Empower team leads & managers As a leader, I know I’ve made a big mistake, more than once. By taking things away when people couldn’t get everything done. I’ve taught them to throw their hands up and throw in the...
Find it hard to follow a business plan. Hard to trust the numbers and use them in calculations going forward. Things seem to change dramatically from when we lay out a plan to the end of the year. We line...
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...
. Setting goals that are common company-wide, we don’t have them. The goals we make seem loose. They don’t get transferred to the entire team. And we don’t take them seriously. There are no consequences to not meeting our goals....
I get nervous working towards company success. Holes that keep cropping up concern me. We all struggle with giving the right amount of time, and patience. It feels like it could take forever before we accomplish anything. Thoughts of the...
Ask Andi: Administrative help we can find, but a marketing person seems more difficult. How do we know who to look for? And how to know if they’re any good? Do I need someone on staff? Or should I hire...
Ask Andi: Our sales support is failing us. I’m afraid to sell more business because I don’t think we have enough resources to handle it. What does this mean for our company? Thoughts of the Day: What level of sales...