by Darrell Crawford | May 16, 2023 | Blog
Would you like to reduce the amount of time and resources spent on the recruitment and hiring process? Do you want an efficient, bias-free process that would help you sort applicants and lead you to best-fit talent quickly? Have leaders in your organization made...
by Darrell Crawford | May 2, 2023 | Blog
When a business owner begins to doubt their own ability to grow their business, they unknowingly start sending signals to their company. Those signals are reflected in the amount of caution that a business owner may carry into meetings or into conversations with...
by Darrell Crawford | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog
Is the activity level in your organization causing burn-out and frustration among your employees? Are there methodologies you have today that are no longer effective and you have to add new ones? The pains you are experiencing are actually phases of chaos that the...
by Darrell Crawford | Mar 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Uncertain economies, shrinking sales funnels, and dwindling cash flow are the perfect breeding ground for fear to take over and poor decision-making habits to rear their ugly head. Unfortunately, this is often the reality for many organizations. Even those working...
by Darrell Crawford | Feb 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Trust (according to the Oxford English Dictionary) is the “firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something.” However, the definition of trust also needs to include the expectation of “ethically justifiable behavior” – that the person is...
by Darrell Crawford | Jan 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
The leadership/staff communication gap creeps up on leaders overnight. In the early stages of growth, it’s very easy for the leader to communicate often and effectively with all employees. In fact, people often refer to their companies in early growth stages as...
by Darrell Crawford | Nov 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
As many businesses find themselves wrapping up their strategic planning cycle, they’re having to grapple with seemingly more aggravating challenges—inflation concerns, continued hiring challenges, and the supply chain. So why should anyone in business care about...
by Darrell Crawford | Oct 25, 2022 | Blog
How are you addressing business differentiation? Can we really differentiate our business from the one down the street? This is a question that businesses near and far are grappling with more so today than ever. Differentiation…meaningful differentiation in highly...
by Darrell Crawford | Sep 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Do your employees know how they impact profit in your company? Do they know which activities they do every day that will make or cost your company money? There is no better time than during or pending a likely recession for a business owner to stop thinking short-term...
by Darrell Crawford | Sep 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the business world, there are two popular ways I’ve often talked about how we develop and communicate strategy: the waterfall method and the fountain method. In theory, they both make sense, but I’d argue one of those methods, over time, will deliver better and...
