by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, C.O.R.E. Business System, Change Management, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Entrepreneur, Execution, Leadership, Non-Profit, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
One of the biggest mistakes businesses—or any organization today—make is a failure to allow time for working on the business itself. Current business practices have created a mindset that has every worker (theoretically at least) working every moment in the business...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Change Management, Competitiveness, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Non-Profit, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
In these days of sound bites and quick fixes, one-size-fits-most solutions seem to be as prevalent as the common cold and as hard to treat and cure. Most people probably have had the experience of someone from their organization reading a book or attending a...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Entity, Entrepreneur, Execution, Leadership, Non-Profit, Small Business, Start-up
Innovation is the new quality initiative. Everyone is “into” innovation. It is the new revolution that is going to revolutionize declining industries, markets, and businesses. And it can—if it is more than rhetoric and becomes an integrated systemic capability in the...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Concept, Credibility, Entrepreneur, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Non-Profit, Resources, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Every organization begins with the same three-fold objective: develop the “product”, obtain sufficient resources, and capture the market/customer. The manifestations of this three-fold mission vary in magnitude, scope, and timing. The underlying processes and...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, C.O.R.E. Business System, Capability, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Non-Profit, Small Business, Start-up
Most of us are familiar with the fable of the tortoise and the hare – the tale of the hare being so much faster than the tortoise and still losing the race. In the current business environment, the tale can prove cautionary or motivating; it can be revisited or...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Cash Management, Entrepreneur, Perspectives, Small Business, Start-up
Becoming a profitable business is an objective that most companies seek, both as a stated goal and as a day-to-day objective. Businesses of all sizes and types, industries, and stages all look forward to profitability. However, as the old saying goes, the two...
