In speaking with the owner of a profitable local company, I learned that she was interested in addressing some key issues so she could return her time and attention to growing the business.
I’ve identified several reasons why your company’s revenue is flat, declining or has a growth trend that is unacceptable; use this checklist to make the needed improvements in your company.
If the employees in your company understand the value they bring to the business, they’ll be more engaged. If any employee is engaged, they are more productive.
CEOs at every age and every stage often make some very incorrect assumptions: The first is that employees care as much as the CEO does about the company. The second
If you take a look at the desks of most business owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs, you’ll see stacks of paper, files, books, magazines, knick knacks, Post-It notes, a coffee cup,
By Ken Keller SCVBJ Contributor Success in business is determined by how effectively the leader executes against their plans. Each January, the only question that matters is “were the goals
If you are like many individuals, you are already thinking ahead to 2018. You are likely thinking that you want to have a better year than this year, because you
It’s been an interesting month for me and I want to share it. First, and very sadly, I learned of the continuing deterioration in the health of an employee working
Through the years I have been a son, brother, cousin, uncle, student, employee, supervisor, manager, director, college professor, husband, father, grandfather, neighbor, friend, best man, non-profit board member and business
I run peer groups of business owners and CEOs. My clients are intelligent, articulate and committed individuals. We meet each month for half a day. Each person who attends makes
In just a few short days, it will Thanksgiving Day, followed by the holiday shopping frenzy. Analysts predict this will be the best holiday shopping cycle for retailers in years.
More than fifty years ago, key family members who owned a business worked with an advisor to develop a growth plan to expand their manufacturing facility. When the plan, including
It isn’t the prospect that kills the spirit of someone in sales. Nor is it the lack of trying that stops the forward progress of a project, or the size
Halloween officially reminds us that only two months remain in the year. Yet those in Entrepreneurial America know that now is the time to get things done for a great
This is a true story of a business I advised. It illustrates that sometimes being stubborn, an oft-admired trait in the business world, often leads to unexpected and unintended consequences.
Each of us, I’m sure, has known individuals who have made an impression or significant contribution to and on our lives. Sometimes these individuals are with us for a long
Here’s a cautionary tale about planning, execution and getting your team to buy in to your goals for your company; it applies to the smallest of businesses and the largest
Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, said, “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”
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