Tag: Profit Maximization
Critical Factors Defined
Critical Factors, most-often referred to as the Significant Assumptions in most business plans, are those factors that are critical to the success of your company. They are referred to as critical factors because, while there are many factors that contribute to the success of a company, critical factors are… CRITICAL. Seriously, when you really come down to […]
Read moreSurrounded by Idiots
I fully understand the frustration of entrepreneurial CEOs in executing their vision and the sense that they are surrounded with incompetence. It takes patience but the way to achieving their vision is to inspire people to their fullest potential and thereby get 100% productivity out of them rather than measure how many minutes to the […]
Read moreGoing Out on a Limb
I recently wrote about the importance of inspiring excellence in employees. Someone took exception to it. Maybe a lot of people took exception to it but this particular person felt strongly enough to call me. She is the owner of a small business and, as she sees it, she pays her employees to be excellent […]
Read moreInspire Excellence
I recently wrote about how to Achieve Your Full Potential Through Level 3 Accountability and cited the Harvard Business Review article relating that 70% of ALL employees are demotivated and disengaged. Common sense dictates that a demotivated person is less productive than a motivated person. And you can ask yourself how productive you are when […]
Read moreWill Your Team Get You to Your Full Potential? Not if They are Not in Alignment.
I recently completed the implementation of the Critical Factors Management System into a $4.5 million manufacturing company that had been operating at a loss for the past six months. As is often the case, I cannot mention the name of the client but they are typical of many small businesses that are run by intelligent, passionate […]
Read more3 Steps to Success: Step 1
This is the first of a three part series on how to most effectively achieve success in business and in any endeavor. Before we go on, I will acknowledge that many people and most businesses do not follow these three simple steps. That is why they fail altogether or at least fail to reach their […]
Read moreManagement Team Development
Management Team Development ensures that the management team has the skills to perform at the top of their game and actually execute the Corporate Vision. This is not rocket science.
Read moreWorkforce Optimization
It’s a fact; in business, just as in sports, the best team wins. Among the greatest investments you can make into the continued success of your company is in recruiting, hiring and developing a team of ‘A’ players.
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