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Radio Shack Dies A Slow, Painful Death: Will Your Business? - Steve Blue
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Radio Shack Dies A Slow, Painful Death: Will Your Business? The death of Radio Shack was recently reported in the Wall Street Journal. A venerable staple of do-it-yourselfers filed for bankruptcy after 52 years in business. Lots of reasons were offered up for this failure. Everything from restrictive financing that wouldn’t allow it to close stores fast enough, to the slow erosion of leisure time that drove its customers to more off-the-shelf solutions. All of which were true. Wait and hope is not a good...
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Blog - Steve Blue
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Steve Blue Named 2017 Chairman of Safe America’s CEO Network. Miller Ingenuity Executive to Lead Nat’l Campaign to Involve Leaders Coast-to-Coast. Atlanta, GA) – Steve Blue, the CEO of Winona, Minnesota-based Miller Ingenuity. Has been selected as the Chairman of the Safe America. Wells Fargo’s values of “ethics” and “what’s right for customers” are only what I call bumper sticker values. This article was originally published in The Business Journal. Is Your Company the Next Blockbuster? Not a blockbuste...
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Not on Target - Steve Blue
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Target Corporation recently announced that it will cut several thousand jobs as part of an overall $2B cost savings plan. The problem, it seems, is the company has failed to adapt to changing consumer habits. Hmmmremember Radio Shack? Same thing. It failed to adapt itself to the changing use of consumer discretionary time. But it seems like the same old story with these companies. They act like the problem appeared yesterday and today they have to make dramatic cuts. What happens to them? Oh sure, the Bo...
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Miller Ingenuity - Steve Blue
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As President and CEO of Miller Ingenuity, Steve Blue oversees an impressive team with professional experiences from companies including GE and QVC. Under his vision and guidance, Miller Ingenuity is sparking the rebirth of American manufacturing as a blue chip company in the transportation space from the nation’s heartland in Winona, MN. Always pushing past the innovation threshold, Steve recently unveiled and celebrated the grand opening of Miller Ingenuity’s. Is Your Company the Next Blockbuster?
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Mentoring Young Employees - Steve Blue
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When you hire new employees, especially young ones, they are anxious to fit into the company. They are uncertain as to how they should behave. So they look for cues in the culture of the company. They ask themselves, How should I behave? What is the right response when a co-worker asks for help? What is the best way to ‘fit in’? Especially when no one else can? The answer was clear-it would not. And it is not just me as the CEO. All the leaders in your company have to live the values and the culture ...
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Books - Steve Blue
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American Manufacturing 2.0:. What Went Wrong and How To Make It Right. Buy on Amazon Today! Unlocking the Double Digit Profit Code. Many American companies are slowly dying. With a sense of entitlement and complacence, businesses are satisfied with business as usual, and rarely make thorough investigations into moving their business forward. This causes decreased productivity, latent R&D, underperforming salespeople, or an outdated factory all damaging the bottom line. Buy on Amazon Today! I take on not ...
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Creating Positive Workplaces Every Day. Creating Positive Workplaces Every Day. Culture Is a Four-Letter Word. Culture Is a Four-Letter Word. Welcome to a guest post from Steven Blue in which he discusses some of the issues facing companies in the gig economy like Uber. By Steven L. Blue. But now I know I don’t have to thanks to a four-letter word: Uber. Uber’s toxic culture is front and center this week in the news. So what went wrong with Uber? That is because those are only what I call bumper sticker ...
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Sponsors - ridetheridges
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Ride The Ridges is an amazing experience because of the generous contributions of its many sponsors. If you see a sponsor or anyone from one of the great organizations listed below, please join us in thanking them for their support. Altra Federal Credit Union. Bremer Bank - Winona. Carriage House Bed and Breakfast. Gundersen Eye Clinic - Winona. Sonnenfeld Financial, Inc. Robert W. Baird and Co. Bernatz and Van Beek. Coldwell Banker - Skeels/Moore. Judy and Bill Davis. Ethel Mae Kruetz Foundation.
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Canadian Railway Club » Sponsors
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News & Events. To advertise with the Club, please contact the administrator at at 514.428.5903. Red White and Steel. New York Air Brake. 2016 Canadian Railway Club.
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The Question Isn’t Who’s Minding The Store - The Question Is Who’s Stealing The Store? - Steve Blue
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The Question Isn’t Who’s Minding The Store – The Question Is Who’s Stealing The Store? The Wall Street Journal recently published a column on Walmart’s plans. To squeeze more cost concessions out of its already squeezed suppliers to regain its lowest cost position. So what to do you do? You fire customers like these. Firing the 300 pound gorilla takes guts. And it takes strategic planning. Here are the 5 steps you must take to make it happen. Develop a 5-year plan for onboarding the customers and product...
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