About Curt Fowler
Authored 11 articles.
-
3 Steps to Avoid Mistaking Goals for Strategy
Features, November 03, 2014
Mistaking goals for strategy occurs when a leader throws out a big stretch goal and attempts to motivate and inspire his troops into making it happen with no real plan or strategic advantage to accomplish the goal.
-
Making Your Values Real
Features, September 17, 2014
Values statements, mission statements, vision statements - are all what I like to refer to as wall art. They look great on the wall and generally mean as much to your organization as that print you picked up from Hobby Lobby.
-
Do Customers Buy Because of Your Core Values?
Features, July 07, 2014
As we've discussed in previous posts, customers buy brands and they pay more for brands that they want to be associated with. But, it's not just your logo and advertising that creates your brand.
-
4 Steps to Facing the Challenge in Strategy
Features, June 13, 2014
Strategy is a way through a difficulty, an approach to overcoming an obstacle, a response to a challenge. If the challenge is not defined, it is difficult or impossible to overcome it.
-
Your Brand Equals Higher Profits
Features, May 23, 2014
It's proven. Strong brands drive higher profits. In fact, most of the value of some of the biggest corporations in the world are their brand, not their buildings or the equipment.
-
Curt Fowler on How GE Uses Lean Innovation
Features, May 06, 2014
Lean innovation is not just for startups. According to a recent Harvard Business Review article by Brad Powers, GE is implementing lean innovation principles into its appliance division as it attempts to prove that it can bring manufacturing back to the US and compete successfully.
-
The #1, Best Exercise To Do With Your Team
Features, April 14, 2014
One of the hardest things about building trust in work environments is that there can always be ulterior motives to any good deed we do. We need each other at work. So, how can we do good for someone at work without expecting anything in return?
-
Curt Fowler on 2 Keys to Effective Resolutions
Features, March 31, 2014
What are some of your resolutions or big goals that you hope to accomplish in 2014? Considering your track record of goal accomplishment, how likely are you to achieve them?
-
3 Steps to Setting Great Objectives in Your Business
Features, March 04, 2014
A great shooter picks his first target, hits that target and then moves on to the next. We must do the same in our organizations. Pick the most important target, nail that target and then, and only then, move to the next. Georgia CEO Contributor Curt Fowler shares some strategic objectives for success.
-
The Gift of Margin - 3 Ways to Get You Some
Features, February 13, 2014
Margin in life is truly a gift and most of us have so little these days. Margin in our calendar gives us time to listen to a friend. Margin in our finances allows us to help a friend, or help ourselves. It is also keeps us out of debt and reduces stress.
-
What is Strategy?
Features, January 30, 2014
Despite all the consultants in the world wanting you to believe that you could never comprehend strategy at "their level", strategy is quite simple. Strategy is simply a plan to get from point A (where you are at today) to point B (where you want to be at a future date). Curt Fowler shares how all of us use strategy each and every day, even for the simplest of things.