Who said running your own business or managing your own team would be easy? Most people I interact with, whether CEOs or managers, function in at least one role as an entrepreneur. I compiled the top actions to which they credit their success, so that I can share them with you. You’ll notice that they [...]
Posts Tagged ‘management’
8 Tips for the Entrepreneur in Us All
Posted in An Ally's Advice, tagged business growth, Business Plan, CEO, employees, entrepreneur, goals, greed, hiring and firing, management, mistakes, running a business, smart risks on May 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Would You Trade Long Work Hours for Increased Efficiency and Creativity?
Posted in An Ally's Advice, tagged Blackberry, CEO, creativity, efficiency, finance, hard work, iPhone, management, marital harmony, work-life balance on May 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
This is not a trick question. In the U.S., we know that hard work pays off. The more we work, the more successful we will become, or so we believe. Our culture encourages us to work more and rest less. As a business leader, you are used to working even harder than many of the [...]
Politics Sinks Companies, But It Doesn’t Have to Sink Yours
Posted in An Ally's Advice, tagged board of directors, management, politics on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
All organizations have politics. If there’s more than one person involved – or one person with split personalities – you will have politics. Whether a 50,000-person enterprise, a non-profit, a school, a small business or a club, there will be politics. The question is: How do you minimize politics? Remember that everyone has an agenda. [...]
What Wally the Walrus can Teach us about Effective Process Development
Posted in An Ally's Advice, tagged consultant, inventory, management, out of stock, process development, supply chain on August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Processes. Oh, processes. How easy they are to ignore. How easy they are to let languish. But don’t. If cash is the blood of a business, departments are the organs and personnel are the cells, then processes are the bones. You must build your business on efficient, effective and solid processes. What do you do [...]
It’s Always the President’s Fault, a guest post by Vic Taglia
Posted in An Ally's Advice, tagged CFO, leveraged buyout, management, Patton, World War II on May 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As managing partner of GGG and the Turnaround Authority, I get the pleasure of providing guest posts by our other partners. The following post is by our newest Partner, Vic Taglia. No, I’m not talking about Mr. Obama. Twenty-five years ago I got my first CFO job with a $50 million manufacturer/distributor of electrical products. Howard, the company’s [...]
Read the Suggestions in the Suggestion Box
Posted in An Ally's Advice, Business Laughs, tagged business laughs, cartoon, communication, employee satisfaction, management, suggestion box on February 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This cartoon makes me chuckle because it makes me think about all those companies that I go into where the CEO or President isn’t listening to anyone in the entire organization – and that’s to his detriment. You have to have good communication up and down the line or you won’t know about the myriad [...]
The Incentive Plan? Don’t Screw up or You’re Fired
Posted in Business Laughs, tagged David Waisglass, Farcus, Gordon Couthart, incentive plan, management on February 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love this cartoon. This is another one of those that’s been hanging in my office for a decade and a half. This is NOT my mindset – that if you screw up you’re fired. I think it’s a shame when things are that way. However, as someone who’s been a part of hundreds of [...]
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