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Goals and job costing, become a master of your destiny

Tie goals and job costing together and become the master of your destiny—well, of your company’s destiny. The typical Job Costing discussion throws a large smattering of options into play. Watch any job costing question posted on a financial management forum and...

Where's your Not-to-Do list?

Where is your not-to-do list anyway? You do have one, don’t you? My business journey started out with out of control to-do lists. When I ran a small growing vibrant company, my to-do list floated around a  constant 50 actions required by me at any given point in...

Culture eats strategy for lunch

Oh, yes and culture eats strategy for lunch and then dinner. Then it eats business plans and execution for dessert. It is imperative for every business owner and business manager to clearly understand what exactly the phrase means, “culture eats strategy for...

Something's not quite right

You know something’s not quite right in your business. Your results are not quite what you want. You suspect something’s holding you back. What is it? Most people feel something’s not quite right about their business or themselves at some point in...

3 must haves to take the next big step

The 3 must haves to take the next big step for your business determine if you grow or shrink. The must haves determine if you get in control or flail around responding to all the issues and obstacles. A quick tale of two business owners One business owner put in place...

How to measure business success

Business owners often ask how to measure business success. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for business are the stats of business. First, let’s define KPIs Key – Vital aspect to success Performance – The manner in which your business behaves,...