by Linda Fayerweather | Feb 25, 2014 | Business Improvement, Planning for Business
How is it that some companies are successfully growing faster than others in the same industry? Fast Track companies handle new projects or target markets like a general might plan a battle. But before you declare you’re a commanding officer, realize that the secret...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Feb 10, 2014 | Business Improvement, Business Management, Personal Improvement
In general I’ve always felt I’m pretty good with money. My parents taught me the value of a dollar, why it is important to save money, and why debt is bad. But I’ve never really had a budget. I never felt I really needed one because I wasn’t...
by Linda Fayerweather | Feb 3, 2014 | Business Improvement, Business Management
Did you just return from that horrid Monday Morning Meeting and wondering “why me?”. Well, Tiffiny, Jeff and I often feel that way, too, on various meetings we attend. Tiffiny gives us a great idea on a checklist and Jeff talks of the cost of meetings...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Feb 3, 2014 | Business Improvement, Business Management
I am regularly in meetings that cost anywhere between $300 to $3500+. Sounds crazy right? Not for me, and not for most people. On average I spend 3-5 hours a week in meetings. These meetings vary in size. Sometimes it is just the development department, 8 people....
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Jan 5, 2014 | Business Improvement, Goals, Personal Improvement
I’m not one for New Year Resolutions. I look at it as if I need a date to start doing something, I probably won’t do it. But this year as I sat at my desk on Jan 1st and reflected back on 2013. I realized that I need, no… want to make a change. 2013...
by Linda Fayerweather | Dec 30, 2013 | Business Culture, Business Improvement, Employee Management
If we want 2014 to be better than 2013, we have to Plan performance and results and sometimes a management incentive program maybe the tool to help. 1. Do set Ground rules: Program must be simple and easily understood by participants There must be a mutually...