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to hiring top talent.
Our second article takes a look at the current economic downturn and how it offers an excellent opportunity to improve your strategic business model. Here's the kicker though... The time to act is now!
In our Featured Guru section this week we'd like to highlight a blog post from one of the best business bloggers out there - Seth Godin - who discusses what he calls the 90/10 rule of marketing a job.
Power quote:
"No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit"
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| Hiring the Best Talent - Is Your Organization Putting its Money Where its Mouth is? |
 I've heard a lot of talk lately from business executives, managers, supervisors, and HR reps about the importance of hiring the right employee and ensuring a proper job fit.
While it is great to hear that business people are coming to appreciate the need to hire the best fit talent for the job, the skeptic inside me can't help but wonder:
How committed are these individuals to hiring the best talent?
Is this just another line of corporate propaganda?
Are these organizations truly prepared to spend the time and money that hiring the best fit talent for the job requires?
The truth is that talk is cheap and hiring the best employees requires considerable effort and investment on the part of an organization.
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The Economic Downturn is Exposing Your Business Strategy Weaknesses - The Time to Act is Now! |
 While the current economic slowdown is taking a real toll on a number of organizations, it also presents an excellent strategic opportunity to improve your business model.
While a recession can be a financially strenuous and downright painful event, it does a very effective job of highlighting the flaws and weaknesses in your organization's business strategy. The truth is that when times are good, we don't notice these weaknesses as easily because revenues are growing, the bottom line is healthy, and everyone is happy. Now that business is slowing down, these flaws in your organization's business strategy become more apparent every day.
The question that begs to be asked is this: What are you going to do about it?
Are you hoping that things will turn around soon and you won't have to address the obvious flaws in your business strategy, or are you going to roll up your sleeves and exert the necessary effort for your organization to emerge from this recession a stronger and more strategically focused organization?
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Featured Guru - Seth Godin |
 Our Featured Guru section this week turns once again to marketing rockstar and business blogger extraordinaire, Seth Godin.
Seth Godin is in a league of his own when it comes to the field of marketing and understanding what the customer wants and needs. He gets it... BIG TIME.
Godin also served as a columnist for Fast Company Magazine as well as Vice President of Permission Marketing for Yahoo! after selling it Yoyodyne - one of the first online marketing companies.
Seth Godin is a true visionary when it comes to marketing and the business world and there is much that we can all learn from Seth's insights regardless of what our position in our organization is.
In this week's Featured Guru section we'd like to feature a powerful post from Seth's Blog on what he calls the 90/10 rule to marketing a job. This post offers great advice to anyone who is serious about hiring the best talent possible for their organization.
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QBQ! Personal Accountability QuickNote - It's the People, Stupid! |
In this week's QBQ! Personal Accountability QuickNote John Miller takes a look at the resilient backbone of our economy - its people. John reminds us that even among all the dour economic news great people are still out there making a difference in the lives of those they serve by providing outstanding customer service and practicing the QBQ!
Remember... all organizations, even the great ones, have room for improvement when it comes to creating a culture of personal accountability!
Creating a culture of Personal Accountability should be a top priority for all organizations. Team members who think and practice Personal Accountability can bring about incredible changes for an organization. The blame game disappears, morale increases, and customer experiences are enhanced all thanks to the power of Personal Accountability.
The Rainmaker Group is proud to offer powerful day long QBQ! workshops instilling the power of Personal Accountability into teams and organizations across the country. For more information about these workshops or to purchase John Miller's books, QBQ! and Flipping the Switch Visit our website at: http://www.personalaccountabilityatwork.com
John Miller is author of QBQ! The Question Behind The Question, the authoritative guide to practicing Personal Accountability. |
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 Important questions for you:
Is your organization living up to its full potential?
Is high turnover hurting your bottom line?
Do your team members create the powerful experiences your customers deserve?
Do team members have difficulty effectively communicating with others?
Bring The Rainmaker Group in to your organization and start realizing your organization's full potential. Together, we deliver powerful and motivating keynote speeches, design customized training programs and workshops, help identify barriers to communication, and much more. We don't sell training out of the box, but rather insist on customizing it to your needs! For more info, send an e-mail to info@therainmakergroupinc.com
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About us:
The Rainmaker Group is a People Maximization and Development group located in Bismarck, ND. Our mission is to help those we serve make their difference in the world.
We hope you found this newsletter interesting and informative. If you like what you read, please give us a shout, we'd love to hear from you!
"Management works in the system; leadership works on the system"
- Stephen Covey
Sincerely,
All of us here at The Rainmaker Group
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