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 Management, Business Plans, Execution, Leadership
An inordinate amount of your work time may be devoted to “fighting fires” and dealing with last-minute “emergency” situations. The “fire” may be an irate customer; a proposal for prospective client required by close of business today, or even the “normal” day-to-day...
by Lea Strickland | Nov 11, 2012 | Faith Blog
What are you thankful for? Do you spend time thanking God and others for the great things in your life? How about the little things? Too often we are focused on the past or the future to the exclusion of what we have in the here and now. Each day is made up of things...
by Lea Strickland | Oct 10, 2012 | Faith Blog
I am going to once again show my age by my reference, but in the 1970’s there was a commercial that talked about bringing home the bacon, frying it up in the pan … and well, doing it all (and doing it well). We’ve been told for decades now that we can do it all, have...
by Lea Strickland | Feb 22, 2011 | Business Articles, The Street (the street.com)
Every organization has to do it: Decide which customers and projects have the highest priority and get the most resources. For some it is a matter of necessity; there’s just not enough time, people or other resources to support each customer equally. Some...