Posts Tagged ‘Performance’
Is Your Organization Structured for Success?
Most of us build our organizations for the current revenue and therefore the need for more people grows as the business grows. It is a common and practical approach. But if you were to start over today with your current revenue and profit margin would your organization be structured as it currently is? Most likely…
READ MORE...4 Steps to Improve Your Performance in 2022
With today’s speed of change, if you aren’t looking and moving forward, you are quickly falling behind. Even though 2021 is only 60% complete, now is a great time to be looking forward to 2022 and how you want to improve upon your 2021 goals and performance (so you don’t fall behind your competition). If…
READ MORE...Are you an initiator?
A certain farmer had become old and ready to pass his farm down to one of his two sons. When he brought his sons together to speak about it, he told them: The farm will go to the younger son. The older son was furious! “What are you talking about?!” he fumed. The father sat patiently, thinking. “Okay,” the…
READ MORE...Are You Using Your Labor Efficiently?
Every company produces goods or services of some sort that they sell to their customer base with the expectation of making a fair and reasonable profit. In some industries competitive pressures make it difficult to raise prices sufficiently to cover the increasing cost of materials or labor. Even if you are in a situation where…
READ MORE...Employee Recognition
Not a Nice to Have…but a NEED to Have By Mindy Curtiss Summer months are a great time for vacations. In fact, we see a 33% surge in vacation requests that occur in specific months every year. What are Kent’s peak vacation months? July Holidays & Summer Vacations August …
READ MORE...Can Your Company Embrace the 7-70 Rule?
By David Carter Are you upset because margins are slipping impacting your company’s overall profitability? AND, at the same time you want to grow your business more rapidly and more profitably? Yes – margins are one of the most important Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for your business. And irrespective of your industry’s average profitability, we…
READ MORE...Why do people hire a coach?
There are many professions where having a coach is critical to the person or team’s performance and success…professional and amateur athletes and athletic teams, singers, musicians and actors. More and more we are finding business leaders and their teams hiring a coach. Why do people hire a coach? To improve technique and performance To receive…
READ MORE...Could this be your holiday wish list or New Year’s resolution?
The month of December is always an interesting time. Form some it is a frantic, hectic time, trying to get projects or money leftover from the budget spent. For others it is a quiet time, one of reflection and planning for the year ahead. At the start of each year most individuals create a list…
READ MORE...The Critical Four Decisions
As a Coach that has been certified by the Gazelles organization, I have worked with clients using a method developed by Verne Harnish that is referred to as the “Four Decisions”. In business, “Gazelles” are growth firms, they are job generators that will do the most to get our national economy back on track and…
READ MORE...Growing Your Business: Tipping the Scales in Your Favor
Growth in any economy is possible by understanding how you rank your marketplace and then taking steps to shift more customers towards you, that is sales growth. In my prior leadership roles at McDonald’s and Burger King, I often visited restaurants to see how they were performing and provide guidance and coaching to help them…
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