by Linda Fayerweather | May 25, 2015 | Business Culture, Business Improvement, Trends
Being Memorial Day, I will ask: “Who do you remember on this day?” As a kid, we always called this Decoration Day and I remember my Mom going with her Mom to decorate the graves of those family members that were gone. This required many geraniums, brooms,...
by Linda Fayerweather | Oct 13, 2014 | Business Improvement, Planning for Business
Smart companies, big and small, sometimes struggle using knowledge in everyday work. A small service tech company I worked with had paid for a complete software application to track their inventory and vehicle maintenance schedule. The software was $12,000 and came...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Sep 1, 2014 | Business Improvement, Employee Management
A few months ago I had to tell a client of mine to slow down and rethink their development list. Everything was marked high priority and every new item became mission critical. Their web manager and I were running from task to task trying to get it done as fast as...
by Linda Fayerweather | Aug 10, 2014 | Business Improvement, Financial
“I can’t do a budget because I don’t have the Cash Flow!” is the lament I hear regularly when I try to help business owners develop a budget to achieve their business goals. Believe me you can do it, as one purpose of a budget is to benchmark...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Jul 19, 2014 | Business Improvement, Financial
This week marks the first week I have not been under a cell phone contract since 2000 and it feels great to have my freedom! In general, I’ve been rather happy with my cell phone service provider and have had little to no issues except when I traveled out into...
by Linda Fayerweather | Jul 14, 2014 | Benchmarking, Business Culture, Business Improvement
At Changing Lanes we often talk about the difference between creating a business or a job for yourself. We also discuss building an asset that you can sell or capitalize on in the future. Being a capitalist often means starting as an entrepreneur. Successful...
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