The Importance of Mental Fitness
“Assume a virtue, though you have it not.” Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Act 3 Scene 4
The Hard Work of Selling
Selling is hard work. It is one of […]
Welcome to Turbo Leadership System's Blog
For over 20 years, Larry W. Dennis, Sr. has written a weekly leadership insights post. Please enjoy and forward to others to read and enjoy.Each Tuesday, we post a 500-word true story from leaders just like you. Benefit from what they’ve learned.
What Makes You Unique Compared to Your Competitors?
We live in a world that is conspiring to reduce everything you do to a commodity status. If they win, they dictate the price you are paid for your products and services. If they win, your margins will slip to unsustainable low levels.
What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There
“If you do what you have always done, you will get the results you have always gotten.” Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result - True or False?
Making Numbers Count
Numbers, metrics, and statistics are the language of management; we all speak in terms of numbers. We use numbers to help us understand our world. The weakness of numbers is that they are not self-defining.
Win-Win with the Big Bank
In 1980 the large truck dealership I was working in had taken out a $2.1 million, 8% mortgage to build a new facility on Columbia Blvd. in Portland.
September Leadership Development Lab
Many of the weekly Turbochargers you read are the stories of engaged leaders in Turbo’s Leadership Development Labs. These stories can be funny, and are always informative and inspiring.
Hiding Out
My 'pearl' (the person I chose, at session 2 of the LDL, to improve my relationship with) is Carly.
New Tricks
Yesterday as I was leaving a management team training session for DSU down on Swan Island, Rod, the Body Shop manager, stopped me and said he had something exciting happen in the Shop just before the Fourth of July holiday.
Respectful Receiver
I had been working on the same project for over a year, and every month or so, the general contractor would issue a safety award to one of the subs that had performed above all others with their safety performance.
Larry W. Dennis, Sr. President,
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