Here’s a simple way to take the pulse of your company by reviewing a one page report: The Financial Quick Check (right click and save as...) This powerful report is a weekly summary of the few numbers that make all the difference to the success of your business. Feel free to download and edit this file. Enjoy the benefits [...]
Greetings! Once upon a time I met Dan Holohan in the pages of a trade magazine. “You should read this,” my husband Hot Rod offered, as he handed me the mag. “Great,” I replied with the sarcasm of a New Yorker. “Just can’t enough of steam radiators.” I read the article. I met Dan, and [...]
Once upon a time, Business Mogul Warren Buffett bought the Washington Post newspaper. The previous owner and publisher at the time was Katharine Graham. Her father built the paper and transitioned it to Phil Graham, Katharine’s husband. Katherine took on the publishing duties when her husband committed suicide. She guided the newspaper to editorial greatness, [...]
Greetings! Ugh…dieting. No one wants to diet. Even the word has the word DIE in it! Dieting means deprevation, starvation and no fun. Do you think of Biz Planning that way? “Oh, I HAVE to get a business plan together. Ugh.” Instead of dieting, consider eating well and thoughtfully and joyously. You’ll probably lighten up [...]
Greetings! It seems odd that so many people get their underwear in a bunch about proposed tax increases for the top 2% of all US Citizens. Hmmm. I suppose there is this idea that at some point we could all be part of that 2%. Aside from the problematic math, the core issue is… When [...]
An Operations Manual is a written list of WHAT to do and HOW to do it specific to your company operations. Here is a sample Procedure…about Grooming. Grooming First impressions count! Make your job easier by making a great first impression. You are expected to be clean, well-groomed, smelling good and in full standard uniform [...]
Greetings! You go to the local meet-and-greet of business owners. Everyone is complaining about how hard business is because of… * the economy * a family member __________ (name) * cheap customers * rotten employees Sigh. Let them run against the wind. What if you turned around and went the other way. Just because if [...]
Greetings! Ah, the springtime high school grads are off and running. To college or to new jobs. Time to flex those wings, dear ones, and fly in the direction of what you want. Remember that… * College is great…but a college degree is NO indication of future success. * Your current job is but a [...]
Greetings! Flying home from a FAB family vacation, I was seated next to my adorable nephew, Jackson. He tuned to me to share a video game moment and came eyeball close to my mouth. “What happened to your lips,” he gasped. “It looks like they have little cuts on them. Deep cuts, all around them!” [...]
Remember the 1980 Olympic Champions...the USA Hockey Team? Remember when Mike Eruzioni called to his team to join him on the Gold Medal dais? Remember the University of Connecticut Huskies, the mean's and women's 2004 NCAA basketball Champions? How about their shining, smiling faces as they raised the trophies over their heads? Remember the 2004 [...]
