Get Your Stuff Together By Bridging the IT Credibility Gap
Have you ever overheard one or more of these comments from your business partners?
•The IT department isn’t being very responsive!
•We can’t afford any additional people in IT!
•What do you mean the requirements aren’t clear?
•We can get more sales people by cutting the IT budget!
If these questions pop up in your company you’ve got a bigger problem than just trying to get funding for that next project. You’ve got a credibility gap! You do NOT have your stuff together!
Pause for a moment and consider this. When you speak to your business partners about technology do they understand what are you saying? Are you saying things that are important to them or what is important only to IT?
Does what you are saying TRULY matter to the business? How do you know?
To find out more, along with a proven strategey to overcome this problem, download a free copy of Bill's paper, Bridging the IT Credibility Gapby clicking here, or by visiting the TechLINKS Community Publishing web site here.
Want to know more - right now? Bill can help! In this book Bill not only explains the Gap, he also provides examples from those who have been successul in overcoming the gap and templates they used! Download Bill's book by clicking here: The IT Balanced Scorecard: Six Simple Secrets of Success!
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Bill has personally coached and advised me at times that absolutely made a difference in my ability to see the true alternatives before me and make the best decisions and choices.
Senior Vice President Operations, S&P 500 Corporation
Get Your Stuff Together With A Thought for the Day
For many of us the most difficult part of being productive is simply getting started. Hot showers or coffee may jump start physical activity each day, but only words can jump start mental activity.
For more than 26 years Bill has been jump starting the minds of friends, clients, and colleagues around the globe by sharing a Thought for the Day. Many of these individuals routinely share these Thoughts with their friends, family, and colleagues, yielding an incalculable audience for each Thought. Why not share the Thoughts with your friends, colleagues, and contacts?
The Thoughts are short, eclectic, and espouse no religious or moral belief. Rather, they are simply intended to provide an opportunity to pause at the beginning of each day to ponder a few words of common sense. A sample Thought is:
When you look in the mirror, you are looking at the problem, but remember, you are also looking at the solution.
To begin receiving Bill's daily epistle, simply click Here and say "Thought for the Day, Please." Please include your name, title, company, address, telephone number, and email address.
Get Your Stuff Together With The Balanced Scorecard
The Balanced Scorecard has been called the most important business concept of the last fifty years and can help you Get Your Stuff Together! Thousands of companies around the world have implemented scorecards or use the concept to manage their strategy and to improve their business.
To help you better understand what a Balanced Scorecard can do for you, read Bill's paper, The Balanced Scorecard: What the Heck is it - REALLY? It describes the real power of the Balanced Scorecard when it is part of a cohesive leadership and internal governance system.
For a free copy of What the Heck is it - Really? click Here.
The Balanced Scorecard is also very useful for functional organizations, whether as part of a larger corporate Balanced Scorecard or as a stand alone effort. As an example, see Bill's paper An IT Balanced Scorecard - Is It REALLY Worth the Trouble?, a Matrix Essentials White Paper at the Matrix Resources web site. For a free copy of Is It REALLY Worth the Trouble? click Here.
Get Your Stuff Together By Evaluating Your Internal Governance
Do you know how work gets done in your organization?
Think about it for a minute. Recall that work gets done through a set of rules, processes, and agreements that permits your organization to make decisions, resolve disputes and enables people to work together effectively across internal business boundaries.
There ought to be a simple way to Get Your Stuff Together! and test the effectiveness of your Internal Governance. There is.
Simply click Here to download an easy to use tool to assess your internal governance contained in Bill's free White Paper, Internal Governance: The Hidden Barrier to Business Success.
Do you have all the contacts you could possibly want? Is your small business expanding? Is your job search going well? Do you make the most of every networking opportunity? If not, you just might ask yourself this question:.
Don't you think Networking is just a little bit sleazy?
If you are one of the nearly 70% who answer yes to this question, you do not have your stuff together! Remember that the majority of clients for small businesses and the vast majority of jobs are obtained through Networking! What's going on here?
Bill answers this question and shares a series of life lessons on Networking in his paper, The Life Lessons of Networking, all drawn from his most popular presentation, Networking: You Can't Afford NOT To Do It!
Bill freely shares Networking Tips through other organizations.
Still uncertain? Want to know more? Why not get Bill's advice from Bill? In his audio CD Networking: You Can't Afford NOT To Do It!Bill discusses every aspect of the Networking program he has shared with nearly 5000 people, including his methods, life lessons, and personal examples. Listen to Bill's advice in your car as you drive to your next Networking event. Follow his methods and get that opportunity! Buy this CD today! Networking: You Can't Afford NOT To Do It!
Need a more personalized approach? Why not have Bill coach you? Read more about Bill's coaching programs Here.
Bill is also a commited NetWeaving Ambassador.Netweaving is a Golden Rule form of networking built around connecting OTHER people with a "What's in it for them?" attitude. The core of this approach is the conviction that, "What goes around. . .comes back around." To learn more about this uniquely satisfying form of Networking please visit www.netweaving.com.
Want to read more about Networking? Follow the link to Amazon.com!
If you would like to learn more about Bill's speaking programs or to hire him for your group, click Here.
Most of us consider ourselves to be poor negotiators. With over 100,000 titles on the topic on Amazon.com, it is no wonder that most of us think we can never master this critical process. Despite this self-defeating attitude, like it or not, the truth is
We negotiate every day, so Get Your Stuff Together!
The key is to simply recognize when we are involved in a negotiation! If we don't, we will likely fall victim to the only uniformly fatal trap in negotation - lack of preparation!
Bill contends that for most of us neither this preparation nor the negotiation itself need be lengthy or complicated. He believes that to negotiate effectively we only need to follow a few key steps.
Follow the link below to get Bill's free paper detailing the five steps necessary for any negotiation, along with tips on how to handle conflict, as well as to resolve differences with difficult clients!
For a free copy of The Art of Negotiation, click Here.
Writer Tom Barry explored this critical business skill with Bill and several other skilled professionals in The Bargaining Table, an article that appeared in the January 10-16 2003 edition of the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Get Your Stuff Together By Working With Great Companies
MATRIX Resources
MATRIX Resources is one of the largest IT Staffing Firms in the US. It is also one of the best. They are a truly people-oriented company who have their stuff together. Over the past several years they have won numerous awards for their service to their customers as well as for the superb culture they freely share.
TechLINKS is a technology focused media services company serving the State of Georgia. It is also a superb company. Totally dedicated to developing opportunities for Georgia technology companies they have won numerous awards for their focus on serving their customers. They have their stuff together.
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