A Lesson on Resilience from a Puppy
As you may know, I am in the process of building a chicken coop. This is one of my two goals during the April quarantine. The other goal is to help as many people as possible which has been progressing as well. When I’m out in my woodworking shop, the dogs are...
Tips on How to Make the Most of this Situation
The past week was consumed with planning for either working remotely or adopting social distancing guidelines for businesses that remained open. But, this week has been a little different as the planning phase has been completed and now it is time to execute the plan....
What Now?
Let's Sharpen our Tools! This past week has changed all of our lives. I don’t think any of us could have predicted the canceling of sporting events, closing of schools or even suspending travel from Europe. We have been working non-stop, trying to reach our goals,...
Tying it All Together
A business needs a product and sales. A thriving business needs a product, sales, leadership, and innovation. Here is how each of these contribute to the success of a business: The product is the cornerstone of the business. Sales provides cash flow to continue...
PAID to Act: A Proven Process to Assessing Employees
There comes a time in nearly everyone's management career when he or she must decide whether to keep, redeploy or release an employee. A number of factors need to be considered when making this decision, and while the emotions should be removed, this decision also...
Learning from Others
The Underlying Cost of Not Being Bold Last week, I gave an example of a client who chose to be bold when addressing an employee-performance issue. In that case, the results turned out to be positive for both the employee and the company. Of course, it doesn’t always...