Prioritizing Customer Orders. How to Choose?
How do you choose between very different orders? A client received two attractive orders. They are a very different size! Delivery dates overlapped. One is very large and will occupy the majority of their team. They want this in order to grow; they have completed similar orders before. The other is smaller, more challenging, the founder must […]
You will have 72% more profit
Using a 10% increase in key metrics for significant profit. Entrepreneurial business strive to continually increase sales. As a minimum the cost of business inputs increase so in order just to “stand still” revenue must increase. But, did you realize it is possible to work on a 10% increase and convert it to a 72% […]
Nature vs. Nurture: The Essence of Thriving in Business?
We often hear the debate over how much of what we become in life is the way we are “made” and yet how much is what we are “made into”.I.e. what is inherent characteristics (wiring) and what is influence and external (experience, social influences, environment). My children are perfect examples.They could not be more different […]
Endurance, Growth, and Overcoming Major Business Difficulty
A calm, practical guide for CEOs who need to steady the ship, recover momentum, and build lasting resilience. Every founder is rightly proud of what they’ve built. Growth takes grit, creativity, and long hours. Still, even strong companies hit sudden, painful setbacks: project overruns that drain cash, customer disputes that stall payments, theft or fraud […]
Grow a Business with Strength, Stability, and Strategy
Business advice given to all entrepreneurs and managers is that business growth is essential. Fast is Best. Do NOT follow it. Do NOT grow fast. It is the worst thing for your business. The advice you receive is usually to serve the interests of investors, someone’s ego, or other ill-guided purposes. Told that the growth needs […]
Work On the Business, Not In It. A Practical Roadmap for CEOs
Move from being the default firefighter to a leader who builds systems, teams, and predictable growth. You’ve reached a milestone: repeatable sales and a functioning product. Yet you still find yourself pulled into every decision. That’s common! And fixable! Why stepping back matters When the CEO is the bottleneck, decisions slow, managers don’t develop, and […]
Stop Managing by Catastrophic Pain! Build a Simple Prevention Routine
Move from firefighting to calm, predictable operations with a few practical habits. Many leaders wait until problems become urgent before acting. That pattern is costly: expediting fees, lost margin, team burnout, and the desperate scramble for emergency funding. The good news is you can change the pattern with a few simple routines. We believe in […]
A Business Turnaround Is Not a Reset. It Is a Redesign and a Leap Forward.
Most leaders misunderstand what a business turnaround really is. A well-executed turnaround is not about fixing “bad” decisions. It is about redesigning a business that has outgrown its own structure. Leaders imagine crisis management, cost cutting, or going back to basics. In reality, the most effective turnarounds do so much more. It is not a […]
Heat in Business – Turn it Around
Every successful business has good times and bad. Cycles. How do you handle the heat? I like some element of heat. I work in the heat frequently. But the cool down is where the value then pays dividends. I am referring to heat, challenges, frustrations, hard times in your business. Revenue increase but profit decrease? Higher […]
What Got You In… Will It Get You Out?
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”Charles Darwin We hear the statistics … the majority of companies fail (or just give up) within three to five years of incorporation. Cash flow takes companies out of business in most cases. In a […]