Holiday Party and/or Year-end Bonus: Use Empathy and Understanding to Create Positive Employee Experiences
While holiday office parties and year-end bonuses might seem like frivolous expenditures, they can have a significant impact on a company's bottom line. These celebrations can boost employee morale, improve productivity, strengthen company culture, and ultimately lead...
Planners vs. Open-Minded Business Owners
Business owners will likely relate more to either being a planner or being open-minded. Planners like to focus on detail and use an organized and structured approach. Open-minded people lean more toward being flexible and creative. The most successful business owners...
Delegate What You Don’t Like
One of the hardest things for many entrepreneurs to learn as their companies grow is delegation. Yes, you can learn to do it yourself, but doing everything yourself is a huge limitation. To grow a business, you must let go. Reward yourself and start by delegating work...
The Dangers of Neglecting Strategic Planning
Without a strategic plan, a company risks: Missed Opportunities: Not having a clear direction can lead to missing out on valuable market trends or growth opportunities. Inefficient Resource Allocation: Without a defined strategy, resources might be wasted on...
Business Valuation – Your Workforce as a Major Source of Intangible Value
Four years after the worst of the COVID shutdowns and COVID benefits, the labor market appears to be calming down. COVID demonstrated the importance and business value of having a skilled, loyal workforce. "A great system is when average people get outstanding results...
How To Cut Expenses
Review processes with your staff.Often, they know of things that are duplicative or no longer necessary. Remember that software upgrade that improved efficiency?Did you really rework your process to take advantage of the efficiency. Perhaps you no longer need that...
Rose Colored Glasses and Breaking Through Our Listening Blocks
Have you ever worn rose colored glasses? At first, everything is pink. Weirdly pink. But then you get used to it, and it seems normal. Kind of like, "It’s just the way it is, the way things work." Rose colored glasses are a filter for our eyes. We also have filters...
Manage Risks to Increase Business Value
At the highest level, business value is simple. The formula is: Business value = Forecast Future Cash Flow / Risk In business valuation risk is the likelihood of achieving the forecasted cash flow in the future. Risks come from many angles and chip away at...
The Hidden Multiplier: How Company Productivity Boosts Everything!
In the fast-paced world of business, productivity is queen and king. Overall, improving productivity is not just about doing more work; it's about working smarter, achieving better results, and creating value for all stakeholders involved—employees, customers,...
Add Great Customers for Business Growth
A great customer for a business is typically one who brings long-term value and positive contributions to the company. They appreciate the value you bring, the quality you pour into your work, and the passion that fuels your hustle. Here's what makes a customer...