How to Accomplish Your Business Goals This Year We are now one-half of the way through the year. How is your business going? Is your company on target to go where you want it go this year? Does it look like you will be able to look back at the end of the year and […]
Posts Tagged ‘small business consulting’
06/30/2014
June 2014 – Increasing Your Employees’ Motivation and Productivity – Part 1 of 3
When was the last time you gave an employee an important assignment? You explain how you want it done and give them a deadline. A little later you check on them to see how they are doing. Much to your dismay they have only made a micron of progress. As you question them, you find […]
03/03/2014
May 2014 – Taking your Business to the Next Level – Part 2 of 2
In my prior article, Taking your Business to the Next Level – Part 1 of 2 I posed the question: If you have ever wished you had a business that could operate smoothly without you being there for weeks on end? Or conversely, have you ever felt that your business is totally dependent on you? […]
02/28/2014
April 2014 -Taking your Business to the Next Level – Part 1 of 2
Have you ever wished you had a business that could operate smoothly without you being there for weeks on end? Or conversely, have you ever felt that your business is totally dependent on you? That if you didn’t show up, things would start to fall apart? Some signs your business is overly dependent on you […]
02/07/2014
March 2014 – Inspiring and Motivating Your Small Business’ Personnel
As we discussed in Small Business Planning – How to Put First Things First in addition to being able to quickly and easily identify the specific areas of your business upon which you will want to concentrate your limited time, money and talent, using Critical Success Factors as a key small business planning tool will […]
01/25/2014
February 2014 – Small Business Planning – How to Put First Things First
We have been discussing that by using Critical Success Factors as a small business planning tool you will be able to quickly and easily identify the specific areas of your business upon which you will want to concentrate your limited time, money and talent in order to “move the needle” of your small business the […]
01/10/2014
January 2014 – Targeting the Use of Your Small Business’ Resources Properly
As we discussed in Two Crucial Planning Steps for Small Business Decision Making it is imperative that a small business utilize their limited resources on projects and initiatives that provide them with the largest and most immediate payback. We saw how by using a two step approach to identify your business’ Critical Success Factors (the […]
12/18/2013
December 2013 – Two Crucial Planning Steps for Small Business Decision Making
In a prior small business planning article, Use Critical Success Factors for Small Business Planning I shared how one of our clients narrowed down their potential list of new initiatives, projects or tasks from 20 tasks to 7 in only two short hours. They were able to do this because they first identified their Critical […]
11/13/2013
November 2013 – How to Use Your Small Business’ Limited Resources Wisely
As a small business planning firm one of the consistent questions that business owners ask us is, “I have limited financial resources for my business where should I invest them?” This occurred recently when one of our clients, a heating and air conditioning contractor said to me, “George I want to expand my business significantly […]
10/21/2013
October 2103 – Does Your Small Business Make You and Your Customer Happy?
As I discussed in two prior articles, I was recently talking to Peter, who is one of our small business planning clients and he told me that one of the best thing about his business is that he is happy with his business. As I reflected on his statement I realized that so many business […]
