by Cliff Cline | Jan 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
I only have one thought on this today. Not original, but certainly where I am living right now: Double down on vision/mission. Adversity does bring opportunity, but chasing something off mission/vision will ruin those potential opportunities by distracting you from...
by Cliff Cline | Feb 19, 2016 | Leadership, Marketing, Productivity, Self Improvement
There is a path that is worn down by the successful. It definitely includes these four things. Plan – You must have a strategic and tactical plan based in reality. Based on some rule of thumb, like what kind of conversion and close rates can you count on, that...
by Cliff Cline | Feb 1, 2016 | Business, Leadership, Productivity, Self Improvement, Uncategorized
To be transparent, everything is a push right now. I am very busy – in a good way, and every part of life is challenging. ideaPraxy is evolving and growing in the direction of the vision I have for it… but slowly; slower than I want. Every task seems to...
by Cliff Cline | Jan 27, 2016 | Business, Leadership, Self Improvement
I believe these principles apply to a small business owner, an organizational leader, or even an employee. Just read this through your personal lens. Inconsistent, little or no business development. In every category above there is a risk of resting on our laurels. As...
by Cliff Cline | Jan 21, 2016 | Business, Leadership, Marketing, Organizational Leadership, Uncategorized
ideaPraxy is growing. We are excited to welcome Leslie Cline to our team. Leslie’s passion and experience has been in building high performing teams in the financial and professional services industries by blending strong leadership skills and strategic...
by Cliff Cline | Jan 7, 2016 | Business, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Productivity, Self Improvement, Uncategorized, Web Applications
Even though I run a small business and consult on the highly linear topics of strategy and tactics, I am a creative. Although creativity enhances my abilities to contribute in problem solving and the aforementioned strategy and tactics, it can also manifest itself in...
by Cliff Cline | Dec 21, 2015 | Advertising, Case Snippet, Fundraising, idea:Proof, Leadership, Marketing, Media, Social Media
The Opportunity & Challenge: The client, an international charity with work in dozens of countries around the world had a mature donor database but a relatively immature social media infrastructure. In the context of filling in as interim Vice President of...
by Cliff Cline | Nov 6, 2015 | Business, Leadership, Marketing, Organizational Leadership
Sowing and reaping are such important principles to grasp and believe in when you are leading. In fact, I believe they are the fuel in the engine of moving anything or anybody anywhere. But first you have to believe it works. If you have ever had a vegetable garden...
by Cliff Cline | Oct 29, 2015 | Business, Marketing, Organizational Leadership
The older I get the more I realize how completely self-absorbed I am. It’s terrible. I say I am self-actualized, but often that is just a fancy hyphenated word defining the phrase “really accomplished navel gazer”. At some level starting ideaPraxy a...
by Cliff Cline | Sep 30, 2015 | Business, Marketing, Organizational Leadership, Self Improvement
One of the things that I find difficult about putting myself out there – like in this blog – is that I am trying to impart helpful or motivational information to inspire and maybe even positively transform people’s lives and businesses. So I put my...
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