The question this month: If you had $1 million to take your business as far as you could go, what would you do with the capital? I would split it – invest it in marketing and sales. I also would update the equipment and the employees. See where it was needed the most, there are things that need to be
Do Your Managers Hide The Dirt?
My mother was a busy and probably overwhelmed farm wife with four young children, gardens, canning, fixing three meals a day from scratch, the list goes on. When the linoleum in the kitchen was replaced, her major concern was that it hid the dirt. A neighbor (also a farm wife and busy mother) bought new carpet that would absorb moisture
Top 3 Qualities that Make you a Strong Leader
What makes a good leader? What qualities make certain people find success as a CEO over other individuals? There are numerous elements that go into being a strong leader, but these three traits stand out. Purpose Without an idea of where they want the business to go, CEOs will struggle to lead their employees to success. Be confident in
Why Joy?
Perhaps you treasure a memory like this: Watching my daughter play tag one night when she was about five. She was running as fast as she could, dodging and ducking, staying just out of reach of the person who was “it”. Just before she was about to be “tagged” she reached the tree and gleefully screamed, “Home!”. The exhilaration she and
Go Figure It Out!
A server in a local restaurant was taking our drink order; “Coffee for my husband and a big glass of warm water for me”, I answered. The server replied “We don’t have warm water. We only have hot water and cold water.” Huh?! Figuring things out is a skill some people are good at: Give them a problem and they’ll try
What Do You Do When The Worst Happens?
Life randomly throws the unexpected at us all the time. We enjoy some events, such as finding a $20 bill, but a serious illness or the loss of a job can turn our lives upside down. Companies can also be forced to face dramatic changes: losing funding, an important customer or discovering a strong new competitor in their market.
Slower is Faster
When work is piled up it’s easy to get stuck, feeling that you need to rush through everything. But when you hurry too much, you’re prone to make mistakes and miss opportunities. You “can’t see the forest for the trees”. We get stressed and forget that we can increase our speed if we first slow down.