How to Find the Big Money Everyone wants to have a “successful” business. But what does the term successful really mean? There are many aspects to having a successful company, but in every definition the concept of profitability is present. Transcending this, from an overall standpoint, profitability enables the continuance of an organization – and […]
Archive for the ‘Vision and Goals for Your Business’ Category
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 […]
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 […]
08/05/2015
July 2015 – Score Keeping Your Business
Score Keeping Your Business If you were in our office about a month ago you would have found me in a meeting with Paul, a tall, thin man in his mid-thirties who owns an equestrian business. During the meeting Paul said to me, “late last year I changed the direction of my business…” I said […]
04/30/2015
April 2015 – An Easy and Effective Way to Develop Your Business Strategy
According to a Dun & Bradstreet study, 96% of businesses in America that fail, fail because they don’t develop and implement a strategy to take their business where they want it to go. Noted author and speaker Tony Robbins has said that “one reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that […]
03/31/2015
March 2015 – The Five Roles of a Leader
The Five Roles of a Leader A couple of weeks ago I met Paul, a gentle, kind hearted man in his late 50’s at a noisy business networking event. During our conversation he said “I am starting a new business and don’t really know where to start or what it means to lead a company. […]
02/26/2015
February 2015 – Discovering the Dreams for Your Business
Discovering the Dreams for Your Business This past December, Jane, a perky woman in her late thirties who owned an furniture and accessories store, came to me and said she was losing interest in doing the same thing day after day, week after week, year after year. She said she wanted something new. Something more […]
12/31/2014
December 2014 – Where Will Your Business Be At The End Of 2015?
Where Will Your Business Be At The End Of 2015? Will you achieve the goals, hopes and dreams for your business in 2015? Normally our Monthly Newsletter is published the last week of each month, but because of how the New Year’s Holiday fell this year, we decided to publish it after January 1st. We […]
11/30/2014
November 2014 – How to Turn your employees into your company’s raving fans
How to Turn Your Employees Into Your Company’s Raving Fans In an October 2014 article I shared a story about Irene, a perky woman in her late 30’s who owns a 12 person health care business. She said to me “Can you do anything about my employees? They just are not on the same page […]
