This article was first published about 20 years ago. It’s even more relevant today: Leadership is the art of inspiring people to undertake an adventure in the pursuit of a common goal. Management is the disciplined process that provides the infrastructure that enables...
In any company, large or small, the leaders set the standard for the way the company should be run and the way decisions should be made. And the company prospers. At least that’s the theory. In practice, not so much. In an attempt to get readers’ attention we’ve seen...
As everybody knows, nearly everyone has advice for the CEO/business owner, some of it sound, and some not so sound. But when all is said and done, when it comes to making a profit and translating that into cash in the bank, there are a handful of basic financial...
A CEO or business owner who is committed to strong performance in all areas of their company will recognize early on that neither they nor anyone else is an expert in all things. You don’t hire one doctor to handle everything that might go wrong with your health; you...
This question still comes up regularly: Should we lease or buy the equipment we will need next year? Often this is simply a cash flow question. But about half the time the questioner is actually asking which method is least expensive. So here’s the answer(s). #1...
