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What do you value more – imagination or conformity

March 19, 2025 by DAN JANISCH 567 Comments

“We’ve always done it that way around here”. Ever heard that one uttered in your company before? Companies want and, in most cases, demand post-secondary degrees for a job. My question to you is, ‘what’s your return on intelligence” of the people you are hiring? You may use words like; be creative, innovate, take risks, […]

Why is Everything so Impersonal

August 2, 2023 by DAN JANISCH

At the end of the day most interactions taken by an organization involves people and people are all about feelings and emotions on both ends of the transaction. What’s better for business, personal or impersonal impression?

Do You Want to Change the Culture of Your Company

January 11, 2023 by DAN JANISCH

Do you want to change the culture of your company? You may not want to and then again you may not have a choice. The question is, will you be a victim of the change or the manager of it?

To Team or Not to Team

August 31, 2022 by DAN JANISCH

Does it make good business sense to have a focus on Teams? Throwing around the terms Team and teamwork brings up many different ideas of what those terms mean.

Senior Management Incentive Programs-Do They Work?

July 20, 2022 by DAN JANISCH

Do they WORK? Depends on what you mean by ‘work’. At best they usually succeed at securing one thing only: temporary compliance. But what is the cost of this compliance? In ancient times human sacrifice was practiced every day assuring that the sun rose every morning. And it did.

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The SMB leader is a blog for leaders in small to mid-sized business who are looking for a different perspective into key business situations. It is written by Dan Janisch who has many years of experience in leading key business change in SMB. Dan may be reached drjanisch@outlook.com

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