by Don Maranca | Feb 18, 2017 | Business Body, Business Growth, Infrastructure
What kills you first? Lack of oxygen or lack of blood? We are aerobic creatures that need oxygen to live. Blood helps transport oxygen throughout our body, most importantly to our brain. So blood is the means to provide oxygen, but it’s the oxygen that keeps us...
by Don Maranca | Jan 18, 2017 | Business Body, Core Values, Vision
Have you ever met a championship-caliber basketball player under 6 feet tall? Or a horse jockey taller than 6 feet? Probably not . . . and there’s a reason. We’re all designed to do certain things well. I would say we’re designed for a specific purpose. When we go...
by Don Maranca | Nov 18, 2016 | Business Body, Business Growth, People, Process
Have you hit a ceiling in your business? Things were finally going well but suddenly things got stuck. You’ve tried several solutions but nothing is sticking or getting you to the next level. You feel you have the right People, Processes, & Infrastructure but it’s...
by Don Maranca | Apr 7, 2016 | Business Body, Examples, System
45-year old Southwest Airlines has had 43 consecutive years of profitability. Even after the tragedy of 9/11, they have continued to dominate their industry, now the nation’s largest carrier with domestic passenger origination. How do they do it? They are the...
by Don Maranca | Mar 21, 2016 | Business Body, Infrastructure, Leadership, Technology
Have you ever bought a technology solution with all the bells and whistles and only use 2 of the 5 modules for your business? I wrote a blog called, “Technology Isn’t Always The Solution”, which discourages our reliance on technology before solving our People and...
by Don Maranca | Mar 9, 2016 | Business Body, Communication, Culture, Process
Process in business is often too simplified to include only our procedures, but it goes beyond that. Your culture is defined by your Process. In my last blog, I wrote, “Even good people fail with bad processes!” I’ve seen companies with very talented people fail. ...
