What every Company should have for Christmas – A Chief Operating Officer
Season’s Greetings to all my readers. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) position has emerged from the shadows as a fundamental role in getting things done. Tim Cook of Apple performed the role brilliantly supporting Steve Jobs in executing a brilliant vision....
Building the Perfect 2012 Budget!
For many management teams the month of December represents the Budget sign off time. However they are so often badly done. Frankly they are recklessly compiled representing the classic “hope over experience” document instead of an operational blueprint....
The Art of Management
It is fascinating to me how many skills of management get better with practice. I thought this week it would be useful to trap some of the techniques I have learned, invented, and observed over 25 years in business that work. It’s certainly not definitive but I hope...
Staging Your Business For Sale (even if you don’t sell it)
It’s very tempting to compare the buying and selling of houses with businesses. Be careful. For example buying another business is like buying a house but only if you include the family inside it! Selling a business has similarities to selling a house, ignoring...
Visual Metaphors
Visual Metaphor: The representation of a person, place, thing, or idea by way of a visual image that suggests a particular association or point of similarity. Change of pace this week. I thought I’d share some metaphors I’ve been collecting over the years....
Fulfilling The Potential Of Your Business – Book Tour
THE PROBLEM: UNFULFILLED POTENTIAL As a business owner your main objective in life is to build a valuable business, to build an enduring company where people are motivated to deliver great products and services. Where the value of the business is increasing. Are you...
Making Money By Having Fun
As I was reading the Patriots post match review in the Boston Globe on Monday I was reminded of an important lesson in life – you can try too hard! In a piece by Shalise Manza Young, she writes:” After two straight losses that featured poor execution,...
Tweaking – A Road Map For Success
Tweakers Malcolm Gladwell wrote a brilliant piece in The New Yorker this week diving into the new biography on Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Gladwell highlights the role of Jobs as a tweaker of an idea, then a transformation of that idea into something better, for...
Massachusetts based businesses – Key Facts
By diving into the US census data and combining that analysis with the latest Inc 5000 fastest growing US businesses, an interesting picture emerges. This can be done for any State. Don’t you love metrics? How does your business compare? Key Observations There...Operational Excellence For Exits
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