Business Values to Operating Philosophy
Featured Post, 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...
First, Let’s Fire all the Managers
Values in Business · Tags: culture, management, managers, managing, mission, small business
Did the title of this blog make you shudder? Or shout out “Yes!”? My response was one of curiosity. It’s actually the title of a recent article in the Harvard Business Review written by Gary Hamel....
Giving Thanksgiving
Entrepreneurs, Values in Business · Tags: core values, Grateful, gratitude, life change, small business, Thanksgiving, values
As I write, I am speeding to NYC on an Acela train. I’ve always wondered if the Acela was worth the extra money to ride. And now that I’m on board I can give a qualified yes – if it’s not two days...
Living Business Values
Entrepreneurs, Values in Business · Tags: business values, core values, entrepreneurs, organizational values, small business, values, values based organizational development, vision
When you start a business, you come into it with your own vision and values of what the company stands for. When you hire your first employee, if you are smart, you share this vision and now there are...
What Goes Up Must Come Down
Entrepreneurs, Strategy and Strategic Planning, Values in Business · Tags: Economic Downturn, Economy, entrepreneurs, organizational values, processes, small business, strategic advantage, Strategic Planning, strategy
What goes up must come down. And when it comes to the economy, what comes down inevitably goes up. Will you be ready when the economy improves? The companies that will recover first are those that are...
