by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Management, Leadership
Leadership Requires Decision-making It seems that in most organizations, democratic decision-making processes have overtaken all levels of authority to the detriment of leadership. Consensus in all decisions is sought to the exclusion of making timely (and even...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Business Plans, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Leadership, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Business Plans: Not Fill-in-the-Blank Often, it seems that anyone and everyone doing business plans are filling in blanks or using templates. For many organizations, the creation of a business plan is an exercise that gets put in the drawer or on a shelf to be...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Management, Leadership, Strategy
Does Your Business Have One Blue Shoe? Okay, confess, you’ve left the house wearing one black shoe and one blue (or brown) shoe. You didn’t realize your shoes didn’t match until you arrived at your destination and/or stepped into better lighting. ...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Business Plans, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Leadership, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Call Me Have you ever had this happen? You are at an event or are introduced to someone seeking business. It may be someone wanting advertisers. It may be a service provider or someone with a product to sell and you are interested. You hand them your business card...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Management, Human Resources, Leadership
Managing to Mediocrity and Madness The biggest obstacle to success in many organizations is management – too much, too little, too analytical, too by the seat of your pants. Whatever the “too,” the willingness to look first at the leadership and...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 23, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Management, Leadership, Strategy
Return on Investment – Strategy and Action Many times we undertake projects because we have the “excess” funds available to do so. We invest capital and time to improve the operations and processes that are functioning and are somewhat successful (or we wouldn’t have...
