I have always believed the only way to find peace and happiness is to strike a balance in all the various aspects of your life. You must feed your emotional, physical, spiritual, and intellectual sides every day to remain in balance. When we fail to do that, we slip into a state where any equilibrium [...]
28 Mar
Posted by awebb as Human Resources, Management
The other day I addressed the topic of making sure that when you lose employees you lose them from the bottom and not the top. I ran across the statement I used for the title of this post again today and it reminded me how true it is that we as managers determine who stays [...]
My father always used to preach that those who understand money earn interest, those who don’t understand pay interest. I think that’s pretty good advice, especially in today’s world. Though I’ve lived that philosophy in both my personal and professional lives, I’ve often been challenged by entrepreneurs about the concept’s validity for small businesses. In [...]
From the time we’re born until the time we die, our day’s are filled with negotiating. It starts, literally, when we’re born (I’ll stop crying if you’ll feed me and change my diaper,) and continues on throughout life. We negotiate with our bosses, our employees, our children, our spouse, the guy at the grocery store, [...]
I worked with a company last year that had several problems: they had way too much inventory, they had no systems in place (purchasing systems, inventory control systems, etc.,) and they were in need of some marketing help. Somewhere along the way, the owner finally realized he needed a high-powered marketer. Now, we’re talking about [...]
Several years ago, I worked with a company that felt the answer to all its problems was to sell to Wal-Mart. They felt that if they could just knock over this one customer, all their dreams would come true. After all, Wal-Mart buys millions of dollars worth of product every year. What could be the [...]
I just read a great post by Anne Warfield over at Anne Warfield’s Presentations Skills Blog entitled “Do Ethics Only Count When People Are Looking?” and it reminded me of a similar situation I witnessed the other day in the grocery store. I was in line between a mom with small children and a couple [...]
I just returned from the beautiful Rexburg, Idaho campus of Brigham Young University where I was a guest judge at a business plan competition hosted by the business department at the university. What a great experience that was. If you haven’t experienced the energy and enthusiasm of business students who can hardly wait to take [...]
As I talk to young entrepreneurs, partnerships are a common topic. There seem to be a lot of questions about when and why to take a partner. After 30 years of watching partnerships (and being involved in several,) I have strong feelings about the subject. When my son came to me a few weeks back [...]
18 Mar
Posted by awebb as Human Resources, Management, Marketing, Public Relations
Seth Godin has a great post on why you don’t need a resume. The part that really caught my eye was this comment: “Great jobs, world class jobs, jobs people kill for… those jobs don’t get filled by people emailing in resumes. Ever.” I know that’s been the case in my career. When I need [...]