How to Grow Your Business, One Relationship at a Time – Network!
Grow Your Business — Build Relationships Previously published in MWorld, The Journal of the American Management Association Volume 8, Number 3 Summer/Fall 2009 In today’s economic uncertainty, having a solid network can help your organization. However, it isn’t easy...
Five Critical Steps to Maximize Resource Flexibility
Companies of all sizes have historically relied upon their workforce to provide the flexibility necessary to compete. Unfortunately, compensation and benefit costs have created a dilemma - business can’t afford to commit to full-time, permanent employees. While...
Business Concept – Validating Your Idea
Crazy Ideas and Business Concept Many highly successful businesses have been started on ideas other people thought were crazy. Many unsuccessful businesses were started as "sure things." How do you know before you start if your idea is worthwhile? How do you...
10 Elements of Successful Businesses
While every business has elements that are unique to it. Every successful business shares common characteristics with other successful businesses. Concept The first element of a successful business is a clear concept of what the business is and does. This concept is...
Open Door, Closed Mind: Listening Well and Making Informed Decisions
Have you ever worked for someone that proudly stated they had an "open door" policy? Was their door really open to new ideas, feedback, information, and issues? Or was the door physically open but the mind closed? Perhaps you work for someone that has an open door...
SMARTer Goals for Business (Excerpt from 10 Minute Success: Goals!
SMART2 Goals for Business The typical “SMART” goal is defined as specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely. Another way of looking at these goals could be called SMART2. This means that SMART goals for businesses also need to be: – Strategic: Long-term,...
How to Develop Business Growth Goals
Goals have to be personalized to your organization. While the majority of businesses may choose to set a sales goal¾as dollars or percentage increase¾the actual goal amount has to be set based on the current results, capabilities, resources, and long-term vision for...
Get Out of the Cubicle and Into (Your Own) Business
Listen to interview of author Lea Strickland by Tony Trupiano about the book Out of the Cubicle and Into Business. Strategic Leaders A Good Story, A Great Business From Ideas to Business
“Who You Know” and Open Market Competition
The world is not objective. It is composed of people, and people are human (at least most of us are). People are at our most basic emotional and relationship-based. We do deploy our logical minds to override and control much of our instinctual behavior and that also...
Vision, Strategy, Structure, and Results
The successful organization - one that is both productive currently and viable long term - has integrated the vision, strategy, and structure of the organization to enable financial success. The ability of an organization to achieve every iota of success it is capable...
