by Lea Strickland | Nov 27, 2015 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Resources, Small Business, Strategy
Setting Personalized Business Goals Why Goals Must Be Tailored to Your Organization Goals, particularly sales targets, must align with your organization’s current results, capabilities, resources, and long-term vision. Generic goals fail to account for unique...
by Lea Strickland | Nov 18, 2015 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Change Management, Small Business, Strategy
A goal properly set is halfway reached. Zig Ziglar A good goal is like a strenuous exercise—it makes you stretch. Mary Kay Ash As you set your goals, it’s essential to keep them SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely. Of these elements, I...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Change Management, Leadership, Non-Profit, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
“We don’t have time to do it that way.” How many times have you heard that said or said it yourself? How about the alternative “If you don’t have time to do it right, when are you going to find the time to redo it right?” What is it going to cost you if you have to do...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Change Management, Leadership, Non-Profit, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Have you ever driven home or to work only to arrive and not remember how you got there? You recall getting in your vehicle and starting the engine, but after that—nothing. You did what you’ve always done to get from point A to point B, but you did it on automatic...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Non-Profit, Perspectives, Small Business, Start-up
Not to make light of the situation (no pun intended), but just when many entrepreneurs think they are seeing a light at the end of the startup tunnel, they suddenly realize it is the “reality train,” Speeding toward them like a runaway steam locomotive out of the Old...
