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23 Feb 2015

Success Story: Daraja – Creating Bridges to Zanzibar With Impact

By Doug Wagner|2019-10-17T20:39:17-06:00February 23rd, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Manifast|

Volunteers

Arsheen Dhalla had a vision to create an organization that would make a positive impact. The Daraja Foundation is the result of that vision.

Daraja means “bridge” in Swahili.

Which is embedded in their mission:

“To build bridges between communities and work globally to improve living conditions, education and healthcare.”

When Arsheen saw what the Manifast tool could do to help her and her team to accomplish her goals faster she became one of our early adopters… and success stories.

Not because she would not have succeeded without us. They did a lot of things right.

Because her success […]

12 Feb 2015

Podcast: Money and Success Show – Focus on the Strategy

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:00:26-06:00February 12th, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Manifast|

Business Systems Teamwork Puzzle I had the privilege of being a guest on the Money and Success show on WebTalkRadio a while back hosted by Anne C. Graham.

How to keep your team focused on the destination and actually reach it was the topic we started with along with Manifast.

Click here to listen.

20 Jan 2015

Reduce Risk: Build a Workplace Safety Culture

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:00:30-06:00January 20th, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Current Events, Manifast|

Workplace Safety Standards and Culture

For any business that employs workers, keeping employees safe and motivated should be a going concern. In an office environment risks are typically quite a bit lower.

If you are running a business that employs trades, operates machinery, involves drivers, involves health related occupations, etc… the risks of serious workplace incidents go way up.

I like to assume that all business owners and leaders actually care about the employees getting seriously injured or killed. We are talking employees who are real people and whose lives can be impacted significantly.

There are […]

9 Jan 2015

5 Tips on How To Prepare For Business Surprises “Before” You Are Drowning

By Doug Wagner|2017-06-14T15:45:22-06:00January 9th, 2015|Categories: Business Strategy, Leadership, Manifast|

Drowning Swimmer - Business Risk Metaphor

Joe’s Swim

Joe is a really strong swimmer. Every day during the summer he swims out and around a small island in the lake near his home. The total swim is about 50 lengths of a standard pool. Joe has been doing this swim regularly for over 8 years.

As Joe arrives he notices a few other swimmers out on the small lake. Not as many as on the weekend but this is a […]

6 Jan 2015

Delegation: How Successful Leaders Do More With Less

By Guest|2017-04-03T11:01:16-06:00January 6th, 2015|Categories: Dream Teams, Leadership, Manifast|Tags: business, delegation, leadership, success|

By Corey Jahnke

“Can you do me a HUGE favor?” my Pharmacy District Manager (Kelly) asked.

“Anything for you my friend!” I responded hoping to make a good impression.

“Well, as you know, I’ve recently taken over your district and I noticed that the last employee satisfaction survey showed that our pharmacists are very unhappy. I took over shortly after the survey was taken and I don’t think things are any better…” […]

17 Dec 2014

Case Study: Writing a Compelling Mission Statement

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-12T12:25:14-06:00December 17th, 2014|Categories: Business Strategy, Manifast, Marketing|Tags: business growth, business strategy, case study, Mission statement, success, tips|

Purpose or mission driven businesses are not only more satisfying to start, run and be employed at; they also tend to significantly outperform their competitors financially.

So I’ve been thinking a bit about mission or purpose driven businesses recently. There are more and more examples coming out where mission or purpose driven organizations are outperforming their competition.

In fact, two of the books I am reading right now touch on this very concept from a client attraction and retention perspective.

The first is “Getting Naked” by […]

9 Dec 2014

In 2015, I Resolve To… (For My Business)

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-12T12:26:11-06:00December 9th, 2014|Categories: Business Strategy, Manifast|

I was just thinking about how the two camps around resolutions: those who “make and break them” every year and those who say they “don’t believe in making any”.

The second camp realize that they will break them so they don’t bother; the pessimistic or realistic view.

The first camp remains optimistic and tries to make “this” year different. Yet, unfortunately most will fail to reach their goals.

Which camp are you in?

Coast to […]

5 Dec 2014

To Grow You Must Embrace A Systems Strategy

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-12T12:27:31-06:00December 5th, 2014|Categories: Business Strategy, Manifast|

Business Systems Teamwork Puzzle

It is quite odd that most business owners and entrepreneurs are not actually business builders by nature. Yet, building a business is your primary role when you start and try to grow a business.

Most business owners started their business because they were good at something… their products and services. Or they were visionaries creating something brand new. But it was still about the product or service.

That was true for us. We were really good at systems, technology and projects. […]

3 Dec 2014

Connect Your Dots With Purpose And A Plan

By Guest|2017-04-03T11:02:32-06:00December 3rd, 2014|Categories: Business Strategy, Leadership, Manifast|

If your business plan goes something like “we will seize opportunities as they come”; how will you know what an opportunity is? Do you seize every opportunity? How long do you pursue one before you chase the next? Do any of them get completed?

In this post by Brittany Leung, she shows you what this could look like and why it might be the reason you are not creating lasting results in your business.

By Brittany Leung

Connecting the Dots - Your Purpose and Plan […]

2 Dec 2014

The True Cost Of Not Having A Clear Business Plan

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:02:38-06:00December 2nd, 2014|Categories: Business Strategy, Manifast|

As we head into 2015 I’ve been pondering why a lot of small and even mid-sized businesses fail to reach their full potential. Here is one startling fact:

“People who regularly write down their goals earn nine times as much over their lifetimes as people who don’t. Yet less than 4% of people write down their goals and less than 1% of people review them on an ongoing basis.” ~ Dr. David Kohl

That’s right. On average you will earn 9x more over your lifetime.

Business person with no plan, overwhelmed and needs help

If you […]