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Paul Fournier business articles provide insights into the relationships and interation of leadership, culture, and strategy. They are the bedrock every business foundation rests upon.

Quality is not just about products. Quality includes people, processes, and communication. It's the result of effective leadership, cultural health, and strategy. Each is part of the total quality foundation.

Customers have expectations. They expect suppliers to contribute to their success. They invest in suppliers through their order transactions.

Each of my articles communicate strategies about the responsibilities and expectations of the customer and supplier relationship. Success is called competitive advantage.

I encourage you to review our articles. Always feel free to reach out to me. – Paul Fournier

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Creating Positive Change in Your Organization

Planned change is a good thing. Planned change keeps the business relevant. Relevant to both customer and employee perception. Planned change communicates management is pursuing improvements to the organization.  Effective…

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Leadership is the Bedrock of Successful Business

I engage with manufacturers and sales organizations from a variety of industries. When we meet, management shares their vision and challenges. Invariably, their challenges generally lead to three common conditions.…

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Pulling Back the Curtain for Growth

Does your organization have the capacity and structure for sustainable growth? Every company has challenges. Some choose to deny challenges. Some defer challenges, hoping they will improve. Others confront challenges…

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Critical Thinking, Managing Through Chaos

These are challenging times for industry. Chaos and dysfunction surround us both externally and internally. Now’s the time for leadership, culture management, and strategy. For manufacturers, raw materials, packaging, energy,…

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Re-Imagine Your Organizational Quality

Every business has challenges. Most challenges have solutions, and some do not. As managers and leaders, it’s important to reflect on the good, bad, and ugly components of your business.…

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Customer Perspective. Improving Organizational Quality

Customer perception. Gaining competitive advantage.…

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Sales Revenue Growth, Becoming Customer Centric

Sales revenue growth is generally top of mind for most management teams. First, it increases shareholder value and financials. Secondly, sales revenue growth allows for reinvestment in people, innovation, and…

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Finding Greater Potential

Welcome to a Tacticware Business Systems educational article. At Tacticware we focus on growing enterprises, teams, and competitive advantage. The result is financial predictability. Our topic in this article is…

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Valuing Business Systems in Management, Culture, and Strategy

Welcome to a Tacticware Business Systems educational article. At Tacticware we focus on growing enterprises, teams, and competitive advantage. The result is financial predictability. This article is available for free…

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Fewer Teachable Moments

Welcome to a Tacticware Resource Group educational article about Leadership, Culture, and Strategy.  Our topic in this article is about the high price companies sustain over poor decisions. This article…

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Company Health Goes Beyond EBITA

Company Health Goes Beyond EBITA EBITA, (earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization) is the primary measurement of business health. If a company isn’t profitable, management cannot reinvest in future growth,…

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Culture Management – What We Don’t Know, Does Hurt Us.

Employee Perception – What We Don’t Know, Does Hurt Us. Cultural Change Covid, and its variants, coupled with government responses have challenged management like no other calamity in recent history.…

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Embracing Your Cultural Health

“Embracing Your Cultural Health” This article is available for free download on tacticware.com and fournierbooks.com Speaking Professionally At Tacticware, we discuss the most difficult subjects for today’s leaders. We suggest…

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Growing Brand Equity

Welcome to a Tacticware Resource Group educational article. Our topic in this article is about Growing Brand Equity! This article is available for free download on tacticware.com. Speaking Professionally At…

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Rebuilding Your Business after Covid19

Who would have thought such a global calamity could have occurred. Yet it’s here and the repercussions will continue for some time. Some industries have taken a severe beating like…

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Selecting Quality Employees

Selecting quality employees is a challenge for many businesses. Unemployment is low, complicating the efforts to staff key positions. However, before you leap to hire a new employee, why did…

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Customer Relationships- Do We Know or Assume Our Customer Relationships?

Speaking Professionally We suggest that leadership, culture management, and strategy set the boundaries for growth. Cultural challenges and leadership have no Silver Bullet. Every customer transaction is impacted by the…

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Customer Relevance: How Relevant is Your Business?

Customer Relevance: How Relevant is Your Business to Customers? Introduction How relevant is your business to customers? Do customers see your organization as a leader in innovation, quality, and service?…

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Disrupters to Sales Revenue, The Impact of Leadership and Culture Management

Welcome to a Tacticware Resource Group educational white paper. Our topics in this white paper include growing sales revenue and customer satisfaction, as well as leadership and culture management! This…

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Financial Capacity-The Impact of Company Culture on the Financial Statement.

  A Tacticware Resource Group, LLC White Paper. This white paper is available for free download on Tacticware.com Speaking Professionally At Tacticware, we discuss challenging and meaningful subjects for today’s…

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Improving Challenged Cultures: Cultural Management System

Welcome to a Tacticware Resource Group educational white paper! This white paper is available for free download on Tacticware.com here. Speaking Professionally At Tacticware, we discuss the most difficult subjects…

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Boiled Business (Frog) Syndrome

White Paper for Change Management Welcome to a Tacticware Resource Group educational white paper! This white paper is available for free download on Tacticware.com. Speaking Simply At Tacticware, we discuss…

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Revolutionize Your Culture

Welcome to Tacticware Resource Group! This free white paper is available for download here. Introduction In this white paper, we discuss culture, strategy, and tactics and how each affect customer,…

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Shareholder Value, It’s About People

Shareholder Value, It’s About People A Tacticware Resource Group White Paper In this white paper, we discuss three cultural types often found in business: Price-Based, Production, and Customer-Centric cultures. Each environment…

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Leadership- Five Qualities for Success

Business Management Consultants What is Leadership? Today’s workforce is more diverse, educated, and informed than ever before. They understand the notion of effective leadership. They expect a quality work environment,…

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Company Culture Is Everything

Company culture is everything; it’s the foundation of your business. But consider this, company culture is also the source of customer loyalty and purchase orders. Simply stated, cultural challenges often…

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Profit Bandits

Every company has its own style and approach to business – some are just more successful than others. In every industry certain companies retain competitive advantage for good reason. On…

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Customer Loyalty

Management is challenged every year with delivering sales and earnings growth. The rules have now evolved because customers want more than just a competitive price – they have a whole…

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