Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt. “You know exactly what to do. You just don’t do it fast enough.” ~ Robert Petersen, CFI, Flight Instructor You really do know what to do… One afternoon I was flying my airplane home with my instructor. As we flew into the San Francisco Bay…
If Strategic Planning Were As Easy as “Re-Painting” Your Business, Where Would You Start? When was the last time you painted something? A piece of furniture, a fence, a room, a house, a car… How did you go about it? Did you just grab a can of spray paint or a brush and start painting?…
Here’s a New Management Team Organizational Idea and Toolbox for the New Year. We designed it to get all of your people on the same page. We call it the “One-Page Manager”. It’s a hybrid Job Description + Executive Summary template. It’s much more than just “Goal Setting” — It’s a coordinated execution plan. Video demo.
Then I did something all the goal-setting gurus don’t tell you…
As I’ve always understood it, minimum wage is primarily for entry-level workers like teenagers. A “minimum wage” is intended to protect them from being unfairly exploited while they learn what it’s like / how to be an employee. Business owners hiring them bear the brunt of teaching them new skill and how to behave with…