Category: Planning

What makes your business Great?

by Marla J Noel Are you trying to be all things to all people? What makes your business great? Some businesses attempt to be all things to all people. This typically does not work well and will confuse your prospective customer or client. Can you identify that one thing you do better than anyone else… Read more »

Flow Chart your Business

Marla Noel

Creating a flow chart for your business processes helps you to see how efficient your business is. A flow chart is simple, however, making sure you include all of the steps is not so simple. It takes time and careful analysis of your processes. Ultimately, it can help you save time and money.

Strategic Planning Meeting

Strategic Planning Meeting- What it Looks Like At a networking meeting, a marketing guy looked at me, squinty eyed and said, “I have no idea what a Strategy meeting would look like.” Why should he know? Many business owners go through life never holding a strategic planning meeting. There are some brilliant people, who have… Read more »

Planning during a Pandemic

Planning during a Pandemic is critical for anticipating the future of your business. In order to make good decisions, you will need good information. This includes past marketing and the success of the marketing. You should also have the org chart, what it looks like now and what you want it to look like. Include… Read more »

Stay Calm in a Crisis

Watch this short video for what to do if you are a small business

Grow your business to add enjoyment and value

For most entrepreneurs, growing a business becomes difficult at a certain size, where you need others to complete tasks beyond the time constraints or skill set of the CEO. To grow, you need focus. A good business coach can help with the focus needed. Make sure you find a business coach with experience in growing… Read more »

Sunrise, a New Day and Time for Change

Sunrise A new day and time for a change. Every day, there is a chance to improve your business. Most businesses can improve one or many aspects of the business, however, we get comfortable with status quo. Changes to your business do not have to be as painful as you may think. As a Vistage… Read more »

Culture and the Hierarchy of Needs

Culture Simply- On August 3rd, I hosted a discussion about Culture. I titled the discussion Culture Simply. Most of us know that culture is not simple. This facilitated a great discussion about culture and its evolution in today’s society. One of the participants asked if there was any culture expectation for a company, as far… Read more »

Communication in Family Business

Family communication in business can be challenging. Communication within a family business is challenging, whether the communication is within the same generation or different generations. It is critical for the longevity of the family business to work on communication.  Within the same generation, the things that negatively affect communication include egos, emotions, fear or distrust…. Read more »