Baron Christopher Hanson is the principal and lead strategist at RedBaron Advisors in Charleston, S.C., and Palm Beach, Fla. A former rugby player, Harvard graduate, and expert on workplace and small-business turnarounds, Hanson has written for Harvard Business Review and SmartBrief considerably. He can be reached for consulting roles and speaking gigs via e-mail or over Twitter @RBC_ThinkTank.
Profit is more realistically discovered by delegating "–B" and "–C" activities, tasks that detract from owner/present, owner/managed contribution margins.
Social media will not set appointments, draft quotations or close business deals for us. Business people must get out from behind computer desks to develop real-life personal relationships.
Here are five ways to deliberately reach out and revive old school voice-to-voice, handwriting-to-handwriting, and face-to-face interactions in today's business world.
Using the time before work to be healthy, the time during work to be über-productive, and the time after work to plan and enjoy oneself are critical to thriving and surviving in today's optimum performance workplaces.
