Outlook 2014

The Alternative Board, a program similar to Changing Lanes’ Mastermind Board Room Groups did a survey of its small  business owners.  The Pdf of Outlook 2014 is a full view of the picture here.  Getting data about what other business owners think is often an...

Meeting Scorecard

Do you feel like your meetings just don’t seem to be effective anymore? Maybe it’s time to start keeping score. A meeting scorecard is almost like an agenda without the detail. Your meeting scorecard should have the topics that need to be discussed at every meeting...

Ten Ways to Lose A Customer

Recently I was looking for a solution to a computer problem I was having. I had an idea in my head on how to solve it and went to a few stores to ask around about my best options. Store No. 1 had no idea, store No. 2  never even tried to help me and store No. 3 did...

Vision = What are You Building?

There is an old story about a stranger coming to town and she sees three men with wheelbarrows full of rocks. She asks the first man what he is doing and he responds rather sarcastically, “I’m hauling rocks.” She asks the second man and he responds...