Budgeting is not a sexy topic for many people. Yet it determines the livelihood of any business. In other words, you must understand the art of small business budgeting if you want your venture to be a successful one. As the year is about to…
If I polled most business owners and asked them if they believed in customer service you would get a resounding hell yes. Who wouldn’t? It’s built into our entrepreneurial DNA that you have to treat customers with delicate care. However, It’s embarrassing that few do….
Whether you are running a small business or a business unit of a corporation, the odds are that you have been caught unprepared when a key employee moves on. The impact on your team’s productivity and your financial results are usually significant. The best antidote…
It has been years since I have been in a college classroom. However, I clearly remember an undergraduate Principles of Management course at Southeast Missouri State University where I was introduced to a management challenge of understanding what are the functions of management. I was…
I heard a comment that if you want to talk to business leaders call them at 5 am because they are already awake. If you are like many, you wake up in the pre-dawn hours worrying about the things that you can’t control. There…
I have seen many entrepreneurs struggle in making the “right” decision when they toggle back and forth with the pros and cons off an important choice. I too have shared in that feeling of being really stuck. The tendency of most of us is…