Leading – The Way To ISO Certification
Part #7 in a Series: What Our ISO Certification Means to You Today I’m checking in with another look at how our customers are impacted by Superior Business Solutions’ ISO Certification and the things we do to maintain it. Each post will discuss one of the key content...Does Technology Boost or Block Employee Productivity? #MindfulTech
Technology at Work In our #MindfulTech series, I’ve talked quite a bit about how technology can impact the work-life balance of your employees. A recent post, for example, discussed how smartphones have basically extended the work day by making employees feel bound to...5 Ways Technology Can Help Employee Work-Life Balance. #MindfulTech
In last Thursday’s post, I discussed the problems that can come with the new “always-connected-to-the-office” culture. As this Wall Street Journal article points out, the work day never really ends, as communication with bosses and colleagues continues into the evening and beyond via the ever-present, ever-available smartphone.
Is Technology Hurting Employee Work-Life Balance? #MindfulTech (Part 1 of 2)
Does Your Smartphone Push YOUR Buttons? How many hours a day are you at work? Baloney! I didn’t mean how many hours per day you spend at the office (though that’s a pretty substantial number too these days). No, what I’m asking is, how many hours a day do you find...The Best Decisions Are Based On Facts…ISO Says So
There’s plenty of bravado out there that suggests that “going with your gut” and having the courage to take chances is a trait of great leaders. But the process we completed to achieve ISO 9001:2008 certification helped us realize one thing very clearly: if you have a choice between intuition and information, go with the facts.
Put Down Your Phone, Pick Up Your Kid.
Now There’s An APP For That So far in our #MindfulTech series in 2016, we’ve discussed the best apps for your smartphone for enhancing productivity and quality of life. We’ve also talked about using that time you save for your family, and making sure you don’t let a...Technology Is a Choice – #MindfulTech
The pace of new advances in technology is incredible, and that’s exciting. Who doesn’t like the idea of new developments in science, medicine, business and any other field? Sure, the blizzard of new ideas can be daunting, but the benefits brought by many of them are wonderful. I wouldn’t dream of slowing things down.
Do Your Customers Run Your Business? ISO Thinks They Should
Part #5 in a Series: What Our ISO Certification Means to You As regular readers know, I’ve been talking periodically about the things we do here at Superior Business Solutions in order to maintain ISO standards, and how those things have a very direct and positive...Why Saving Time with Technology Isn’t the Ultimate Goal – #MindfulTech
It’s How You Spend the Time You Save Using Technology That Matters I recently came across an interesting study conducted by Pew Research late last year. It was all about the challenges of raising kids when mom and dad both work full time. One of the findings really...Success Is A Process. Just Ask ISO
Over the next couple of months, I’m going to be talking periodically about how the things we do here at Superior Business Solutions in order to maintain ISO standards have a direct impact on you and your business. Each post will feature one of the key content areas listed in the requirements for certification.
Today, I’d like to focus on what ISO standards call a “process approach” to conducting your business.
What Your Business Can Learn From Groundhog Day
Don’t Do Six More Weeks of Anything Without Reading This Watch the TV news today and you’ll see the usual remote report from Pennsylvania featuring “Punxsutawney Phil” and whether or not he saw his shadow. Though there is always debate about whether six more weeks of...How To Increase Sales Like The Pros
It seems sometimes many think there is a silver bullet to getting new sales. I get asked all the time about how to increase sales. And while here at Superior we focus on the process to save our clients time and money, our print supply chain technology and promotional product management systems will also increase sales.
But today, I’d like to talk about personal selling success. And I believe it’s as true these days as it was in those “good old” days: successful selling is less about the act of selling and more about building relationships, offering solutions to make your clients lives less complicated and doing the hard work people don’t see.
Often, as we see those around us having success in increasing sales, we fall for the “iceberg” illusion in the attached image. We see those people who get lots of sales as “natural born salespeople” who successfully increase sales through some secret sauce that is beyond our reach. Not True!