by Lea Strickland | Sep 1, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Business Plans, Capability, Customer, Customer Relationships, Entrepreneur, Operations, Resources, Viability
Does your day start something like this? “How are you today?” “Fine.” This is a typical exchange that occurs for most of us daily. A variation is going to a networking event or business function and “How’s business?” “Fine.” But is your business really FINE?...
by Lea Strickland | Aug 31, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Management, Change Management, Execution, Human Resources, Operations, Resources
How to Motivate Change One of the most basic things we need to understand about change is that it is personal. People must choose to change. People can be influenced to change by external sources (e.g., other people, events); however, for true change to occur and be...
by Lea Strickland | Aug 28, 2016 | Concept, Credibility, Crowdfunding, Funding Your Business, Visibility
Tough Lessons: You Can’t Make Them … or Stop Them Parents know it and live it. Consultants and other advisors have to learn it. You can’t force anyone to make a wise choice or the best decisions. You can’t stop companies from making imperfect pitches to...
by Lea Strickland | Aug 24, 2016 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Ownership, Cash Management, Execution, Leadership, Operations, Resources, Small Business
Internal Controls and Financial Oversight When it comes to growing your business, you can’t afford to not understand the financial perspective of their business. Whether it is the day-to-day performance, budgets, taxes, or other aspects of accounting for your...
by Lea Strickland | Aug 23, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Customer, Customer Relationships, Opportunity, Viability, Visibility
Whether our organization is for-profit, not-for-profit, or a government agency, what we do is about the customer. Sometimes we forget that. We get so caught up in “the business” that we lose sight of “the customer.” What’s worse is that...
by Lea Strickland | Aug 17, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Execution, Leadership, Operations, Results, Small Business
Many years ago (I won’t say how many), I had a new boss (we’ll call him “Kevin”). He was actually my supervisor’s boss. Kevin had spent most of his career in communication roles (he created presentations and documents to give to the board.) When Kevin came from a part...
