A Bad Plan is Still Better Than No Plan—Usually

by | Jun 21, 2011 | Business

What are the goals of your business for the summer months? Have you made a plan or are you just hustling to get through each month?I know what I need to get done tomorrow. I will get those “must complete” items finished no matter how many interruptions...

Apology. Quick Tip.

by | Jun 4, 2011 | Business

First.Sorry I have not posted for a while. I have been extremely BIZZY. That’s the goal, right? So I just haven’t had the time to post something worth reading. That is my tip.If you blog, don’t post just to post. Have something of value to say. If...

Still HR?

by | May 2, 2011 | Business

As I prepare for the 25th annual HR Symposium in Santa Clara, I am in wonder with what should be considered on the top 10 list of politically incorrect terms, yet survives common usage, namely HR. Human Resources.For all the talk about ‘people’ being every...

The Key to Finding New Customers

by | Apr 9, 2011 | Business

That key is to tailor your business to fit the needs of the customers you are seeking. Seems obvious enough but it’s not that easy to do.Let’s look at a couple of examples. I want to try to overcome the objection that “this doesn’t apply to my...

Think of the Possibilities

by | Apr 8, 2011 | Business

Orville Wright died in 1948. Neil Armstrong was in his first year of college and already a pilot in 1948.In 5,000 years of human history, man only dreamed of flying.The man who made the first human-controlled flight possible could easily have met the man who would...