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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
Do you ever wonder why communications within your team don’t always work well? Maybe you aren’t asking the right questions? We work with a consulting firm that teaches you how to ask the right questions, with the right language and Read more