KPIs: Metrics for Business Success
My last post, Cash Is King in Small Business, discussed the importance of cash and the potential pitfalls of focusing on sales as a business metric. Growing sales can actually choke off cash and create more financial problems than it solves.
Beyond cash and sales, there are a myriad of possible measurements that business owners …
‘Golden Handcuffs’ Keeping You From Your DREAM Job?
YOU HAVE A GOOD JOB WITH A GOOD COMPANY, A JOB YOU HAVE HELD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. Your job title puts you squarely and firmly in the ranks of “middle management.” Your annual salary is one that many others can only wish they earned. Just one problem, though. You have come to …
Keeping Your Personal Brand Professional in a Shark Fight
The higher you climb, the more fans you get. Subsequently, the higher you climb, the more people are there to point out flaws in your arguments. Openly calling someone out for misinformation has always been a practice. Whether through poetry as was popular in the 1700s or through the internet as is popular today, you …
Are you routinely taking these 5 steps to make the sale?
We invariably and continually make changes in our lives. While the topics are endless, the approach for each holds five basic steps in common. Routinely making these steps a habitual practice will serve to improve your results.
Research
Email and social media are perfect examples of people attempting to sell without knowing a thing about …
7 Keys to Entrepreneur Success
Successful entrepreneurs exhibit a series of traits and behaviors that set their businesses apart from their competition. Striving for perfection in every area is, of course, next to impossible. But with an awareness of what has made business leaders in the past successful, getting close to perfection is achievable.
Here are 7 key ways to …
Two Ways To Improve the Odds in Your Favor
Luck is the intersection of preparation and opportunity. Improving your odds of winning – being lucky and landing a fantastic job, well-paying new clients, a sold-out audience for your workshop, a big promotion or bonus depends on preparation and opportunity. AKA luck.
That’s why some people are always lucky. And, some people have no luck.…
Real World 101: What Every Graduate Should Know
As college students graduate from their degrees, they realize their expectations and the real world do not match. Although graduating from college is a great accomplishment which should be recognized, it is not the end. In fact, it is just the beginning of a totally new phase in life which the graduates are unfamiliar with. …
Small Business Leadership: A Tale of 3 Styles
Saturday night my wife and I rented and watched the movie Red Army, about the former Soviet Union’s commitment to international ice hockey domination and the migration of Russian hockey players to North America.
The movie took me back to a time when I loved watching those Soviet hockey teams because of their tremendous skill …
Surviving (Inevitable) Rejection
Rejection is inevitable in life, especially if you’re making an effort and putting yourself out there. Here are some thoughts I use to make it less painful when I get it.
First, try not to expect to get it before you actually do. Most of the negative situations you worry about will never happen. If …
Complex Interviewing Strategies for All Levels
If you’re going to go for a job, you might as well take the time to focus, properly prepare and get the position. Naturally, this entails integrating complex business ideas so you appear competent, intelligent and knowledgeable to the interviewing party.
Complex Interviewing Strategies You Should Be Familiar WithBelow, we will show you how …