Business Strategy Archives – Page 5 of 38

5 Nov 2015

When Do Your Strongest Success Traits Make You Codependent?

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-12T12:17:57-06:00November 5th, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Current Events, Leadership, Manifast, Mindset and Motivation|

Startling but true, these success-driven behaviours can be your worst dysfunctional nightmare.

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“You have that enormously positive expectation that you’ll be free, and then you realize that you are in a worse prison than before because it’s one of your own making.” ~ Michael Gerber

Entrepreneurship puts intense pressures on people, and when that happens, we dial up those success traits to the extreme, or take a few shortcuts to survive.

You’ve probably seen this yourself as the business leader or the employee.

This Could Be Your […]

19 Oct 2015

The Distractions That Will Cause Your Business To Crash

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:14:39-06:00October 19th, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Leadership, The Good Men Project|

Car Accident - Distractions That Can Cause Your Business to Crash

Not all distractions are external. In business we have enough challenges without letting our own minds get in the way of success.

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We tend to wrap a lot of who we are up in what we do. For many of us in business, life has gotten more competitive, busy, and stressful, so we don’t need to be sabotaging ourselves on top of it all.

As an entrepreneur, leader […]

9 Oct 2015

What Happens At Work Doesn’t Stay At Work: That Can Be Good

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:15:04-06:00October 9th, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Dream Teams, Leadership, The Good Men Project|

Work is a big part of our lives. What if we can create our business in a way that creates good?

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What can happen when people feel disconnected from others and lack a sense of purpose or significance?

If you are aware of events making the news recently, it turns out things can get pretty ugly at the extreme.

The average full-time employee spends one-third of their weekly hours either at work, traveling to and from work, or preparing for work. If you are a […]

2 Oct 2015

Want Real Change? The Shift Begins in the Middle

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-13T12:45:59-06:00October 2nd, 2015|Categories: Books and Courses, Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Leadership, The Good Men Project|

Business Crowd - Shifting Minds - Creating Change

Tired of preaching to the choir or confronting your most vocal opponents and seeing no real change or impact from your efforts?

Maybe you are talking to the wrong people.

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The longer you hang out online, the more you realize that society seems to be getting more polarized on just about every issue. Politicians are getting compared to Hitler or Stalin. Vague statements, with little basis in fact, are made to back […]

1 Oct 2015

Expecting Better Results Without Changing Anything At All

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-12T12:20:22-06:00October 1st, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Manifast, Marketing, Mindset and Motivation|

It is autumn and change is in the air. Not just the seasons but all around us.

So, I’ve been thinking a lot about change lately.

Not just the stuff that directly impacts me, but the stuff that is impacting our business and even more importantly, our client’s businesses.

I’ve talked to business owners directly impacted by some of the macro trends: oil prices, the dollar, globalization, innovation, technology and the competitive landscape.

For many people, this change generates fear or resistance.

Fear and resistance lead to an attempt at maintaining the status […]

17 Jul 2015

Rainy Days Can Lead To Growth

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-12T12:43:06-06:00July 17th, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Manifast, Mindset and Motivation|

Not a lot of snow cover and a dry spring has led to fear of drought and poor crop yields in southern Alberta. Some areas have been hit with flooding during recent thunderstorms, yet on average the rain hasn’t been enough.

Today it is raining. For some that is a good thing. Hope.

Other people see it as an inconvenience, infringing on our already short summers here in Calgary.

Perspective and perception changes how you view everything.

Water is required for growth.

If things are slow for your business […]

8 Jun 2015

Tremendous Life Radio Guest – 4 June 2015

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:15:37-06:00June 8th, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Go-Giver Coach, Manifast|

Tremendous Life Radio

Broadcast Live Radio Online Interview

Tremendous Life Radio, hosted by Todd Weaver, is an interview format show that brings people to the show on a variety of topics from business to personal development. Guests range from the currently famous to up and coming writers, speakers and entrepreneurs. Todd has been able to get some pretty impressive […]

1 Jun 2015

Marketing Your Business: Being Unique Or Useful

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-04T12:09:07-06:00June 1st, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Marketing, Sales|

Goats in a Tree - Be Useful

I’ve met a lot of really interesting entrepreneurs and business owners over the years. Almost every single one of them had either a passion for serving that made them stand out or a product or service offering that had great value.

In marketing people often refer to their unique selling proposition or selling point (USP).

The definition of unique is:

“Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.” ~ Google

Here is the thing.

Unless you […]

4 May 2015

5 Things to Work on to Protect Your Business Before a Crisis Hits

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:16:03-06:00May 4th, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Leadership|

Shocked Business Team - Crisis
In this post on I talk about what you need to do to set your business up so that it can survive a personal crisis on your end. The good news is that doing this today will also make your business much better for you NOW.

Read the article at Entrepreneur "5 Things to Work on to Protect Your Business Before a Crisis Hits"

(Note: This post reached number 8 on the most popular list.)

21 Apr 2015

Letting Go When Your Plans Go Sideways

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-13T12:25:06-06:00April 21st, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Marketing, Mindset and Motivation, Sales|Tags: business, failure, falling, getting back on horse, Horse, riding, story, success, tenacity|

Horse Head and Eyes - Letting Go and Holding On

Sometimes lessons come from places you don’t expect and still impact you many years later.

About 22 years ago, I was 28 and taking horse riding lessons. I rode English and if you are familiar with the style, the saddle is quite small compared to Western. I mention that because it becomes somewhat relevant later in this story.

I think I ended up in that style in the […]