It’s time to rebrand the business – at least I think it is. We’ve been through a lot of changes the last few years in terms of customers, markets, services, and employees. Time to do a reality check on...
Office staff doesn’t know enough about our accounting practices. Or accounting in general for that matter. The accounting says they’re overwhelmed. If anyone in that department is out sick, they get behind. Space is limited in accounting. They’re dealing...
Facing family business succession, we need a plan. We’re dealing with a family member who should be retiring. Unfortunately, she still owns the stock and is very controlling. We want to take the company forward, but don’t have the...
I"m growing the business but is it worth it? It feels like bigger isn’t always better or more profitable. Bigger means more employees, issues, headaches, complexity, cost, and more risk. Who needs that! Thoughts of the Day: You are...
I don’t know how to manage the workforce in the slow months. Trying to hang on to when we’re slow has left us stretched for cash. Now we're going into the next busy cycle. But it’s getting harder to...
We run a couple of different shift work schedules most days. We’re finding information doesn’t get shared. We end up duplicating effort as one shift re-does what another shift was supposed to do. Not everyone gets there at the...
Our business needs a succession plan. The strategy has been to recruit good people, promoting from within if possible. With the people in place who could play a significant role in the company’s next generation, we're ready. Next we...
Do I need to hire more salespeople? Our organization is growing. I want it to keep growing. We’re starting to plan for next year and the year after that. How do we figure out how many salespeople we will...
A seasonal business rush made it really busy. Uncomfortably so because we were not prepared. I pushed hard to boost sales. But didn’t look at how we were going to handle the additional work. Now my employees are looking...