Your company is growing! Great news. But you know that growth means expansion and if the growth is strong enough, you’ll need to create new positions in the company to handle the increased workload. When you are growing, you have to onboard new people quickly and get them productive as fast as possible. To do that, you need to follow a protocol for successful growth. As a business owner, there …Read More
In this third and final video in my series of important strategic actions business owners need to take at the end of each year, I share the important role annual budgeting plays in helping businesses grow. (Read the first two posts – ‘Tis the Season for Strategic Planning and The Importance of Annual Budgeting for Growth.) One of the most important things a company can do to get everyone in …Read More
In this second video in my series of important strategic actions business owners need to take at the end of each year, I share the important role annual budgeting plays in helping businesses grow. (Read my last post on ‘Tis the Season for Strategic Planning.) It’s all about the transparency of numbers. There is a lot of fear around numbers but there is also power in numbers. I sometimes need …Read More
I was recently interviewed about how important strategic planning is for businesses, especially at this time of year. In this video interview, I share how critical it is to assess the goals you accomplished (or missed) in the past year and what goals you hope to accomplish next year. Strategic planning at its core helps you get focused on how and where you want to grow your business. Once you …Read More
I love to speak to business owners about taking control of their business. I have presented to many organizations of different shapes, sizes, and industries and I just love the immediate feedback and sense of purpose I get from the audience after each presentation. Business owners are energized, hopeful, and inspired to make some changes to the way they run their business. Cool, right? So to help inspire and energize …Read More
Growth is good. We all want it. But before your team starts chanting “Growth or Die!” at the next planning meeting, take a step back and recognize that growth is a two-headed dragon. Just like Yin and Yang needs to stay in balance to thwart chaos, growth has two components that need to stay in balance to avoid chaos in your business. So many companies get stuck thinking only of …Read More
Every team faces adversity in their business. Sometime we bring this adversity on ourselves and sometimes it’s caused by events outside our control. Either way, these events feel really heavy and dire when they are presented. Whether it is being threatened with the loss of a large customer, loss of a deal the business desperately needs, a strategic vendor goes out of business, you find yourself in the wrong business, …Read More
Last month, a good client came to me with some concerns. He felt that his organization had been making great strides in defining their purpose, vision, and core values. He also felt like the work we had done together had really helped to restructure the organization and improve internal processes so that the organization was positioned appropriately to meet future goals. But now, he felt the really hard part was …Read More
Imagine sitting down to dinner at your favorite restaurant and ordering your most beloved entree. After what seems like ages waiting for your food to come, the waiter finally sets it down in front of you. Your mouth begins to water as you anticipate the explosion of exquisite flavors you are about to experience. You take that first bite, your expectations through the roof – and your dish tastes nothing …Read More
Have you heard of the expression “Get the right people in the right seats?” Do you know what it really means? Do you know how to let this adage guide your leadership decisions? Do you consciously think about it as you build your Executive Team or hire someone new? You should because it is a powerful concept that helps businesses operate at their full potential for faster growth. Getting the …Read More