How well do your employees understand your business? I don’t just mean what your company does: I say how their role contributes to your overall success. How clear are…
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So you’ve just been promoted. Congratulations! You now have the opportunity to become a better leader and positively affect change within the business. But getting a promotion doesn’t mean you…
So many entrepreneurs I work with are stunned when I point out that they’re wasting a large portion of their marketing budget. The question that trips them up is this:…
A common teaching philosophy in medical school is “watch one, do one, teach one.” (Let’s hope surgical procedures require students to watch many before attempting their own.) It’s pretty easy…
Experimentation in business can lead to breakthroughs and improved goods or services. Too many business experiments, while it might feel safer to test every option, can lead to wasted time and mismanaged results.
One of my favorite business books of all-time is the autobiography of Sam Walton, the patriarch, and founder of Wal-Mart. Sam was a brilliant businessman who truly understood what made his retail business successful. At the end of his book, he lists the “Ten Rules That Worked for Me.” All of his observations (and the book) are worth your time, but the one that impacted me is this one…
