by Lea Strickland | Apr 15, 2025 | Business Articles, Capability, Execution, Leadership, Operations
In today’s fast-paced business world, effective leadership is a key factor that separates thriving organizations from those that struggle. However, when leaders become overly focused on their own perceived uniqueness, they risk overlooking their employees’...
by Lea Strickland | May 18, 2020 | Business Articles, Business Management, Business Ownership, Capability
Don’t Boost Sales Without Operational Strength The Danger of Unprepared Growth A Marketing Misstep Years ago, a marketing firm called me. Their client was in trouble. A successful campaign doubled their sales. From $3.5 million to over $7 million in orders. Sounds...
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 | Jun 6, 2016 | Capability, Customer, Resources, Results, Sales and Service Excellence
Don’t Turn on Sales Without Operational Capability “Vision without capacity is a recipe for collapse, not success.” Several years ago, I received a call from a marketing agency seeking help from a struggling client. Ironically, the issue wasn’t failure—it was success....
by Lea Strickland | May 31, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Management, C.O.R.E. Business System, Capability, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Customer, Customer Relationships, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Viability
Is Your Business Customer Focused or Trying to Be All Things to All People? I love the single-cup beverage systems. When I want something to drink, I don’t have to boil an entire pot of water, coffee or tea. I can choose my drink of preference, pop in the single cup,...
by Lea Strickland | May 3, 2016 | 12-Steps to Start, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Business Ownership, C.O.R.E. Business System, Capability, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Concept, Entity, Entrepreneur, Execution, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Viability
While every business has elements that are unique to it. Every successful business shares common characteristics with other successful businesses. Concept The first element of a successful business is a clear concept of what the business is and does. This concept is...
