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Articles & White Papers

New White Paper

Selecting Superior Performers
Take a fresh look at your employees and identify superior performers and fast trackers.

New Articles

By Ron Price -
How Is a Leader Like an Inflated Balloon?
The Primary Colors of Great Leaders
Leadership - Not for the Faint of Heart
Closing the Leaks in Your Business
Unlimited Possibilities

By Randy Lisk -
Visiting the Land of Axiology
Getting Focused for the New Year

By Whit Mitchell -
What All Professionals Should Know About Coaching
Match Your Selling to the Client's Style

By Target Training International, Ltd. -
What Could a Strong Sales Force Do For a Strong Brand?
Let the Job Talk - Benchmark the Job, Not the People



Lessons from Stone Soup
A four-part blog by Sandi Funkhouser
August 2009



Does Your Company's Planning Have Strategic Intelligence
Ron Price, AgProfessional.com
July 6, 2009

Strategic planning is too often associated with boring, predictable meetings that sap participants of energy and dilute accountability. To engage people and produce results, strategic planning should be treated as an ongoing, dynamic process with three distinct phases.


The Four P’s of Strategy Creation
Ron Price, TechJournal South
April 29, 2009

When it comes to creating a strategy for your business, it is rarely wise to move forward with just one carefully thought out course of action. Instead, it is wiser to encourage vigorous debate and develop several alternatives as part of the strategic discussion.

Do You Dare Ask for a Raise in This Economy?
Yahoo Hot Jobs, Ron Price interviewed by Molly Hallman, PayScale.com

Acres of Diamonds
Ron Price, Sales & Service Excellence
See Ron's article on Page 12

Does Your Company's Planning Have Strategic Intelligence
Ron Price, National Mail Order Association
2009

Accelerating Through the Curve
Ron Price, Idaho Statesman
March 15, 2009

Is Your Business Strategically Intelligent?
Ron Price, Immediate Care Business
March 3, 2009

Business Values Affect a Business's Priorities
R. Bruce Moore, Idaho Business Review
September 15, 2008

Acres of Diamonds at Work
Ron Price

Feel like you're playing employee roulette? Stop hoping for the best and start hiring people who will excel.

New Workers Must Hit the Ground Running
Ron Price, Investor's Business Daily, Managing for Success
May 12, 2008

Entrepreneurial Hiring
Ron Price, Advance for Nurse Practitioners
September 1, 2008

Owner/managers sometimes view hiring, supervising and managing as a means to an end, rather than a critical part of fulfilling their entrepreneurial dreams. How they understand the job and the candidate may be one of the most important factors in their future success. Read Ron Price's article, Entrepreneurial Hiring for three steps every owner/manager should take before bringing a candidate onboard. 



Goal Setting for Business Owners

Ron Price, IQ Idaho
January 2008



Warning to Owners: Hold on to Your Top Performers
Ron Price

I recently heard a business owner say, "We don't have to worry about retention as much because the employment market has softened, and there isn't as much demand for workers." True, it may be a little easier to find candidates for some positions these days, but this owner completely missed the more important point: There is always a demand for top performers, and your top performers know it.  Read More....



Talent Management: The Future of Every Business

Ron Price

Business is changing! The talent pool is shrinking as Baby Boomers retire.  Huge changes are not on the horizon, they are upon us. For organizations which embrace the "new world," tremendous, sustained growth is our future. 
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Reflections on Strategic Planning

Ron Price

Strategy is the second most important and highest risk activity of an organization's leadership. I have spent over 25 years watching and participating in strategic planning. I have experienced every role in the process in almost every kind of organization. I have seen strategic planning at its best and worst, both in design and impact. From these experiences, I offer the following reflections. Read More...
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