Using Change to Add Value to Your Life and Business
Like it or not, change is a huge part of your business. Technology, society, commerce and industry are all changing at unprecedented rates. There’s more of it, it happens faster and it’s increasingly complex. And it all affects you directly or indirectly.
The bad news is that […]

I recently met with a group of successful business owners in a mastermind session where we discussed the topic of “how to keep you and your business growing.” There were no wallflowers in this group so the ideas and best practices came fast and furiously — and with some special emphasis that I’ll not repeat […]

Every year we see statistics reporting that about 50 percent of businesses fail in their first year and an even greater percentage fail within five years. Many reports also state the top reasons for this: insufficient capital, poor credit arrangements, bad location, competition, market turndowns, etc.
I’d like to suggest that these are not reasons for […]

Four Keys to Operational Excellence
As we’ve stated before, operational excellence is no longer a competitive advantage. Globalization, access to technology, sophisticated communications and highly demanding and knowledgeable customers make it a competitive necessity. If your company is not world class now or becoming world class, chances are it won’t be any class in the not […]

No one ever said that honing the best strategy for your company is easy. It takes good research, creativity, holistic thinking, risk taking and sometimes a bit of intuition. A formidable task, it is expedited by the promise of improved results and a brighter future. My experience with numerous companies reveals that executing the strategy […]