by Chris Reich | Jun 19, 2012 | General Business
Communication in business builds trust. When communication goes, trust follows. When trust goes, all hell breaks loose. A business with a lot of internal strife will suffers from poor communication. No one trusts anyone. Hard to reverse. Tools won’t do it. It...
by Chris Reich | Jun 18, 2012 | General Business
If you read in a business article that price is not the sole determinant of purchase, be very careful. I’ve made that statement myself but there a million traps in that thinking. The more similar product A is to Product B, the more price pressure will be on both...
by Chris Reich | Jun 3, 2012 | General Business
Not enough attention is given to one of the most important aspects of business planning. Too often planning sessions and business meetings are focused on what to decide. Rarely is attention given to how to decide.For example, if sales take a dip, the team will...
by Chris Reich | May 29, 2012 | Fun at Work
I had my first job when I was 5 years old. Our neighbor, my best friend at the time, was a boy of the same age as me whose father worked for an egg processing company. He, the father, asked me if I wanted to work a few hours with his son at the plant. It was a...