by Philip Paul Beyer | Jun 12, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
Systems management is the key to managing a growing company! It never works to just micro-manage people. The idea is, to implement great systems and let the systems manage the people. You make the systems so simple, even a child could understand! It was nearly six...
by Philip Paul Beyer | May 21, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
According to Wikipedia, in chaos theory, the term “butterfly effect” refers to the idea that a butterfly’s wings create tiny changes in the atmosphere. This tiny change might ultimately create or alter the path of a tornado. The flapping wing...
by Philip Paul Beyer | May 14, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
Have you ever thought about systemizing customer appreciation in your business? With the following in mind, I think you should! I’ve gotten some great blog material from Webinars I’ve done with business owners all over the country, lately! Last week, during a...
by Philip Paul Beyer | May 7, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
Business interruptions eat up hours of the so-call “normal” working day for owners and managers in many companies. I was facilitating a Webinar demo with my friend Joe, the owner of a printing company. who expressed real interest in our software. Joe and I...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Apr 30, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
Business Ownership WANTED—FOR IMMEDIATE HIRE No experience necessary, no references needed, and no particular education requirements. No application or resume to submit. Guaranteed: all the overtime you want. Set your own hours and vacation times. Company car...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Apr 2, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
Listening to Fox Business Network, my wife told me the results of a recent poll regarding business New Hires. The poll found that 36% of all new hires said they were not made to understand what was actually expected of them from the outset. Additionally, most said...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Mar 19, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
This is a true story about business systems walking out the door. For the past fourteen years, our friend Michelle had access to exclusive business systems containing critical and sensitive customer information. She had worked at the top level in telecommunications...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Feb 27, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
Gut feelings make for an unreliable hiring system! Interviewing new people is not my favorite thing to do, especially after the umpteenth candidate. And being pretty much brain-dead, makes it particularly challenging! After moving our business to a much larger...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Feb 21, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
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...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Feb 13, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
Lost business ideas, like intangible assets, don’t show visible value. However, overtime lost business ideas can manifest as stalled company growth! Due to the ever changing markets, small businesses need to stay vigilant, seeking new marketing ideas, to keep pace...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Feb 6, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
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...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Jan 30, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
You built a small business business, but now it’s time for passing the baton to family. Are these Family Business Heirs ready? Moreover, is the business ready? Is the business organized through systematization whereby you’re not passing on, frustrations...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Jan 23, 2012 | The Organizer Blog
Systematic business growth is the only real and sustainable way to move onward and upward! Systemization is the key! I just finished reading “Onward,” a fascinating book by Howard Schultz, president of Starbucks, the coffee giant. The book details Schultz’ return as...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Dec 19, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
A quality control checklist PROMPT is an important cue or incentive; a call to action in a step-by-step process. Amazing, how many business owners and managers say, “We ask an employee to do a certain task or action; they do it for awhile, but then they forget...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Dec 12, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
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...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Dec 6, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
SYSTEMATIZED ORDER defeats chaos, as light overcomes the darkness! When chaos meets this type of order, service and production in your company WINS! I can tell you, given what happened in our company, when I finally declared all-out war on CHAOS and introduced chaos...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Nov 21, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
It hardly seems possible that eighteen years have gone by since an old friend walked into my messy business and almost forcibly changed my life. A great entrepreneur with a good business practice of helping others with their business frustrations. Then, just last...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Oct 29, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
I had no thoughts of OSHA regulations haunting our halls as I finally rushed from my office late morning that October 31st. I was half way home to help my wife prepare for son Paul’s birthday party, when “THE CALL” came from Jennifer, our production administrator. She...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Oct 28, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
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...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Oct 24, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
Some time ago, you purchased an expensive Management Information System (MIS) program to manage your company’s information. Now, somehow, most of its components are gathering dust. How’s that working for you? One of the most interesting parts of my job is...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Sep 23, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
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...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Sep 2, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
When visiting another company’s website, it’s easy to be critical about its designed or how “unfriendly” it is to maneuver. However, we all need to take a hard look at our own website, to ensure it meets high-standards. Therefore, leaving the results to chance...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Aug 19, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
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...
by Philip Paul Beyer | Aug 5, 2011 | The Organizer Blog
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...
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