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Barry Pruitt

Barry is a Rhythm Consultant. He has years of experience helping clients get in a strong Think Plan Do Rhythm to grow their business with purpose. He is also a professional speaker and expert meeting facilitator.

SWOT Analysis: SWOT Analysis Template

A SWOT analysis is an effective tool for identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Effective Meetings

How to be a Good Facilitator: Qualities of the Best Facilitators for 2025

Discover the essential qualities that make a facilitator effective and learn why choosing the right ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Effective Meetings

KPI vs Target: How Use KPI Targets Effectively

This blog is an attempt to explain Targets vs. KPIs by giving you enough, without overwhelming. ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Not to Be Ignored: Artificial Intelligence

While taking stock of your current position and thinking about your strategic future, include AI ...

Strategies for Growth

3 Ways to Build Yourself a Moat Around Your Business

Learn how to build a strategic moat around your business to outmaneuver competitors and retain ...

Strategies for Growth

Priority ZERO: Make COVID-19 Part of Your Survive, Recover and Thrive Mentality

This is not the time to discard your quarterly plan or your planning process in your paddling ...

Strategies for Growth

Annual & Quarterly Planning

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How the Balanced Scorecard Keeps You Balanced

Use your KPI Balanced Scorecard as a framework for measuring organizational performance through a ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Emotional Intelligence in Action: List of Emotional Intelligence in Action Steps

Emotional intelligence is a critical skills for leaders. It's tied to self-awareness, ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams

Nuts and Bolts Leadership: Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

As company leadership, sometimes it’s important to revamp how you interact with others, spend your ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams

Stand Up, Speak Up, Shut Up, and Sit Down

No matter how well you’ve developed the skill, I’ve found that it can be improved by following a ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams

Focus Like a Magnifying Glass to Expand Your Power

In a way, Rhythm is a magnifying glass for you and the power of your team. Successful teams can ...

Strategy Execution

How Myers Briggs Can Help You Run a Profitable Business

The MBTI is one assessment tool used by many companies to increase self-awareness and help with the ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams

5 (More) Secrets to Make Happy Money in Your Business

I recently blogged about why some companies increased sales and were happily forging ahead while ...

Increasing Sales

Strategies for Growth

Business Lessons from the Story of David and Goliath

This boy and his story have much to teach us as men and women business leaders. Well-planned ...

Strategies for Growth

Accountable Leaders & Teams

The Road to Hell (is Paved with Good Intentions)

I have learned a simple strategy to help you pave the right road. The focus is on 3 points to ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams

Stop Being a Monkey: Low-Hanging Fruit Leads to Failure

While you’re focusing on low-hanging fruit, you’re not thinking about long-term, exponential growth ...

Strategies for Growth

Only Being Book Smart Isn't Really Smart

Emotional Intelligence is viewed as even more important in leadership development as it was a ...

Service is Not a Secret: 8 Steps to a Customer Service Revolution

Customer service training initiatives have proven vital, but only if they are focused on results ...

Increasing Sales

Accountable Leaders & Teams

Bond Creativity and Business with Social Glue

Use these tips for facilitating meetings that engage creative strategic thinking to solve problems ...

Effective Meetings

Don't Flip Off Your Team (Part Two)

In a leadership role, retain authority to make the final decision, yet still invite input. Each ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams

Leadership Can Be Counterintuitive

I often find that what actually works for CEOs and leadership teams is counterintuitive. What was ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Strategy Execution

Is Your Business a Murder Mystery?

Core Values require no external justification, they should not be chosen from a list or something ...

Strategies for Growth

Accountable Leaders & Teams

Lessons from Chopped: Your Brand Promise Can Be a Winning Move

No matter the market or the economy, you should always be asking your team to re-assess your Brand ...

Strategies for Growth

Strategy Execution