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		<title>Growth IQ</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/11/05/growth-iq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>The book review for this week is Growth IQ by Tiffani Bova. Bova has written a powerful book that describes the optimal paths to business growth in today&#8217;s marketplace. She backs up her theories with excellent case studies using relevant businesses and their current levels of success and/or failure. My takeaways from this book are [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The book review for this week is Growth IQ by Tiffani Bova. Bova has written a powerful book that describes the optimal paths to business growth in today&#8217;s marketplace. She backs up her theories with excellent case studies using relevant businesses and their current levels of success and/or failure. My takeaways from this book are [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Is Your Business More Like a Lamborghini or a Lada?</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/05/10/is-your-business-more-like-a-lamborghini-or-a-lada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 14:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gross profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPIs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lamborghini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operating profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business.jpg 1920w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-760x507.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-600x400.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>A Lada may get you from point A to point B (if you are lucky), but a Lamborghini is a highly tuned engineering marvel! Not only will it get you from point A to point B, it will do it quickly, efficiently, and in style! It is a thing of beauty! Just like a Lamborghini, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/05/10/is-your-business-more-like-a-lamborghini-or-a-lada/">Is Your Business More Like a Lamborghini or a Lada?</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business.jpg 1920w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-760x507.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/business-600x400.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>A Lada may get you from point A to point B (if you are lucky), but a Lamborghini is a highly tuned engineering marvel! Not only will it get you from point A to point B, it will do it quickly, efficiently, and in style! It is a thing of beauty! Just like a Lamborghini, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/05/10/is-your-business-more-like-a-lamborghini-or-a-lada/">Is Your Business More Like a Lamborghini or a Lada?</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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		<title>How To Be Amazing And Make The Sale</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/01/25/how-to-be-amazing-and-make-the-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honda]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="178" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-300x178.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-300x178.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-768x457.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-1030x613.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2.jpg 1920w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-760x452.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-518x308.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-82x49.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-600x357.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Customer first service mantras have been around so long that we are sick of hearing about them . . . until we personally go through a new dismal customer service experience and are reminded how important the customer experience really is! The truth is that business leaders must not only build a customer centric culture [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="178" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-300x178.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-300x178.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-768x457.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-1030x613.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2.jpg 1920w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-760x452.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-518x308.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-82x49.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Amazing-2-600x357.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Customer first service mantras have been around so long that we are sick of hearing about them . . . until we personally go through a new dismal customer service experience and are reminded how important the customer experience really is! The truth is that business leaders must not only build a customer centric culture [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Relentless Cost Cutting Will Kill Your Business</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/09/09/relentless-cost-cutting-will-kill-your-business/</link>
		<comments>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/09/09/relentless-cost-cutting-will-kill-your-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost cutting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Bethune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Brenneman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="150" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-300x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-300x150.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-705x353.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-450x225.jpg 450w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Eliminating waste and unnecessary cost inside your business is critical to its long term growth, profitability and success. However, primarily focusing on reducing cost will eventually kill your company. As Gordon Bethune said, &#8220;You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.&#8221; [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/09/09/relentless-cost-cutting-will-kill-your-business/">Relentless Cost Cutting Will Kill Your Business</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="150" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-300x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-300x150.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-705x353.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-450x225.jpg 450w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Eliminating waste and unnecessary cost inside your business is critical to its long term growth, profitability and success. However, primarily focusing on reducing cost will eventually kill your company. As Gordon Bethune said, &#8220;You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.&#8221; [&#8230;]</p>
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