Entries Tagged Business Strategy

When you first started your business, you glimpsed a future you felt confident pursuing. Maybe you had a dream so big you’d...

The next time your company decides to launch a new initiative, you could use facts and figures and charts and graphs to...

All contractors should consider doing an annual report on their competitors. Completing a competitor analysis report will reveal possible course corrections for...

Question: As new business owners, what advice can you give regarding end-of-year planning? Answer: Last month we examined our suggested “year-end planning” for December. The...

Your employees and customers come to you for solutions all day long. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could hand us similar...

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the never-ending onslaught of tasks and to-dos that accumulate with mind-numbing frequency every day, Steve Willis...

Question: As new business owners, what advice can you share regarding end-of-year planning? Answer: Our industry has fundamentally changed in 2020 and we need to...

In my previous article, I explored the SWOT analysis grid, a widely used business tool that helps entrepreneurs make big decisions in...

Your most talented employees are probably a pain to manage. They frustrate you because they challenge you. Their very competence, confidence and...

As a business owner, when you start making plans for the coming year, it’s important to step back and take a long,...

There’s no need to beat around the bush: 2020 has been a rough year for pretty much everyone. And it’s not over...

The fancy marketing jargon is “reputation management,” but most business owners say it like a four-letter word: reviews. If this topic makes you...

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once observed that the only thing that is constant is change. That’s particularly true in today’s business world,...

Business owners typically take a lot of pride in their independence, their autonomy and their ability to get things done — and...