I’ve noticed some patterns in business owner decision-making behaviors over the years. Most of us tend to fall into more than one group. Among other things, we’re number crunchers, marketers,...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2021/05/19/decision-making-and-the-last-word/
Other than leading their team, the most important and often, most valuable work a leader can do is making decisions. Our process for making these decisions varies. As such, so does the quality of...
I experienced an onboarding recently. It was good, but it could have been great. A great onboarding takes some thought. It takes thinking like a customer – a NEW customer. Sometimes we have a h...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2021/05/05/all-aboard-for-onboarding/
More than ever, Business is (still) Personal. Due in part to physical distancing and related situations, people are starving for connection. COVID didn’t make us less personal. It gave us the o...
If you talk to someone who complains that their company is out of control, the reason is not always obvious. Once you pin them down about the reasons for their problems, you’ll find that they a...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2021/04/21/have-you-tried-managing/
A friend commented this week that the tone of my writing has changed. They’re right. I’ve been challenging your leadership and decision making skills more than usual recently. I don’t mean ...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2021/04/14/your-other-important-job/
How much time each week do you spend thinking about important things? I don’t mean baseball or fishing or camping or whatever (they’re important too). I mean thinking about the most important...
Back in ’95, I talked to my employer at the time about working for them from another location. Not from home, but from a different state. At first their response was a muted “Yes”. In retro...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2021/03/31/nothing-is-impossible/
I recently met an entrepreneur who recently discovered long-term planning. I don’t say this to make fun of them. I say this because it’s great and because some of you might be in the same spo...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2021/03/24/the-former-vp-of-team-chaos/
You may have heard a Gandhi quote about change. The odds are good that you know the quote most frequently attributed to him: “Be the change you want to see in the world“… Did you know there...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2021/03/17/getting-what-you-want/