I am so wrapped up in the day-to-day activities of my business that I don’t get around to working on the big picture. We're not seeing the forest through the trees. How much of a problem is this, really? After...
There is so much information out there to master marketing. It makes it hard to get attention and look believable. As we test new things, we don’t know if each new marketing idea will work or not. How do...
How to manage cash flow when cash is short. Cash is tight. Makes it hard to plan the next three to four months. We’ve been making money, so I don’t understand. And I’m worried about what comes next, in case...
wheI'm training the trainers but I"m not a good trainer. I need to be mindful of that while ramping up a business development person — our next important hire. And I need to use this opportunity to get better at...
Accountability leadership starts at the top. My partner does not respond in a timely manner. Not only does it slow me down, it hurts the productivity of the rest of the organization. He’s a good guy and I know he...
We didn't delegate sales, so better customers trust anyone but us. Few of our employees deal with clients. We wanted to be sure customers get the answers they needed right. We also wanted to be sure that customers wouldn’t follow...
Am I spread too thin multi-tasking? I'm called on to deal with problems that crop up as we try to deliver what’s been promised. Since I know more about how things work and have a broader view of where we...
We just won a marketing award! How do we use that to market ourselves? We didn’t hand out table fliers at the awards ceremony. At the very least, we can learn from this experience. We need to work on...
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...