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COVID-19 Is a Black Swan Event–Do You Even Know What Questions to Ask?

Mar 24, 2020 By Dave Berkus

Great executives and managers seem to intuitively know what they don’t know.   But it is not at all uncommon to not even know what questions to ask. Who would have thought about COVID 19 and public’s panic responses? Image credit: Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay One week we all thought we had our responses dedicated to supply […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Strategic Planning Tagged With: crisis plan

CoronaVirus and Small Business: A Discussion About Economics

Mar 18, 2020 By Dave Berkus

The CoronaVirus (Covid-19) will potentially cause some real economic disruptions in the US. Specifically, it will have an adverse affect on small and medium-sized businesses. Here are some tips to consider. Advice to managers, entrepreneurs With a multitude of caveats, it might be worthwhile to heed the following advice:  Anticipate the worst, prepare for it, […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Strategic Planning Tagged With: coronavirus, Risk

5 Ways to Lead Through the Coronavirus Crisis

Mar 10, 2020 By Richard Citrin

Small businesses are especially vulnerable during this latest public health crisis. Supply chain issues, voluntary social distancing by customers, fear among employees about short term layoffs (not to mention their own health concerns) and financial management are just a few of the challenges that face the small business owner. Circumstances like these, however, also provide […]

Filed Under: Communication, Leadership, Strategic Planning Tagged With: Communication, Health, Procedures

Do Those Summaries. Use Those Frameworks. But Don’t Think They Replace Business Planning.

Mar 6, 2020 By Tim Berry

There is some bad advice floating around in the startup world. Useful as the Lean Canvas is, and despite some well-intentioned suggestions of summaries, those are not business plans. They don’t deal with the drivers and components of cash flow. They don’t set milestones, metrics, and tracking. You can’t run a business with them. And […]

Filed Under: Creating a Plan, Startup, Strategic Planning Tagged With: Angel Investors, Business Plan

Do This to Develop Leaders Who Are Strategy-Driven

Mar 4, 2020 By Richard Citrin

Every successful small business faces the challenge of growth. When that happens, others must be relied upon to provide the same level of commitment, smarts, and grit to get the job done. Developing others with the same passion as yourself is never easy. Research indicates, however, that a planned and intentional approach that focuses on […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Strategic Planning Tagged With: Leadership, Leadership Skills, Strategy

Your Inner Circle

Feb 26, 2020 By Drew McLellan

A business is influenced by so many people that as business leaders, we need to choose those influences carefully and cautiously. That’s even truer when it comes to our inner circle. Motivational speaker Jim Rohn is probably most famous for his statement that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. And […]

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Learning, Mentors

What is the Real Goal for Our Management and Company?

Feb 4, 2020 By Dave Berkus

Often, we joke together as managers of companies or of people that our goal is “world domination” or “to crush the competition.” But no matter how stated, the primary goal of an enterprise is to make money. The three measures of progress How do you measure progress toward such an undefined goal? We measure it by […]

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Setting Goals

8 Steps Every Leader Must Take to Deal with Setbacks

Feb 3, 2020 By Marty Zwilling

As a business owner in this age of rapid technological change, with the surge of worldwide competitors, setbacks and adversity are virtually guaranteed. Based on my years of experience mentoring and advising entrepreneurs, you need to attack problems and challenges with a mindset of success, or it is unlikely that you or your business will […]

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Leadership, Overcoming Obstacles

How to Bring Your Small Business to the Next Level

Jan 15, 2020 By Devin Caldwell

Starting and running your own business is exciting. It’s not enough to just run your business from day to day doing the same things you always do. If your business becomes stagnant, you can’t grow. Not only that, but your business could become irrelevant and ultimately fail. For your business to grow and succeed, you […]

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Growth

The Biggest Obstacles Your Small Business Will Face in 2020

Jan 14, 2020 By Lexie Lu

Each year brings new challenges and advantages to small-business owners. 2020 marks a new decade filled with possibilities. However, there are also some big obstacles smaller brands must face as they move through the year. One major challenge is outpacing the competition. There are around 30.2 million small businesses in the United States. While the […]

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Overcoming Obstacles, Planning

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