The 5 Unwritten Rules That Will Kill Your Business

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The 5 Unwritten Rules That Will Kill Your Business

• Re-Arranged By Maryann Farrugia Crunchbase

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• Here are the five common unwritten rules that
  almost every business follows with the best of
  intentions. The outcomes though might be
  disastrous

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The Customer Is Always Right

• Often the most unreasonable demands are made by
  the most unfit customers. The most successful
  companies actively filter out those customers who
  are not a fit even referring them to
  alternative vendors. Add this rule to your
  corporate guidelines The right customer is
  always right.

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Put New Hires On Automatic Probation

• You hire that new employee and welcome them on
  board with an automatic 90-day probation. Talk
  about starting off on the wrong foot! A new
  employee should be welcomed with show us what
  you can do instead of prove to me I didnt make
  a mistake hiring you.

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Promote Top Performers To Managers

• Your top sales rep is crushing it, outperforming
  all the other sales reps combined. So you follow
  the unwritten rule of promoting her/him into a
  management position. He/She fails miserably in
  the new role. Just because people are great in
  role does not mean they will be great in another,
  more senior one.

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Its All About The Bottom Line

• While the bottom line is important, it does not
  alone define success. What kind of impact did the
  business have on its customers and community?
  What innovations did the company bring about?
  Create a new rule of measuring success through
  overall impact, not just the money you made.

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Hire Experienced A Players

• Shockingly you cant find values, attitude and
  energy in a resume (or even in an interview).
  Experience is a tricky way to gauge the success
  of future employee. Start recruiting your
  employees on the intangibles, and teach them the
  experience part.