by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Management, Customer Relationships
No matter how obvious a problem, no matter how apparent a solution, no matter how clear the path is to go from point A to point B, service providers can’t make a client do anything. Yes, there are things that can be done on behalf of a client, but ultimately the...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Management, Execution, Leadership, Perspectives
The moment I heard the title of the training I cringed and laughed. Only in the corporate world would a course with that title be put forth as a positive signal to the workforce. You might as well wave a red flag in front of your workforce and announce that the work...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Management, Funding, Leadership, Strategy
Not having children of my own, I don’t have first hand experience as a parent, but I have observed certain things about raising children: It takes more time than you anticipated. No amount of planning can account for all the variables of things that can...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Small Business, Start-up
Businesses are usually started because of the founder’s belief in the “product”. The founders are innovators in a technology, a physical product, a service, or a process. These entrepreneurs know their “product”. They may or may not know how to do business. Some of...
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...
