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Will You Be Ready for the Big Dance?May 22, 2025 - 4:37 pm
What Is the Key to Success?May 6, 2025 - 8:19 pm
What Ever Happened to Cost Control?April 29, 2025 - 6:46 pm
What Is Fear?April 16, 2025 - 5:38 pm
Is It Time to Reset?March 26, 2025 - 1:29 pm
Will You Be Ready for the Big Dance?
We cannot simply save our way to prosperity by only cutting costs. If it were true, all we would have to do is reduce our expenses.
What Is the Key to Success?
What was the key to our success? Even when we had doubts, we stayed on the task at hand…
What Ever Happened to Cost Control?
Peter Drucker once cited a pharmaceutical company which, during a highly inflationary period from 1965-1995, grew almost eightfold, adjusted for inflation. They simultaneously held…
What Is Fear?
I’ve often heard that fear is simply an acronym for “False Evidence Appearing Real.” I’m not sure who to credit for that explanation, but I believe this is often quite accurate. Do we have reason for concern today?
Is It Time to Reset?
One area where I hear the most complaints from Clients is “Labor Challenges.” Dan Heath points out that “there is no emergency, only choices.” The key to making improvements on labor or any other issue, he suggests, is to identify “Leverage Points & Restack Resources.”
Where Have All the Lenders Gone?
I have noticed that the process of acquiring new financing or even completing annual renewals for Clients has taken extremely long, in comparison to the past. I wonder why…