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RUN
WITH THE Big dogS™ newsletter
Every week the facilitators
of Myrna Associates interact with the
executive teams of the best managed mid-sized companies in
America. The weekly big
dogS newsletter shares one insight or idea from those
meetings.
Past issues are available through this page.
| Insight |
Newsletter Theme
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Issue
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Marketing Idea
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Broken coffee cups
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Volume 3, Issue 1
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Cost savings idea
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Renting a plane
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Volume 3, Issue 2
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Management Idea
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The power of asking why
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Volume 3, Issue 3
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Management Idea
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Speeding solutions by swarming
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Volume 3, Issue 4
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Management Idea
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Using your town criers
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Volume 3, Issue 5
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Management Idea
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Timesharing a senor executive
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Volume 3, Issue 6
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Marketing Idea
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Effective presentations
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Volume 3, Issue 7
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Management Idea
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Educating the internal educators
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Volume 3, Issue 8
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Management Idea
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Don't forget the spouse when hiring
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Volume 3, Issue 9
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Management Idea
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Keeping secrets by revealing them
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Volume 3, Issue 10
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Marketing Idea
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Can you offer a money back guarantee
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Volume 3, Issue 11
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Management Idea
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Is it time to declare a crisis
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Volume 3, Issue 12
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Management Idea
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Do you
question or
ask questions?
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Volume 3, Issue 13
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Management Idea
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What will it take for
unconditional trust?
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Volume 3, Issue 14
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Management Idea
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Have you been clear
in defining dates?
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Volume 3, Issue 15
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Management Idea
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Do you recycle your
failures?
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Volume 3, Issue 16
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Management Idea
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Is your anger
preventing change?
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Volume 3, Issue 17
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Management Idea
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Are you utilizing all
your assets?
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Volume 3, Issue 18
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Management Idea
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Are your employees
hearing your voice?
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Volume 3, Issue 19
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Management Idea
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Do your standards
block good service?
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Volume 3, Issue 20
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Management Idea
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How do you best
launch a partnership?
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Volume 3, Issue 21
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Management Idea
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Meet in a new
location for new results.
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Volume 3, Issue 22
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Management Idea
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Self-managed
engineering's a solution.
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Volume 3, Issue 23
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Management Idea
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Handling new reps not
reaching quota.
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Volume 3, Issue 24
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Marketing Idea
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Is e-bidding the pony
buried inside.
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Volume 3, Issue 25
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Management Idea
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How you state a goal
can spell success.
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Volume 3, Issue 26
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Marketing Idea
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Do you optimize project assignments?
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Volume 3, Issue 27
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Management Idea
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Have you validated your tests?
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Volume 3, Issue 28
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Management Idea
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Add a wild card to
your planning team.
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Volume 3, Issue 29
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Marketing Idea
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Make your intangible
service tangible.
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Volume 3, Issue 30
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Management Idea
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The value of point
of focus meetings
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Volume 3, Issue 31
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Management Idea
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What will management
do different?
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Volume 3, Issue 32
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Management Idea
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Is
success setting you
up for future failure?
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Volume 3, Issue 33
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Management Idea
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Is it time to
scramble the egg?
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Volume 3, Issue 34
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Marketing Idea
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Are
you making sales too complex?
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Volume 3, Issue 35
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Management Idea
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Do
you have snake handlers or killers?
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Volume 3, Issue 36
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Management Idea
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Can mentoring be a way to change culture?
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Volume 3, Issue 37
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Marketing
Idea
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Picking an enemy for better market research. |
Volume 3, Issue 38
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Management
Idea
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Managing a team is like producing a movie. |
Volume 3, Issue 39
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Management
Idea
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How many mules do you
have in your company? |
Volume 3, Issue
40
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Management
Idea
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Are you hearing the
brutal truths? |
Volume 3, Issue
41
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Management
Idea
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Is your team on the
same page when discussing revenue? |
Volume 3, Issue
42
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Management
Idea
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Beware when hiring a
leader for Marketing, Quality, etc. |
Volume 3, Issue
43
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Management
Idea
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Is that new position
really an entry level position? |
Volume 3, Issue
44
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Management
Idea
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Perhaps it's time to
send your people into the field. |
Volume 3, Issue
45
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Marketing
Idea
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Are
your people asking the right questions. |
Volume 3, Issue
46
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Management
Idea
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Are you using food as a management
tool?
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Volume 3, Issue
47
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Run
With The Big Dogs™ CEO Interviews
Run With The Big Dogs™ CEO Interviews are one hour interviews,
usually with CEO/Founders of mid-sized companies. The interviews trace
what lead to the founding of the guest's company, discussion of dealing
with a single business issue, and lessons learned. Programs are available for replay at
anytime on the archive page.
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