Category Archives: Business Planning
5 Big Ideas: Powering Your Business
By Verne Harnish “Growth Guy” Your team is probably fired up about grabbing more market share this year. But if you want to achieve that goal, it’s time to look at your operation through a fresh lens. There are some …
Do you have the guts to tear up your priority list?
In a recent article I read on LinkedIn titled, Do you have the guts to tear up your priority list?, posted by Verne Harnish he talks about the goals and priorities we set forth in the New Year. We always seem to …
The Risk of Cutting Corners
Are you cutting corners to save money or time? It’s an easy thing to do. You are preparing for a presentation on short notice, or trying to shave a few dollars from your marketing budget, and convince yourself that no …
One Success Metric You Shouldn’t Ignore
When evaluating performance, company leaders—even some leadership coaches—often focus on lagging indicators like revenue, profits and other metrics found on the income statement and balance sheet. While it is important to keep track of lagging indicators, it is far more …
Business Planning Austerity: What’s your bad and your worse?
A quote from Evangelos Venizelos, Greek finance minister regarding the austerity measures they passed to avoid defaulting on their financial obligations: “When you have to choose between bad and worse, you will pick what is bad to avoid what is …
How do you find your “Blue Ocean”?
More importantly, what is a Blue Ocean? That is the main focus of our upcoming strategic planning workshop called Keys to Forming an Awesome Strategy Workshop on Feb. 2. In it, we examine some of the principles from the book …
Want employees to care about the bottom line? Set an example
As a leader in your company you are the foundation of the company culture. Like many business leaders, you may be struggling with how to build a sense of fiscal responsibility within your team. It’s a challenging thing to try …
Are You Priced Right For Your Customer?
In this economy, you may be tempted to cut prices to compete for new business, but this could actually be the exact wrong strategy for product or service. A big part of building a good business strategy is segmenting your …
