Pamela Harper

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How to stay on the leading edge of emerging opportunities, without tipping over into the bleeding edge. Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to avoid the capital bleeding edge when taking advantage of leading edge emerging opportunities.
How much of what you expect from your business is based in reality and how much is wishful thinking? Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to manage the reality of your business policies and procedures through the expectations of stakeholders.
To be effective, managers need to be flexible in their communication styles. Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to tailor your messages to individual employees to accommodate their expectations.
Uncover your assumptions of what your small businesses can do. Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to explain why even small businesses can grow through acquisition or alliances.
Alliance partners must agree on goals before proceeding. Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that any alliance between two or more businesses must begin with clear agreement on goals, especially as they impact the customer.
Before you create an alliance, make sure all parties can execute on the goals. Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why being clear about execution capability of all parties is critical to the success of a business alliance.
What is your definition of innovation? Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the new definition of business innovation, which in the 21st century is found in being useful and relevant to your customers.
To have customers you can’t run off, help your customers help their customers. Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to think of innovation as a way to help your customers serve their customers better.
How could a strategic alliance be a form of innovation? Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to talk about her upcoming seminar where mergers, acquisitions and alliances will be discussed as a form of innovation.
Could your next growth direction be a global strategy? Pamela Harper joins Jim Blasingame with tips to develop a global strategy, either for your business or to support customers who are global.