Can this business partnership be saved? I have a partner who cuts corners all the time. I want to do things properly. Seems like we don’t see eye to eye very often. What should I do? Thoughts of the day:...
Our ability to prioritize the workload is lacking. At certain times of the year, we need people in the field to work harder. When things pick up, we find certain people who are doing a lot more than others. This...
Making a profit on a new product launch can be a challenge. Had we not launched a new offer last year, we might have avoided losses in the past six months. But then we’d have one less thing to sell,...
We’re thinking about buying a building. We also want to invest in developing more sales. Unfortunately, we have limited funds to work with and we’re thinking this building could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How much do we need to buy...
We'd like to help an employee develop coping skills. She is easily frustrated when things don’t go as planned. She’s a great producer, yet gets easily rattled when surprised, and it puts her off her game. She quickly switches from...
How do we make this business partnership work? The partner we thought we had has turned out not to be a true partner. We feel like they went behind our backs and directly approached our customers and employees. This, after...
A major referral source for us is gearing up for a summer of business growth. That’s the good news. The bad news is that they are worried if we can keep up. This is a great problem to have, but...
I keep hearing about the need to make a winning marketing campaign with multiple impressions on the people we’re trying to reach. I know that people receive and process information in lots of different ways. One of the mistakes we’ve...
We’re having trouble increasing profits. Invoices are up this year, but so is payroll and just about every other expense. If we can’t make money, what’s the point? Thoughts of the Day: Increasing profits need a plan in order to...