(Time to read this Blog article is about 40 seconds)   Does everyone on your team know where the business is going, what you’re doing to get there, what makes you special, what’s working and what’s not…and what you stand for?  If they don’t,  they’re most likely just showing up for a pay check.    One […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 2 minutes)   Here’s a simple 3-step process that we use with clients around the world to help them increase loyalty, sales and profitability.  They pay me big bucks for this info.  Here it is for free…and it could transform your business! Step #1:  Define your business […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 30 seconds)   When it came to his attention that there had been an increase in work-related injuries at his company, here’s the response from Elon Musk, the brilliant CEO of Tesla electric cars… “No words can express how much I care about your safety and wellbeing. […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 60 seconds)   In every business there are: surface problems which are actually just symptoms of much deeper problems, underlying problems…and finally, the real or basic problems that are the root cause of what’s going wrong. There’s a tendency for all of us as managers to focus […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 90 seconds)   Every business talks about ‘marketing’, but most never really define it.  There are many debates, disagreements and myths about what marketing is.  Some folks equate it to advertising, promotion and sales, but it’s much more than that.  Here’s my simple definition of ‘marketing’ that […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 60 seconds) The people who start and grow businesses from the ground up are generally fearless initiative takers.  Nothing stops them. They do it all, and if they’re good at it, they succeed…for a while. Eventually, the business grows to the point where it has employees and […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 30 seconds)   A business fan of ours has just partnered with his local Chamber of Commerce to bring me to their community to deliver my 1-day “Accelerate your business” marketing and management Boot Camp.   He will be a sponsor and the Chamber has found 4 other […]

(Time to read this Blog section about 60 seconds) The talent crunch is real. Germany has a current shortage of 100,000 engineers.  In the USA the National Association of Home Builders states that 200,000 construction jobs are unfilled nationwide.  There are 500,000 unfilled IT and computer science jobs, 600,000 unfilled high-end manufacturing jobs, and at […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 40 seconds) Research shows that 81% of consumers and 94% of B2B buyers do online searches before making a purchase.  So, for many businesses, their website is the single most important part of their total marketing effort.  So, here are 3 simple but important tips on how […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 90 seconds) A few years ago, on a trip to New York I came across a large brick wall on which someone had spray painted in huge letters, “Don’t sweat the small stuff!”    But then some wise person wrote just below it, “But it’s the small stuff […]