by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Competitiveness, Entrepreneur, Leadership
As a child you may have played “Follow the Leader,” which is a fun game—for children. In business, playing follow the leader into new products and markets can be an effective strategy that can also be profitable——in the short term. However when you have a product or...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Competitiveness, Economy and Economics, Government Funding Compliance, Perspectives, Small Business, Start-up
The impact of jobs moving overseas (off-shoring) cannot be fully quantified. It includes the impact on employees, the community, tax revenues, and other intangibles. Keeping business in the US isn’t an entitlement. It is and will continue to be a function of...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Competitiveness, Economy and Economics
Today the pace of competition and the facets of competition have never been greater. With the complexity of new markets, more entrants as both customers and competitors, and the need for existing market players to adapt, how businesses have viewed their internal...
by Lea Strickland | Oct 25, 2012 | Faith Blog
The path we walk as Christians is narrow, but clear. It is a path that is straight, but has many distractions, temptations, and potential detours, so we walk it with care, but we must ensure care doesn’t mean we wear blinders to the ways of the world. As Christian...
by Lea Strickland | May 16, 2012 | The Street (the street.com)
The media is constantly buzzing about real world retailers being unable to compete against online stores that provide the same merchandise. The stories often focus on the advantage online retailers have in avoiding charging sales taxes. But in reality the advantage...