by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business
Sometimes leaders just have to pay the price. The price of people’s failures: People just “leave the ranch,” they break laws, they backslide and backstab, they believe it’s your job to solve their problems, the list could go on. Leaders have to...
by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication
It has been said men likely think with their head, rarely think with their hearts, and sometimes even think with their… I wonder which brain locks in on the same-old-same-ole advertising ideas. Who’s run this? Have you seen this somewhere else? What terms make it work...
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by Amy Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business, Retail Idioms
World peace. Peace of mind. Give peace a chance. Your customer might not have inner peace about shopping at your store. It’s going to cost her a lot of money. It’s going to take a lot of her time. She’s going to have to face off with salespeople who...
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by David Lively | Blog, Communication, Family Business, Generations
Things are whacky. Never in the history of the world have four distinct generations been working in such close quarters. Craig Arthur is a Wizard of Ads partner. You can visit his site Wizard Partners if you’re interested in checking out his point of view. I was...
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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business, Generations
I can’t remember where I downloaded this drawing but I’d like to give the artist proper credit. If any of you know where it is from, kindly contact me and I’ll change the post to give full credit. The reason I chose it for this post is because it so...
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by David Lively | Blog, Communication, Family Business, Retail Idioms
Have you ever been served dinner on the red plate? Not any old red plate, but THE Red Plate. You can get one on eBay: it’s simply a plate that says, “You Are Special Today,” that’s used to celebrate birthdays or achievements or just to cheer...
