by Linda Fayerweather | Sep 14, 2014 | Business Culture
Work life balance is what we create and as business owners, we are often seeing both sides – our balance and our staffs’ balance. I, for one, go with Life Balance. Long ago, I started putting all my events/appointments/obligations on one calendar. This...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Sep 8, 2014 | Changing Lanes News
After months of development we are finally ready to beta test our business building app! And we need your help! A Little Overview Our app was designed to help you turn your business into an asset by assisting you in recording all the information that makes your...
by Linda Fayerweather | Sep 7, 2014 | Customer Service & Culture
While at my local Post Office recently, when I went to throw away the paper off the postage labels from the stamps I purchased, I discovered that all the little trash slots under the workstations were screwed shut. When I asked the postal person where I might throw...
by Linda Fayerweather | Sep 7, 2014 | Benchmarking, Organization
Looking at the value stream of your business refers to all the activities your company must do to design, order, produce, and deliver its products or services to customers. A value stream will have three sections: 1. The flow of all materials from beginning to...
by Linda Fayerweather | Sep 1, 2014 | TOS - Totally Off Subject
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” –Thomas A. Edison The first Labor Day holiday, created by the Central Labor Union of New York, was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882. Often we only...
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 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Toyota uses the metaphor the Lake and the Rocks to refer to problems. The lake is the work in process, or inventory, or maybe partially completed tax returns and the rocks are the problems that slow the process. Anyone that has boated knows how rocks can slow your...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Aug 18, 2014 | Business Culture, Business Management, Employee Management
My friend told me an interesting story about a recent job interview she had gone to. The position was entry level, just about the lowest position you could get in the company. The position only required a high school graduate level education. Considering that, my...
by Linda Fayerweather | Aug 18, 2014 | Business Culture, Trends
How much does it cost to give employees vacation? Employers need to look at both Costs and Benefits. Costs are usually easy; benefits are often softer – like morale, turnover, and image. Depending on the job the person does, the cost is not only what you pay the...
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...
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