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Category Archives: Depending upon others
Hire a consultant; ignore the advice.
At one time or another, most all businesses use consultants to fill the gaps in knowledge or to provide guidance for management. Consultants are good in that you can sample their work with short projects, change to other consultants quickly, … Continue reading
Bankers: love ’em or hate ’em. They may affect your future.
Let’s get right down to it. Your banking relationship can be like a great marriage or a bad trip to the DMV. In most cases it is strictly your choice. But the results of that choice will reverberate for what … Continue reading
Accounting: What kind of bean counter do you need?
[wdm_image_effects effect=”no_effect” animation=”slideInLeft” shape=”no_shape” color=”#000″ social=”” title=”bean-count” description=”bean-counter1″ id=”3279″ show=”hover” counter=”0″ size=”medium”/] Accountants are trained, certified and usually quite experienced in financial analysis, both creating and reviewing data. Bookkeepers are often trained on the job although sometimes more formally and … Continue reading
Can your lawyer destroy a good business deal?
Over the years in business and as a member of over forty boards, I have received good advice from corporate attorneys and on occasion bad advice as well. There is a line that should be drawn in a relationship between … Continue reading
How well do you use your business time?
Forming business relationships at the highest level As you follow these insights from ignition to liquidity event, you’ll detect a continuing theme, emphasizing the need for deep and wide relationships that the CEO and senior staff can call upon for … Continue reading
Several more real costs of taking outsider investments.
[wdm_image_effects effect=”no_effect” animation=”slideInRight” shape=”no_shape” color=”#000″ social=”” title=”partnering” description=”partnering” id=”2846″ show=”hover” counter=”0″ size=”medium”/] Let’s talk about the reality of taking money from professional investors. It is not the first time we’ve covered this general subject nor the last. But this time, … Continue reading
An experienced coach has seen your movie before.
Business coaches come in all sizes and shapes. Entrepreneurs will have a relative willing to devote time, a school friend with business experience, professionals who charge for the service, investors with a reason to promote your success and more. But … Continue reading
Are you uncomfortable with home-based workers?
Do home-based employees work with the same dedication and productivity as those in office cubicles next to each other? That depends upon the management as much as the employee. I have a friend who is a CEO of a recruiting … Continue reading
Even a taste of ownership motivates employees.
[wdm_image_effects effect=”no_effect” animation=”bounce” shape=”no_shape” color=”#000″ social=”” title=”customer-s” description=”customer-satisfactio” id=”3157″ show=”hover” counter=”0″ size=”thumbnail”/] How about employees all the way down the line and through the corporation? How do we align them to the goals and strategies of the enterprise? Obviously for … Continue reading
Why cash is only one measure of employee happiness
[wdm_image_effects effect=”no_effect” animation=”zoomIn” shape=”no_shape” color=”#000″ social=”” title=”cash-compe” description=”cash-compensation” id=”3151″ show=”hover” counter=”0″ size=”large”/] In 1981, Herb Cohen wrote and published “You Can Negotiate Anything”, an excellent guide to great negotiating. I’ve read and reread the book a number of times and … Continue reading
