How Fit Is Your Business?
September 9th, 2008 by Mark RichardsonFor those that attended the seminar in Baltimore (or any of my seminars over the years) you know that I have a real interest I using analogies or metaphors as a way to understand or communicate business concepts. The fitness seminars takes the notion that we have a pretty clear understanding of what it means to be personally healthy and fit. By drawing off these comparisons, we begin to realize that business fitness (like our bodies) are many faceted and finding the proper balance is the ultimate goal. What other metaphors or analogies help you to understand your business? What other metaphors help you to communicate to your team or your clients? It was said that “a picture is worth a thousand words…and a metaphor is worth a thousand pictures” Share these gems and we all will gain insights in an otherwise complex world.
September 15th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Mark I really enjoyed your seminar in Baltimore last week. We spoke alittle about you providing that spreadsheet we were looking at on the slide and the handout. Can you please send me a copy in an excel or lotus format to see if it can help out me and my company. Thanks for all the great info and by the way I am on page 41 of your book “How Fit is Your Business” and so far it has been a great help to both me and my business. Hope all is well. And let Fred know he is in mine and my colleagues’ prayers after his knee surgery.
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August 30th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
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