Baron Christopher Hanson is the principal and lead counselor at RedBaron Consulting. A former rugby player, as well as a Harvard graduate and expert on business turnarounds and post-COVID strategy, he has written for Harvard Business Review and SmartBrief considerably, including features in Forbes, SHRM, NBC News and hundreds of other publications and blogs. Hanson can be reached for weekly or monthly consulting, coaching, and intensive study or writing engagements via Baron@RedBaronUSA.com 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.
