Good Idea? Or Not?
Entrepreneurs, Featured Post, Strategic Planning Basics, Strategy and Strategic Planning · Tags: brand, business strategy, entrepreneurs, goals, Hoshin, Jett Excellence, Karen Jett, perspective, Shiny bauble, small business, Strategic Planning, strategy
If you are like most small business owners, you have more ideas than you can possibly implement. So how can you tell the difference between: An idea that will take your business where you want to go,...
Hire the Smartest People You Can Find?
Entrepreneurs, Values in Business · Tags: brand, business values, core values, culture, Jett Excellence, Karen Jett, mission, organizational values, small business, values, vision
A popular concept in business literature is to surround yourself with the smartest people you can find. The corollary to this belief is to always hire the smartest people. This is an idea that I endorse–...
Strategy is Not Planning
Entrepreneurs, Strategy and Strategic Planning, Values in Business · Tags: brand, business values, core values, entrepreneurs, Jett Excellence, Karen Jett, mission, operating guidelines, organizational values, Profitability, Shiny bauble, small business, strategic advantage, Strategic Plan-ting, Strategic Planning, strategic priorities, strategy, values, vision
“Strategy is not planning – it is the making of an integrated set of choices that collectively position the firm in its industry so as to create sustainable advantage relative to competition and deliver...
Shed or You Will Burn Out
Entrepreneurs, Strategy and Strategic Planning · Tags: brand, culture, entrepreneurs, Jett Excellence, Karen Jett, Shiny bauble, small business, strategic advantage, Strategic Planning, strategic priorities, strategy
Okay, that title is not as eloquent or memorable as the one my mentor and friend Kathy Dempsey uses: “Shed or You’re Dead®”. Kathy and her sidekick, Lenny the Lizard, talk about how we need to shed...
What I Learned from Hurricane Sandy
Entrepreneurs, Values in Business · Tags: brand, entrepreneurs, Hurricane Sandy, Jett Excellence, Karen Jett, small business, trust, trust economy
After surviving the first really significant storm in my life, and experiencing three days with no electricity here my top three takeaways: When your husband asks: “Honey, do you think we should go...
