Get Over It!
Let’s face it. Things are different and they will not return to the way they were for a long time—if ever. Get Over It.
7 Forces
Why Are You Creating a B/S Plan?
A plan, business or strategic, is intended to be built on a solid foundation yet provide a view from the top. It cascades from top to bottom, continually flowing.
Feed Me!!!
Running a restaurant is hard work. Nothing can go wrong, right? We interviewed a successful franchise restaurant owner to explore the Business Accelerants™ 7-Forces and their inmpact.
Do Band-Aid® Your Brand
Wide ranging interview on brand as it relates to large, multi-national corporations as well as to solo entrepreneurs. Brand is much more than a name, fonts, and colors.
Born to Sell
When we are first born, we can do nothing for ourselves. Therefore, we are born with the innate need and capability to get others to do things for us. Parents go crazy, get super tired, pull their hair out trying to cater to and calm infants. Remember those days? Now, remember how happy and satisfied you were when you held that baby in your arms, staring down at it with love and affection? There’s the emotional connection the infant sales person was depending upon. It certainly is not logical. Is it?
Lot Size of 1
I was touring a factory earlier this month in the heartland of the USA. I saw stamping equipment, wire benders, plastic injection molding equipment, printed… Read More »Lot Size of 1
Ethical Behavior Keeps You Standing Up—Avoiding the Pit Fall
As a volunteer for SCORE, each year I have to review ethics and culture materials and reaffirm my support for those ideals. I do the… Read More »Ethical Behavior Keeps You Standing Up—Avoiding the Pit Fall
Value and Growth
Springs, Fall 2018 Vol 57 No 4:https://issuu.com/springmanufacturersinstitute/docs/smi_fall_2018/36
Don’t Build Walls—Don’t Hunker Down in Silos—Build Bridges Across the Gaps
For millennia people have been building walls to protect people inside and keep others out—to separate one set of people from another set of people—good… Read More »Don’t Build Walls—Don’t Hunker Down in Silos—Build Bridges Across the Gaps
The Value of Springing Back
Springs are used in everything imaginable. Anything with a battery has a metal spring or two to provide the electrical connections. Cars and trucks, trains… Read More »The Value of Springing Back
Don’t Be So Formal. Let’s Be Social.
Formals are still an event that happens at a high school. Everyone gets dressed up and gathers for a dance. All are nervous. On the… Read More »Don’t Be So Formal. Let’s Be Social.