Archive for November, 2005
NEW Program Announcement!
2006 BUSINESS PLAN REFRESHER PROGRAM™
One day, one updated plan, and you’re back on track
Wednesday, January 25, 2006, Central San Diego
Overview
Too many business owners fail to update their business plans regularly. As a result, they lose focus. They become confused about the best courses of action. Commonly, they are unsure whether those actions are aligned with what the business needs and what they want for the business. Decisions take longer than they should. Stress and uncertainty becomes part of the everyday work environment. The total focus commonly turns to just getting the deal, rather than building the business. Use this one day program to get back on the right track.
Who should attend?
A business owner and executives with the authority to evaluate and refresh the company’s business plan.
What is the…
Happy Thanksgiving, Now Go Home
I notice the same old stories in newspapers about crowded airports and busy freeways. In conversations, I notice the same old attitudes about the holidays, about impending exhaustion, eating and drinking too much and shopping. And I notice the same old behaviors that keep us all racing around and missing the big picture. You’ll be glad to know I will not contribute anything to those same old stories today.
Instead, I say this: Go home.
Turn off your computer and the office lights and go home. Warmly wish your coworkers a joy-filled holiday of rest and community and football and just go home. Stop by the store and pick up a special treat for your kids, partner and friends. Drive slowly so you treat your neighbors well along the way.
Go on…
Don’t Pay Too Much Attention to Donald Trump
I have to admit, I have become an Apprentice viewer. I enjoy talking about it with folks at the local coffee shop. But, more than that - I like watching to see how much management wisdom is being employed by the hopeful apprentices, and by Donald and his team. The more I watch, the more I see a pretty simple approach - and I don’t mean in a good way. Of course, the great disclaimer here is, who knows what really happens during the actual tasks. The program is designed to entertain us, first, and inform us, second…or third. Hence, I can only comment on what is shown.
First, the apprentices themselves are a pretty unsophisticated bunch of professionals. They are a bunch, a group - they are far from a…
