by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Competitiveness, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Small Business, Start-up
There is something to be said about having the “competition” out to get you. It means that you are doing something right. It means that your competition view you as a serious threat. It also means that you need to take action so you can accomplish the...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Capability, Entrepreneur, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Perspectives, Resources, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
For businesses of all sizes, the credit and banking industry issues of the last decade have raised questions of how to build and sustain organizations with less dependence on external sources of capital (debt and equity) and more from internal resources, such as funds...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Plans, Small Business, Strategy
Understanding how to get the most out of your strategic plan is important. A robust strategic planning process includes translating the strategic and operational objectives into pro forma financial results. These financial results, like the strategic plan, typically...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Customer Relationships, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Small Business, Start-up
What happens when you miss a meeting or a deadline to a service provider? Suppose you have a deadline to submit a document for review to a business advisor (lawyer, accountant, marketing professional…) Friday at 5 pm and you don’t send the document until noon on...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Ownership, Perspectives, Small Business
The only thing we truly have choices about and control of is our reactions (to people, events). While it is often challenging or nearly impossible to “be reasonable” in our reactions to things that happen and things people do, channeling the energy we lose...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Small Business, Start-up
Regardless of the size of your organization, software is a tool when it comes to running your business. It is not an answer. Software enables you to do more with what you have, IF (and it’s a big IF) you make the right selection. Making the right selection when it...
