Leading a company can be overwhelming with all the position typically entails, particularly if daily operations require your constant attention. It’s easy to become lost, fall into a daily routine you repeat over and over again and stop moving in a forward direction. It takes a strong foundation of personal clarity and consistent self-direction to […]
You can be very successful business owner. But if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing, true success still eludes you. Business becomes a well-rounded and balanced experience when you actually enjoy the journey to the success you desire. While there’s no doubt you’ll encounter challenging and unpleasant experiences, it’s important for you to like what […]
Today, businesses across the nation and around the world will conduct operations, serve customers, generate revenues and earn profits — or not. Tomorrow, these same companies and their teams of professional and loyal workers will do it all over again. There’s a real difference, however, between simply going through the motions and engaging customers with […]
For any company to grow and generate success for everyone involved, its people must also grow and develop their potential. All businesses are comprised of people — and as the team goes, so does the company. Consider any sports franchise. Those that achieve the greatest levels of happiness and success are comprised of individuals who […]
You have most likely have heard the saying, “Do what you love and the money will follow” or something very similar. While this is true for some, there are also successful and wealthy entrepreneurs who don’t love what they do. And there are those doing what they love, but not experiencing financial abundance. Generally speaking, […]
The quality and character of the individuals essential to the operations of a company directly affect the efficiency and effectiveness of the business — not to mention the pleasure of those who own and operate it. Simply put, the higher the caliber of those you choose to hire, the more happiness and success you’ll derive […]
Business owners solidly focused on moving their companies to ever higher levels of profitability constantly look for ways to improve their business models. To achieve this requires a discerning awareness of what is — and isn’t — working in daily operations. There’s a potential pitfall here, however. If, as a business owner, you’re so focused […]
In every business there are situations that can be perceived as problems, challenges, opportunities and even gifts. The choices you make in your perception of situations as they present themselves affect how you handle them, and therefore, the outcomes you create. If I were to put four boxes on a table, each beautifully wrapped, and […]
I introduced in my previous column several all too common blockages most businesses confront in their pursuit of excellence and success. I identified, defined and elaborated on these blockages and some of the negative results these barriers bring to a company afflicted with them. In case you missed it, the column appears on the Business […]
If you’re similar to the business owners and managers I work with, you strive to keep your operations running as efficiently, smoothly and with as few interruptions to the flow of business as possible. As you endeavor to prevent or remove any blockages that limit your happiness and success as an entrepreneur, there are a […]