Businesses Die without Marketing!
Where should cash go first? Marketing or Operations? If we were to follow the model of our human bodies, it would go to Marketing first. In our business body, our Respiratory System represents the Marketing Function. Operations, or our Digestive System, would be...
Accountability Starts With Communication
“I didn’t know!” You ever hear that when counseling an employee? If you didn’t hear it, they were probably thinking it . . . or some version of it like “Am I supposed to read your mind?” Accountability starts with communication. Shame on you if you didn’t start there!...
The Soft Stuff is the Hard Stuff!
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Peter Drucker It’s easy to surround yourself with smart people. But for an organization to have a long-lasting life, you also have to be healthy. Smart people create great strategies. Healthy people create...
Solving the Wrong Problem!
Ever fixed a problem and find out that it really didn’t fix it? Turns out, it was a bigger problem or a completely different problem so you’ve wasted a lot of time and resources fixing the wrong thing. What if you could know the exact problem so you could apply the...
Is your Company’s Calorie Intake Healthy?
Are you storing calories in your business body? Do you have a healthy metabolism for your business body? Many companies in a growth mode grow too quickly, resulting in a quick death or a long life of unhealthy habits. Remember, Food = Supply! And the Digestive System...
Is Your Business Heart (Finance Team) Strong Enough?
I have a client with a mature business but was operating with a heart of an elementary school kid. What I mean is that they had an immature finance department that was keeping them from growing. Remember, Cash = Blood. And the Cardiovascular System of a human body is...