Growth

Are you stuck? Enter through the side door

March 26, 2009

Finding effective business innovation is difficult. It is especially difficult for entrepreneurs because they are so close to their business. How do I do it? How do I find the new insight, the business innovation that will take me to the next level? One way is to get some outside help to find the side [...]

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Staff Reduction
The Most Difficult Decision

January 12, 2009

Are you planning a staff reduction to survive today’s economic reality? This is, and should be, the hardest decision a manager faces. Understanding the need to make the decision isn’t hard, if you are running the business effectively you will quickly realize that current revenue doesn’t support current staff levels, and staff reductions are necessary. [...]

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What’s Your Leadership Style?

November 26, 2008

How do you lead; what’s your leadership style? I find there are two types; one is common and one not so much. The first type believes they have to protect their position and that others hold their success against them. People, and especially “outsiders,” are not to be trusted and never respected. They keep back [...]

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