by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Business Ownership, Business Plans, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Small Business, Start-up
As a consultant and advisor to organizations and individuals, the most challenging aspect of the role is getting the client to act. Action is about change, so action can be intimidating, whether leading an organization, executing a project, or just getting started on...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Management, Business Ownership, Human Resources, Leadership, Small Business
Successful businesses can be inherited. Each generation can build on the previous generation’s success. You only have to look at the Forbes family to see that is true. However, the ability to crate and perpetuate success is not necessarily part of the genetic...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Ownership, Competitiveness, Entrepreneur, Small Business, Strategy
Are you in business to create the opportunity to win big? To hit the home run and make millions? Or are you in business to have a steady income stream, prestige of running your own business, calling the shots? Ask the Questions The answers to these questions make a...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Management, Business Ownership, Human Resources, Perspectives
Lately, it seems that more and more entities are engaged in succession planning under the advice of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. If you think about it, you probably can recall the skit I’m thinking about when I talk about their succession-planning method. “Who’s on...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Management, Business Ownership, Human Resources, Leadership
Every Generation…And the One Before and After There is a song with the lyrics “every generation blames the one before”. If there isn’t a song which says “every generation resents the one after”, may be there should be. This is seems to be especially true when it...