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...
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...
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...
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...
Many of the businesses we work with go through periods of time that can be described as chaotic and painful. There is a certain reality that hits owners and leadership teams that is unavoidable yet painfully necessary. We have even heard business owners question why...
I remember March 2000 when the dotcom economy collapsed. What had started back in 1969 as ARPANET, had grown into what people called the Internet and the early adopters had jumped on this new technology with a vengeance. Dot Com companies sprung out of nowhere, backed...
