Family Business or Family Feud?

family feud
Do you own a family business? Small businesses are often owned and managed by two or more family members.  In my work with systems, I’ve interacted with many combinations of family-owned businesses—brothers, sisters, father & son, husband & wife, etc. I...

Simple Tools of the Trade

simple tools of the trade
Simple tools can make all the difference in worker confidence! Emma was excited! “Guess what I did this morning?” she said.  I looked up from my work as she placed a stack of tax papers and other documents on my desk for me to sign. Still focused on my...

Where Consensus Rules, Confusion Reigns

consensus rules
When consensus rules where is the leader? I mean REALLY—let’s be honest! Thinking about a phone conversation I had a while back with a struggling business owner, I still get a little hot under the collar! In short, the owner had serious and expensive problems with...

Unexpected Business Costs Due to Chaos

unexpected business costs
Just as Halloween promises the unexpected this time of year, owners and managers can be spooked by unexpected business costs, when operating without systems!   Ah Halloween! I remember my six brothers and me as boys, at that time of year; chomping at the bit until it...

How to Data Mine Your Own Business

data mine your business
Marketing professionals know to regularly data mine their Client/Prospect list. In fact, they insist it’s a business’ most-valuable asset. In other words, a virtual GOLD MINE. Since that’s the case, why would you search for new clients/customers, before you have...

Dust Off Your Mission Statement

mission statement
Do you have a written Mission Statement for your company? Is your company living up to it? Our Declaration of Independence says, “All men are created equal,” yet at the time it was written, there was slavery in America. Did that mean the Declaration of Independence...

The Two P’s In Business ProsPerity

business prosperity
Is there true business prosperity, if you can’t find profit and peace in your day to day operations? Peace comes when chaos exits! Recently, I facilitated a Webinar demo of our business management software for the owner of a printing company and a group of his...