IN THE TIME WHERE THE CONSUMER IS KING,THERE IS A COMPELLING NEED FOR GREATER CHOICE Greater choice means additional products and while some of the volume may be incremental, most of...
Ben Franklin is credited with the above statement. As CEOs and business owners, we know this to be true. Another quote credited to Dwight Eisenhower is that "In...
Trade Deficits and the Potential of Manufacturing Returning to the US Dominate Today's Headlines Structural trade deficits are driving the headlines. With "America First " as the justification, the US has...
Management views the business from its various functional perspectives. Teammates view the business from their environment and interactions with management. They rarely are even remotely in alignment. The question is...
Machine Designers Sometimes Build Great Labor Reducing Machines That Slow Down Assembly Lines Many times, automation design is conducted in a limited way by a company that focuses on design and...
All leaders have a range of skills. Those that are successful are invariably promoted because they have leveraged their key skills successfully and this has yielded positive business results for...
SOME GOALS ARE MANDATORY, AND OTHERS SEEM DISCRETIONARY There exists a large body of articles discussing setting realistic goals and their attainment. Virtually every week a new article is published by...
ADDRESSING PEOPLE NEEDS DURING THE EARLY STAGES When a business is in its early stages, the CEO or owner is operating it as lean as possible and only adds staff when...
GREAT LEADERS LEVERAGE COMMUNICATIONS The traditional method of the executive in communicating with management and the work force is well known and there is a plethora of articles about effective presentations...
GREAT LEADERS LEVERAGE COMMUNICATIONS The traditional method of the executive in communicating with management and the work force is well known and there is a plethora of articles about effective presentations...
WHAT THE BEST LEADERS SEE Max H. Bazerman, the author of a great business book with the above title has performed a wonderful service of exploring various cultural and mindset issue...
We optimistically assume that when the subordinate business leader has a problem, they will solve it. However, some problems are long-lasting or seem to be endemic to the process. That...