JULY FEATURED ARTICLE It’s Time to Keep Score of Your Business I enjoy playing golf but it can be a very frustrating game. For that reason, I typically do not keep score when I play golf. I find that it makes the game more enjoyable when I leave the scorecard and the half-pencil in the Read more about Default title[…]
JUNE FEATURED ARTICLE How Strategic Are Your Personal Goals? If you know Tim Fulton at all, you know three things..he loves tennis, small cars, and goals… Growing up in the Fulton household, there were two things one could be sure of every holiday season. One…there would be yard work on Thanksgiving. And two…your new year’s Read more about Default title[…]
MAY FEATURED ARTICLE Small Business Matters: The Conference A personal challenge, a celebration for the tribe Everyone can see we’re together … As we walk on by … And we fly just like birds of a feather … I won’t tell no lie … The doors opened, and the sounds of Sister Sledge’s We Are Family greeted Read more about Default title[…]
APRIL FEATURED ARTICLE Three Reasons to Host a Tribal Meeting On May 17th I am hosting my first Small Business Matters Conference. This is a tribal meeting. Marketing guru Seth Godin suggests in his best-selling book “Tribes” that we are all chief of our own “Tribe”. My tribe includes Vistage members, GrowSmart participants, colleagues, and friends. Read more about Default title[…]
MARCH FEATURED ARTICLE Two Rules for Every Game (Business) When my youngest son, Carter, was young he used to love to play board games. Monopoly, Risk, Clue, Don’t Wake Daddy (one of my favorites), Mousetrap, and the list goes on. I also used to enjoy playing these games with Carter. The rules were simple and Read more about Default title[…]
My wife and I have been married for over 31 years. As you might imagine, we agree on far more than we disagree. One area of continual disagreement over this time period has been my driving. My wife suggests, unsolicited most of time, that I drive too fast. Whether it’s in my own neighborhood or Read more about What is your Business’s Speed Limit?[…]
This is one of my favorite Ted Talks. Very simple prescription for happiness and success. Take twelve minutes and watch it now.
I am a big proponent of job descriptions. The research overwhelming tells us that our employees need to know what we expect from them in their work. Before making any hiring decision, I believe it is critical to have a job description. This website is a great resource for developing job descriptions. It has a Read more about Useful Web Tools – O*Net OnLine[…]
A toothpaste factory had a problem. They sometimes shipped empty boxes without the tube inside. This challenged their perceived quality with the buyers and distributors. Understanding how important the relationship with them was, the CEO of the company assembled his top people. They decided to hire an external engineering company to solve their empty boxes Read more about A LITTLE HUMOR… Engineering Problems[…]