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How A Business Operating System Can Help Drive Accountability & Results
In my blog post, “Seven Signs You Need A Business Operating System”, I called out the seven problems that can be solved using a business operating system. Here are the problems: The business feels chaotic and out of control. Increased sales is not resulting in...
Employee Problems? Try Using A Business Operating System
In my blog post, “Seven Signs You Need A Business Operating System”, I called out the seven signs that indicate you need a business operating system. The business feels chaotic and out of control Increased sales is not resulting in increased profit, only more chaos...
Do You Have A Business Operating System For Sales?
In my blog post, “Seven Signs You Need A Business Operating System”, I called out the seven signs that indicate you need a business operating system. What is a business operating system? I love investor and well know entrepreneur, Brad Feld’s definition. “A...
Motivating Employees Can Offer Huge Business Returns
Gone are the days of just expecting an employee just to “do their job” and be happy about it. Employees have so many options when it comes to work. Many see their jobs as more than just a transaction where they do the work and you pay them. Employees want more and...
How To Execute Your Small Business Strategy
I think everyone would agree that having the right strategy is important if you want to maximize your chances for success. Yet, I find many small businesses not maximizing their chances of success - at times even unintentionally weakening their chances for improved...
Clarify Your Company Goals To Drive Out The Chaos
In my last blog post, “Seven Signs You Need A Business Operating System”, I called out the seven signs or problems that indicate you need a business operating system. Those seven signs were: The business feels chaotic and out of control Increased sales is not...
Seven Signs You Need A Business Operating System
We’ve all heard of a computer operating system or “OS”, but what about a business operating system? The computer OS manages the hardware and software resources of the computer and provides a common language by which each component communicates with each other. The...
Three Steps For Developing Departmental Goals From Company Goals
Company goals are ineffective when those goals remain trapped in the minds of leadership - even worse when they stay trapped in the mind of one person. When this happens, the rest of the team is left to guess what is most important. In order to operationalize a...
6 Keys To Linking Employee Bonuses To Company Goals
December is the month that many companies hold annual employee performance reviews. Built into these reviews is an employee expectation that a positive performance review will result in some sort of pay increase or raise. Often, owners have a set amount of money which...
Still Using Excel To Track Your KPIs? Here’s A Better Way
This blog post is for those small businesses that are currently tracking KPIs using Excel. I am going to share a more productive and less time-consuming way to not only track KPIs, but also keep your team aligned and focused on the right things. Tracking KPIs Can...