7 Essential Skill Sets for Business Success
Posted Dec 10, 2014 in Marketing
Q. The pace of change in our industry is accelerating. How do I keep up?
A. As the external environment changes your thinking and strategies need to change as well. For many of us that means acquiring new skills. You need to engage change proactively, making the necessary business changes to maintain a competitive advantage and you need to anticipate how your customer expectations are changing so you are not caught “flat footed.”
Ram Charan, a noted management consultant and author, has identified seven interrelated learnable skills that separate the performers from non-performers. Success on a continuous basis in this world of change depends on your ability to cultivate and practice these seven skills sets:
- Pinpoint external changes and trends quickly and accurately.
- Use this information to position your business and to re-position your thinking. This process has to happen quickly enough...
