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The one-time cost of replacing an employee is approximately 1.5x that person's salary. Do the math on your turnover. You're losing money. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
#Entrepreneurs and #business leaders: failing to make a decision often does more harm than making the wrong one. about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
Is your company pursuing mutually exclusive goals (e.g. synchronization/agility, quality/economy, speed/service, conformity/innovation...)? about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
@GinsburgJobs Despite a century of supporting evidence, they deny Keynesian economics on ideological grounds. Same story as evolution. about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to GinsburgJobs
@GinsburgJobs Andrew, Andrew, Andrew, you are thinking and talking like a scientist. Don't you know facts don't matter? about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to GinsburgJobs
@GinsburgJobs If you deny Keynesian economics, as they do, you can say with a smile that we'd have been better off. As if. about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to GinsburgJobs
@GinsburgJobs Check your local listings ; ) Unfortunately Paxman no longer does it. Check him out: youtu.be/1KHMO14KuJk about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to GinsburgJobs
@GinsburgJobs You ever see Hard Talk on BBC, especially when Jeremy Paxman was host? THAT is how you grill a politician. about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to GinsburgJobs
@GinsburgJobs I don't like him much either. He doesn't call out lies, doesn't insist on responsive answers, doesn't ask good follow-ups. about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to GinsburgJobs
No one wants to be the person to say we shouldn't be in every market segment. Result: no focus, no strategy, no success. MT @DarrenList about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
@DarrenList Indeed. about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to DarrenList
@MargotVStewart Margot, thank you for the retweet. about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to MargotVStewart
@austin_langlois Thanks for the retweet Austin. about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to austin_langlois
@Chip_Cherry Thanks for the retweet, Janja. Much appreciated. about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
@ClaireSMBB Thanks Claire! about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to ClaireSMBB
Common business error: invest huge time and effort in *anticipation* of profits. Unless you have mammoth resources, this will kill you. about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
#Entrepreneurs often try to reduce risk by trying to appeal to every market; be everything to everyone. Result: you're nothing to nobody. about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Sales", "manager", "advertising", "promotions" -- these are not dirty words. Lose the euphemisms. 1:40 PM May 26th via TweetDeck
The essence of #marketing is understanding markets (hence the name) -- not flogging crap to whomever will buy it. 12:56 PM May 26th via TweetDeck
Markets come before products. 12:17 PM May 26th via TweetDeck

Name Jay Lebo
Location Toronto, Canada
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Bio My clients grow their revenues faster, earn higher margins and lead their organizations with confidence