Archive for the ‘Management’ Category
Playing It Straight in a Crooked World
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Categories: Uncategorized
I tend to optimistically believe in the inherent good of every person, but know that unfortunately we live in a crooked world. Greed, power, inexperience, or sometimes just plain carelessness will cause a person to act in unscrupulous ways. Fear can cause normally good people to make character decisions that disappoint. Fear can also flame [Click Here]
Staying on Track
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized
Keep track of the right things in 2010. Many business struggled because they weren’t monitoring the numbers that make a difference, and didn’t notice the decline until it was too far gone.
One that I consider the most important to track is called a T-12 report, or Trailing 12 month report. It gives you a trend [Click Here]
$3 and a Cloud of Dust
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized
I feel like an old grump always complaining about the various acts of lunacy I see committed when it comes to customer service & store policies. At the same time, I want to ensure that you, my faithful readers, don’t make the same mistakes in your business. Please forgive me for yet another negative post, [Click Here]
Action vs. Results
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized
“People don’t rally around actions…they rally around results.” This profound comment was recently posted by Jason Griffin, Associate Partner at Word Marketing via Facebook. Jason and I are friendly acquaintances, and I was a regular listener to his former radio program. I have great respect for his opinions and talents.
In a follow up conversation with [Click Here]
Short Term Gain vs. Long Term Survival
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized
Over the last several years a recurring thought kept surfacing in my mind about the constant focus on quarterly profits. So many companies were, and still are, obsessed with how much money they are going to make in the short term. Don’t get me wrong, I am a capitalist through and through, but something about [Click Here]
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