Any business owner or CEO knows that their company's leaders are crucial to the success of their business. Poor leaders equate to poor employee satisfaction and, as a result, poor performance. It is no secret that poor performance has a direct impact on your business's bottom line. Unfortunately, not all businesses are properly cultivating the [...]
Companies are oftentimes concerned with protecting their assets, and rightfully so! The problem is, a company's most important assets are often overlooked and many times neglected. While your technologies, products and structures are definitely important to the success of your business, these things can be easily copied by your competitors. What your competitors can't copy, [...]
We all hear the term “good team leadership” in our day-to-day business activities, but do we really know what the words mean? Do we understand how to develop good team leadership and how to make sure our management teams understand the fundamentals of this crucial business concept? If you think that good team leadership simply [...]
In the business world, each and every employee must take some accountability for his or her own engagement. However, it is important to remember that there is a direct correlation between the level of your employees' engagement and the level of your company's employee retention. Which brings up the question, just how engaged are your [...]
It isn't price first and foremost. It's basically 3 things - coming to grips with loss of control; the legacy issue where the owner knows the business is integral to the community; and a paternalistic feeling toward the employees - what's to become of all those families.
It has long been a standard tradition that a professional must possess certain business skills to succeed in the workplace and that businesses should offer continuing education opportunities to help their employees succeed, thereby helping the business flourish and grow. It seems, however, that reading, writing and arithmetic are no longer the sole basis of [...]
The Annual Strategic Plan is Dead A good deal of the corporate planning I have observed is like a ritual rain dance; it has no effect on the weather that follows, but those who engage in it think it does. Moreover, it seems to me that much of the advice and instruction related to corporate [...]
There is a saying that some people live by – the only two things in life that are certain are death and taxes. Both apply to business. Most business owners have the tax side of that equation more than covered, but what about the other part? Let me ask you, if something were to happen [...]
When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~ Chinese Proverb Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning. ~ Thomas Edison Good plans shape good decisions. ~ Anonymous With an increasing number of owners of small and family [...]
"My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things." – Bill Gates "We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour." – [...]