Blueprint on How to Open Doors to Start-Up and Next-Stage Growth Funding
3:40…three minutes and forty seconds…220 ticks of the clock. That’s how long potential investors take before deciding whether to even entertain a deeper discussion about funding a startup or next-stage growth business. Most entrepreneurs don’t [...]
How to Execute a Business Turnaround in 2019
Turning around businesses and dramatically improving performance is something I’ve done repeatedly over the years. A lot of friends and colleagues have come to recognize me as an expert in this area, so I’m often [...]
Dilbert on how NOT to do Employee Engagement
The Key to a Company’s Success: Most Companies Get This Wrong…Does Yours? “Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything either. Theories of management don’t matter much. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the [...]
The Price We Pay: Lack of Employee Engagement
The data regarding the American work force is stunning. Did you know that 65% of all employees today are looking for the next opportunity? It’ not surprising that 70%-75% of American workers are dissatisfied with [...]
Why Business Transformation Efforts Fail: Commitment & Follow-Through
More than 70% of transformation efforts fail, according to data reported in Harvard Business Review. John Kotter, one of the most prominent leaders in the business transformation industry, spent 15 years studying why change initiatives [...]
Why Business Transformation Efforts Fail: Communications
More than 70% of transformation efforts fail, according to data reported in Harvard Business Review. John Kotter, one of the most prominent leaders in the business transformation industry, spent 15 years studying why change initiatives [...]
Why Business Transformation Efforts Fail: Climate
More than 70% of transformation efforts fail, according to data reported in Harvard Business Review. John Kotter, one of the most prominent leaders in the business transformation industry, spent 15 years studying why change initiatives [...]
Process Excellence Drives Business Excellence Part 2: Where to Start?
Success in business doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Everything must come together and work in a connected way to make the business successful. And in our first several parts of this series on the keys [...]
Process Excellence Drives Business Excellence
Success in business doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Everything must come together and work in a connected way to make the business successful. And in our first several parts of this series on the keys [...]
Treating the Customer Right is an Imperative for Business Success
Many factors contribute to being successful in business. Having a sound strategy, having a marketable product or service, and having efficient processes are all important. And in our first part in this series on the 5 Pillars to Business Success, we demonstrated how Its People Who Drive Business Success, because it falls to the people within the organization to actually execute on the strategies, plans, and processes to make a business successful. ...