The Devil is in the Details
Entrepreneurs, Strategy and Strategic Planning · Tags: brand, culture, Details, entrepreneurs, Nordstrom, small business, strategic advantage, vision, zappos.com
I went to see the movie, Joyful Noise, on Sunday. I enjoyed the movie, but, there was one aspect that disturbed me. The demographics of the choir did not seem realistic. I mentioned this to my friend and...
Business Values to Operating Philosophy
Strategy and Strategic Planning, Values in Business · Tags: authentic empowerment, business values, core values, culture, empower, operating philosophy, organizational values, philosophy based culture, small business, strategic advantage, strategy, values, values based organizational development
Business values by nature are broad and can be interpreted in many ways. For example, if a value is fun, what does that mean? What type of fun or humor? And, to what degree? Left broad, this type of ambiguity...
Are you Asking the Right Questions?
Entrepreneurs, Strategy and Strategic Planning · Tags: asking questions, brainstorming, entrepreneurs, perspective, small business, strategic advantage, strategy
Last week I attended an interesting ASTD meeting on brainstorming. As part of the presentation, we were all asked to participate in a mini brainstorming session around the subject of topics that would...
Do you Need to do 1099 Forms?
Entrepreneurs · Tags: 1099 forms, entrepreneurs, procedures, processes, small business, Using Experts, W-9 form
It’s January, that magical time of year. For management accountants (those who work for companies) it’s a very busy time of year. Two of their highest priorities in January are preparing W-2 forms...
Strengths vs. Weaknesses
Entrepreneurs, Strategic Planning Basics, Strategy and Strategic Planning · Tags: entrepreneurs, small business, strategic advantage, Strategic Planning, strategy, strength, weakness
I keep coming up against two opposing paradigms. The first is the idea of working from our strengths. Popularized in the book Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, the...
