by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Jul 22, 2013 | Financial, Organization, Personal Improvement
Automatic withdrawals are great, no more forgetting to mail out a check or call the creditor with your credit card numbers. The drawback, however, is forgetting about how many of those convenient withdrawals you have and how much they are for. If you have set yourself...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Jul 15, 2013 | Personal Improvement
I came across a motivational image this past week that really hit home. I’m sure you are saying, “Wait a minute, Changing Lanes and Liquid Mechanix Studio are both businesses that help other people build their dreams!”That is true and that is our...
by Linda Fayerweather | Jul 15, 2013 | Business Planning, Buying a Business
If your company’s revenue has stalled after a period of rapid growth, you may have fallen into The Mile Wide Trap. Consider the case of Rachel (not her real name) who runs a public relations firm. Kim studied marketing at school and went on to work for a big...
by Linda Fayerweather | Jul 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Are we there yet?’ is hollered from the back seat of many a family vacation. Knowing when the team – the family – will reach the destination takes a balanced approach. In the micro universe of the family vacation, the world of a balanced...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Jul 8, 2013 | Business Improvement, Employee Management
I recently read an interesting article about Ferrari putting a stop to emails containing more than three recipients. Why? Because it is counterproductive, too many emails in the inbox causes people to loose focus on what is really important. Think about the emails you...
by Linda Fayerweather | Jul 1, 2013 | Personal Improvement, Trends
When I was 12, I was given my own passbook for my savings account. I was told to “Save for College” so all my babysitting money and rag money went there. Rags? Yes, through girl scouts I’d learned about the market for clean rags; some went to the...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Jul 1, 2013 | Business Management, Personal Improvement
Disorganization is a common problem and there are many things that can be done to help with the problem, but that isn’t what I am going to talk about today. I want to talk about how your disorganization can causes others to fail. Take for example this past week,...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Jun 30, 2013 | Business Planning, Employee Management, Goals, Organization, Uncategorized
You have a goal in mind and you want to put it to action, only problem is the in-between. Getting to that goal requires teamwork and planning. Planning works best when handled by a team, a team works best when it has a good plan of action. If you are stuck on how to...
by Linda Fayerweather | Jun 23, 2013 | Benchmarking, Business Improvement, Planning for Business
Have you been down the rabbit hole lately? Maybe this happens to you, too. You look for information on one topic or fact on the internet and it leads to . . . while maybe we need to Lean Up our business this summer. Well, I was reading local news article called the...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Jun 23, 2013 | Business Improvement, Business Management, Financial
Software can be rather expensive and even if it isn’t it can still add up. If you have to install it on multiple computers and have to get a license for each computer, you just doubled your cost. Just between the four major programs I use, Office, Dreamweaver,...
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