by Lea Strickland | Sep 11, 2015 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Execution, Results
Business growth is about changing the organization to do more of what is working and less of what isn’t. Furthermore, it is about equipping the organization, the team, and the systems to maximize results while optimally utilizing resources. To ensure business growth,...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Entrepreneur, Execution, Leadership, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Non-Profit, Resources, Results, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
The successful organization – one that is both productive currently and viable long term – has integrated the vision, strategy, and structure of the organization to enable financial success. The ability of an organization to achieve every iota of success...
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 29, 2014 | Business Articles, Results
It seems to be a consistent theme among some companies: they are busy doing all the things they are told will get them sales, but no sales are coming in the door. If you’re in that situation, you are either doing the wrong things, or the right things are being done...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 29, 2014 | Business Articles, Results
I have had a terrible time getting my brand new roof to not leak. Almost two years ago we had a new roof put on, which was guaranteed for materials and labor for 15 years. Three months after the roof was finished I was walking down the hallway on the third floor to...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | Results, The Street (the street.com)
Innovators Pay for Results, Not Time For decades, if not centuries, our production efforts have been focused on time. We pay by the hour, day, week, month and year. We focus on the amount of time an employee (or contractor) spends working for us or on projects. In...