Seizing the Opportunity to Triple Your Revenue Last month we examined a major force in the business marketplace – the threat of “disruption” and how to overcome it by creating game changing innovations within your company. This month I would like to look at the flip side, the incredible opportunity being presented to virtually every […]
Archive for the ‘Small Business Planning’ Category
08/31/2016
August 2016 – Is Economic Disruption Knocking at Your Company’s Door?
Is Economic Disruption Knocking at Your Company’s Door? Various thought leaders say we have moved from the Information Age to the Innovation Age and companies that innovate faster than their competition will be the future winners. We see that all around us. New innovative companies are springing up almost overnight, while other, more established organizations […]
07/31/2016
July 2016 – Using Your IT Area as a Strategic Asset
Using Your IT Area as a Strategic Asset I recently saw a very futuristic TV commercial by Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) that touted the announcement of their “The Machine”. You may have seen it too or another related one. As I reflected on this ad I wondered what cutting edge technology would be unveiled in […]
06/30/2016
June 2016 – Four Keys to Creating High Employee Morale and Satisfaction
Four Keys to Creating High Employee Morale and Satisfaction Recently, during a Q & A session at the end of one of my presentations on Igniting Innovation Within Your Employees a person asked, “How can I improve my employee’s morale and satisfaction?” This is a very good question because having a high level of morale […]
04/30/2016
April 2016 – Differentiate or Die
Differentiate or Die The handwriting on the wall is clear – if your business does not differentiate itself from its competition you will lose market share and may eventually become extinct! Virtually every company is increasingly feeling the onslaught from new and existing competitors. If you are a new business the question you wrestle with […]
02/29/2016
February 2016 – Go Where the Money’s At
Recently, at the dedication of Kennesaw State University’s new Entrepreneurship Center I got asked the question, “Without hiring an MBA to do a Return on Analysis calculation, how do I know where I should put my money in my business to get the biggest payback?” That is a very good question and we all wrestle […]
01/29/2016
January 2016 – Why Own A Business?
Why Own A Business? Recently I attended a conference of business owners in which the speaker, Bill challenged the attendees with the question “Where do you really want to take your business?” Most of the business owners were initially at a loss for words in response to the question. Indeed, they were so busy with […]
12/30/2015
December 2015 – The Most Powerful Tool Known to Mankind
The Most Powerful Tool Known to Mankind Picture this – you have a looming deadline on a task or deliverable and you don’t know where to start or you have barely begun the work to accomplish it. In school it may have been a book report you put off to the last minute. At home […]
11/30/2015
November 2015 – How to Foster Breakthrough Innovation in Your Organization
How to Foster Breakthrough Innovation in Your Organization According to an insightful study by the executive development firm, Future Workplace, which examined how Millennials, Generation Xers and Baby Boomers function together in the work environment, it was found that the area they most desired training in was how to become more innovative. So in reality, […]
10/30/2015
October 2015 – Why 90% of Businesses Fail
Why 90% of Businesses Fail According to two landmark studies, one by McKinsey & Co. and one by Harvard Business School, 90% of business strategies that fail do so because of lack of execution. In other words, the vast majority of companies that don’t make it actually had workable game plans – they just didn’t […]
