• Internal messaging—Drive home your "why, how and what" with employees. Create a simple, one-page document—if your "why, how and what" can't fit on one page, that's a problem. Distribute this document to employees.
We'll leave you with our own "why" statement. Why do we write this column every month? Because we care deeply about helping printers sell more in a fiercely challenging and competitive era for our industry. Now that should keep you coming back every month!
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