The Entrepreneurs Library (EL) Podcast

CLICK HERE to Listen to Philip Beyer’s recent interview on The Entrepreneurs Library (EL) Podcast, with host Wade Danielson. Episode 174 features a “deep dive” into Philip’s book, System Busters: How to Stop Them In Your Business, and shares...

Messy Business | The Lost Coin

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Many businesses lose thousands of dollars each year due to their chronically messy business. Disorder tends to cause tension for those forced to spend their days dealing with it and living in it! I hope you’ll indulge me, telling you an ancient story about a woman who...

Many Mini Me’s – More Workers

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As the founder and visionary for my business, like other owners I might wish I had many mini me’s, like more workers on the job! Think of it, a large contingent of YOU’s in your business. All on the same page, all on board with your vision, and raring to...

I Would Hate It, Too!

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My son Brandon, a systems specialist with our company, loves training owners and managers on systems that help grow their businesses. He believes, as I do, that without systems a business is only spinning its wheels. But, with the right systems, a business is bound to...

Starbucks—A Cupful of Systems!

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Starbucks has a great system that ensures products, services, and their brand, are held to the highest possible standard. It’s almost embarrassing to realize I visit Starbucks coffee stores so frequently they tend to know me by name! If my wife Susan...

Scoreboards Bring Productivity to Life!

Last month our company launched an exciting new feature, a SCOREBOARDS system for monitoring and sharing productivity updates and other important company data with your entire team… at a glance! Imagine having a SCOREBOARD on a large screen TV in your office...

Daily Routine, Not So Routine!

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When we first launched our organizational and quality control software, System100, one of our first clients was a business owner from Canada.  “Linda” had a thriving commercial printing company, but was seeking to get a handle on her daily routine...

Scoreboarding Part 2—Productivity

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Scoreboarding a company’s productivity is helpful to management as well as all employees!  I hope you were able to read our last blog, SCOREBOARDING Part 1 – Benchmarking Lean Manufacturing… and that you also watched the Part 1 YouTube VIDEO linked to that...

Leadership From Ordinary to Extraordinary

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How do you take your leadership from ordinary to extraordinary? “People who are content with what they don’t know… happy to remain ignorant about what they don’t understand… complacent about what they haven’t analyzed… and comfortable living with problems they haven’t...