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Do or Delegate?
Do you ever ask yourself if you are doing the right things in your job or if you should focus on different tasks? This is the key to keeping your day productive and making your job more satisfying. You may...
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Converting Working from Home to Sleeping at the Office?
After six months of working from home, are you working at all hours of the day and night? Do you fear that you are burning out? Many dedicated executives and staff are feeling the stress of not disconnecting from their Read more…
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Does Your 2021 Financial Stack Measure Up?
What do all these major companies have in common: Allstate, American Airlines, Carnival Cruise Line, Dell, Disney, Ford, Hilton, Goldman Sachs, Kohl’s, MGM, Marriott, Ralph Lauren, Raytheon, Shell, Uber? They will all be employing far fewer people next year due Read more…
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Managing Software Vendors Needs Follow Up
Your new ERP system is installed; your team is figuring out how to move around and use it. Inevitably there are additional wants, fixes, irritations, and broken situations. You call the software provider, voicing your concern and they respond offering Read more…
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When Do You Need a CFO? NOW!
CFOs in Stage Two Businesses Well-established businesses are pivoting during COVID-19 and changing their business models for various reasons – lack of demand, lack of supply, lack of employees – and, of course, all the government mandates to control the Read more…
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Are You Ready for Colorado Equal Pay Act?
The new Colorado “Equal Pay for Equal Work Act” (Senate Bill 19-085) becomes effective January 1, 2021. If you are not familiar with this new regulation, we strongly encourage you to investigate how this will affect your business. The law Read more…
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Lead Like A Gardener in a Drought Economy
Preparing for uncertainty: As businesses reopen, most do not know what the new normal will be nor expect a quick ramp up in their business. A gardener does not know what the weather will be for the growing season, so Read more…
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Are You Confusing Marketing with Strategy?
Market planning is certainly strategic in nature, but it is not the entire business. Strategy is more complete when it evaluates the business comprehensively. Strategically examining your market focus in product design, placement, and pricing is the front end of Read more…
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Is Now the Time to Zero Out?
In 1970 the Harvard Business Review published an article launching zero-based budgeting as a 360-degree review tool. Today we have Simon Sinek asking the “why” of our actions. Believe it or not, the two approaches are not very far apart Read more…
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Moving from Fear to Hope Through Adaptability
“Uncertainty in the economy, society, politics, has become so great as to render futile, if not counterproductive, the kind of planning most companies still practice: forecasting based on probabilities.” -Peter Drucker, 1995. It has been 25 years and that message Read more…
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Making Your Comeback Stronger Than Your Setback
Determining Your Comeback Scenarios: As lockdowns are eased and your customers awaken, there is the opportunity for you to thrive. Most likely your business has suffered some damage but so have your competitors. Especially important lessons learned during the recovery Read more…