We are facing one of the tightest labor markets in 50 years. Employers are not able to hire enough employees to meet demand. This Wall Street Journal article on May 13 explained that small companies are adding employees at the slowest rate in eight years, not because they do not have the work for… Read More »
The Power of Managers to Boost Your Organization’s Performance
A recent headline in the Wall Street Journal(March 23, 2019) read “One Fix for All That’s Wrong: Better Managers.” The report by author Sam Walker was based on research from the Gallup Organization. I read the article and was intrigued so I downloaded the Gallup research report and found that they had surveyed more… Read More »
CEO PROJECTIONS FOR 2019
As part of my Vistage worldwide membership I receive their updates on the economy, and the CEO Projections for 2019 caught my attention. It seems that CEO confidence in the economy has continued to decline into this year. Although CEOs expect revenues to rise and even profitability to improve for now, they see economic headwinds… Read More »
Discover What NO Can Do for You
As you begin 2019 with the end in mind—the goal of creating your best year ever—some things will probably need to change. One big thing is learning to say no to time wasters and “busyness.” These are traps that keep you from achieving the results you desire. Many business owners think that because they are… Read More »
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
At the start of this new year, I am thinking again about beginning with the end in mind, a concept brought to my attention in 1989 by Stephen Covey. This is habit two in Covey’s pivotal book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, which I have read five times. I required the management staff… Read More »
MAKE 2019 YOUR BEST YEAR EVER
As you start the New Year, it is a good time to reflect on 2018 and ask yourself some important questions. These questions will help you plan for the upcoming year, which will lay the groundwork for a successful 2019 and beyond. If you make a good start to the New Year and develop a… Read More »
Have a Successful Close to 2018
2018 is coming to a fast close How will you finish out the Year? Goals Have you accomplished your 2018 vision and goals? How are you doing on your Q4 90-day goals? Financials Are your financials in order? Will you make more money this year than… Read More »
What Driverless Cars Have to Teach Us about Success
What Driverless Cars Have to Teach Us about Success In 2011 two top engineers from Google traveled to Detroit hoping to create a partnership to carry their project called Chauffeur. They had developed a car that could drive itself on a variety of 100-mile… Read More »
Cash Flow
What Cash Flow Can Tell You Inadequate cash flow is like Kryptonite was to Superman; without cash your business will suffer and eventually die. Yet most business owners I meet are not tracking their cash flow. They look at their P&L and balance sheet, but they do not conduct… Read More »
Learning the Language of Business
Learning the Language of Business I was recently sitting at the chef’s counter of my favorite restaurant, the Hairy Lobster, watching the chef and sous chefs work their magic to produce what I consider the best food in Portland, I was thinking about mastery and the language required to achieve it. These chefs have learned… Read More »