by Lea Strickland | Jul 30, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
As individuals and businesses, during times of economic downturns and tight cash flows, we naturally fall into patterns of managing our pennies and dollars. We look to cut costs. We analyze our processes to avoid spending on “unnecessary” items and we put off doing...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 30, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
The old saying ”Better late than never” works well for many situations, but it doesn’t work well when trying to make a good first impression; when you need to be first to market; or if you want others to believe you respect them. Being late is at the least bad...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 30, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Everywhere you turn it seems that there are more and more pitfalls for your business. Open the mail and there is another notice about how your bank, credit card company or someone has changed the rules on your relationship with them. Turn on the radio and there is yet...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 30, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Change Management, Customer Relationships, Entrepreneur, Human Resources, Leadership, Small Business, Start-up
Two women are sitting in a restaurant. Each is sitting alone at a table, working on a laptop. The restaurant is full of people ebbing and flowing from the tables. Both are busy doing work and not interacting or even looking up from the computers to notice what is...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 30, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Results, Small Business, Start-up
For many people, just looking at a column of numbers, dealing with a tax return or even balancing a checkbook brings on immediate and significant stress. Numbers, accounting and finance—egads! Even the thought of all of these numbers gives me flashbacks to the...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 30, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Small Business, Start-up
Several years ago I was recruited to work with a privately held government contractor. This was a research company with multi-year, multi-million dollar grants and contracts. The company was fast approaching 300 employees and was struggling with many growth-related...
