August 25, 2014
You Get What You Pay For
Many years ago a client told a prospective client that I was expensive but worth it. He also stated to me and others that it…
August 19, 2014
Beware of Uneducated Input
Consulting guru and advisor Alan Weiss constantly tells people not to pay attention to random, unsolicited feedback. This makes so much sense and yet most…
August 15, 2014
Times Change – Change With Them
One of the most recent innovations in major league baseball is the greatly expanded us of shifting the defensive players. This is the result of…
August 11, 2014
Business Buy-Sell and the Business’s Status – #3
To continue from the last two posts, here are my comments on situation number three. Losing money. Recent upward trend or reduction of expenses. Is…
August 9, 2014
Business Buy-Sell and the Business’s Status – #2
Last post I wrote about the first of the three situations in which businesses can find themselves: Losing money. Recent upward trend or reduction of expenses.…
August 7, 2014
Business Buy-Sell and the Business’s Status
Let's look at three different situations in which businesses may find themselves and how people in my buy-sell world look at them. Losing money. Recent…
August 4, 2014
It Takes Time to Think to Create a Strategy
To non-baseball fans the game is slow and boring because something’s not happening “all the time.” To many baseball fans it’s the multi-levels of strategy.…
August 1, 2014
Higher Wages = More Scrutiny And Opportunity
Consider the following: Amazon.com uses a temp agency to hire warehouse people and put them through a probationary period. My friend Gary with three-dozen employees…
July 3, 2014
Communicating – Stories Create Emotion
As I mentioned last week, Lucas Mack with 4th Avenue Media presented to a group of my clients and me recently. The first thing I wrote down…
June 28, 2014
Communicating – Stories Sell
The best sportswriter in the country, in my humble opinion, is Jason Gay with The Wall Street Journal. He writes about all sports, has a…
