Kingsford Consulting
329 March Rd # 206 K2K 2E1 Ottawa, ON, Canada

Before you can lead others, you must ‘lead yourself’ and to do that, you need to be connected with yourself how you are thinking, acting and feeling. And to help you, we wrote about 6 areas to discuss with that little voice in your head: 1. How am I feeling? 2. What am I focused on? 3. My Opposable Mind 4. Have Courage... 5. Where am I going? 6. Who am I? Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dApBcdk

This will be a very practical webinar by my colleague Graham

Best in the World is a concept we've been working on for about 5 years. We wondered why some companies were extremely successful, expanded steadily and survived competitive approaches while others fizzled out. Many of the fizzlers were well established mid-market companies. All this is happening in a rapidly globalizing world. We all know this, but the change is complex and each change begets thousands more. It is so much easier for businesses to serve clients around their co...untry and around the world. Payment systems, communications technology, logistics management systems and so on have made ‘going global’ a no brainer. Most ambitious companies see this as a great opportunity. The problem is that ambitious companies everywhere in the world see it as an opportunity. This means that your business is now competing with just about everyone in the world. You now have to think like an Olympian. You won the state championship, you made it to the national team, you competed in some international events and now - it’s the Olympic games. You are competing with every other athlete in the world. There is only one athlete in each sport who is best in the world a gold medalist. As with your business you are competing against every other company in the world in your segment. You win or you don’t. At the start of the modern Olympic games, when it was very much an amateur event, athletes would often compete in multiple sports. Today with the intense competition and need to specialize, that is almost unheard of. The same is true with companies - the specialist thrives. We have seen many mid-size companies moving into a killing zone where they're moderately good at a wide range of things in their segment but not gold medal quality. There are many high-profile retail examples that illustrate this very well. But there are many more smaller, lower profile companies that suffer the same fate. They are destroyed by competitors who come into their market with a laser focus on small slices of their business and then chew away at their clients and their revenues. To read the full story (no sign in required) please visit our blog page: https://www.kingsfordconsulting.ca/blog/best-in-the-world #business #ceo #management #entrepreneurship

Download our FREE e-book: 'The Six Month Revenue Improvement Plan' This book is written for CEOs and business owners who want to quickly increase revenues. Most people think that increasing your revenue is really hard work. It’s not. The hard part is thinking differently and changing behaviour yours and that of your team. The following pages provide easy ideas that your company can implement tomorrow that will undoubtedly increase revenues. They cover pricing, sales negotia...tion, prospecting, networking, metrics and management. We suggest you introduce one of these, each month, for the next six months. Implementing these ideas will instill a sense of action and energy into your business which will, in turn, create a culture of growth. Click here to download: https://mailchi.mp/kingsfordconsu/revenue-improving-program #sales #revenue #business #management #ceo

There is nothing quite like wrapping yourself in a nice warm towel after stepping out of a long hot shower. It feels so good that I am surprised that towel warmers are not a standard fixture in bathrooms everywhere. They are, in fact, a rather scarce niche product. You might think that this subset of the population that indulges in the luxury of towel warmers would be a nice tight niche market with buyers everywhere conforming to the same profile. But it is far from it. In t...he North East US where homes are older, and poorly insulated, bathrooms are cold so a towel warmer is bought as a space heater with a warm towel as a bonus. In the humid South East US, towel warmers are used to dry towels to avoid that stinky smell. In California, towel warmers, along with bidets, are all about the bling! Hey check out my sweet bathroom man... (BTW If you would like a really nice towel warmer, visit our friends at ICO Bath here). So, even though you have a product that sells well in one geography, you would be foolhardy to think the next geography can be won with a simple a copy & paste approach. Selling to the same type of client in a new location sounds straightforward, but before you launch, here are five things to think about: To read the full story (no sign in required) please visit our blog page: https://www.kingsfordconsulting.ca//hot-towels--new-markets Thanks for reading and thanks for sharing.

Climate Change has been upgraded to the Climate Crisis. We are experiencing a significant increase in extreme weather events: heat waves and droughts, rain and flooding, hurricanes and storms. Rising sea levels are creating climate refugees. Louisiana will lose 4,000 square miles over the next 50 years. Around the world, populations are demanding change and governments are legislating. The construction industry will be impacted. Have a look at various factors that are shaping the construction industry: https://mailchi.mp/kingsfordconsulting/construction_paper