All business owners and leaders need the time and space to work on business strategy. We firmly believe that a business is getting the exact results that it has been designed to get, which means if you want better results you must start with a better design. Below are a collection of business articles on business strategy from our weekly Business Owner Insights.
In our Value Builder System, we use a set of very specific questions, known as the Gallup 12, to help gauge employee satisfaction within a business. One of the questions asked is, “I know what is expected of me at work.” Employees are asked to rank their answer in a...
Does your business have a strategy for deciding how and when to grow? Most business owners have a goal to grow sales. Some have a sales strategy in place, but most don’t take the time to step back and think about how to grow their business beyond what they do...
What do you do if you have a headache? When most people are asked this question, the answers are simple: Let it go. Take aspirin. Lower the lights. It seems most people are willing to live with an occasional headache when it first begins. When asked the follow-up question, “And...
Here’s a trick question for all business owners. Who should be treated like your number one customer? Notice, the question isn’t who is, but who should be treated like your number one customer. You may have a list of potential customers running through your mind, but the tricky part is...
We hear it all the time from small business owners, "I'm just too busy." And we get it, because we are busy too. But in order to get what you really want from your business, it is important for you to take a good look at what you are busy...
Imagine for a moment that your biggest client wants to double, even triple, the amount of business they do with you. Your first reaction may be one of excitement. Or, maybe you have some concerns about fulfilling the order. But the factor most business owners don’t consider is the dependency...
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