I talked to a close friend who spent 20 minutes in the camera store the other day trying to find someone help him. (Good thing he’s the honest type, not given to “helping himself.”) During his wait, and while growing increasingly frustrated, he noticed the company mission statement on the wall by the door to [...]
Apparently, at one of the anti-tax “tea parties” in Texas, people were shouting, “secede. Secede.” Which would have been bad enough, but then the governor raised the stakes by not quashing the idea out of hand. While this whole thing is an over-reaction on the part of disenfranchised citizens, the whole idea intrigues me nonetheless. [...]
The other day, a man I know well asked for some help preparing for an interview. He owns his own business and is very successful by any standard of measure. His problem is he’s not a great interviewee. Even though he’s been successful in his career, he lack the confidence to sit in front of [...]
One of the problems I often see as entrepreneurs try to bring their ideas to fruition is a problem with scale. Just because GM works with however many hundred thousand employees (or maybe it doesn’t?) that doesn’t mean it will work equally well with you and two high school kids in your garage. Now, I’m [...]
I watched this winter as a business that had historically been closed in the winter decided to remain open. This is a thriving business with a large, loyal clientele. Because of the business they’re in, there should have been little difference between summer and winter levels of business. The problem was, nobody knew they [...]
A couple of weeks ago I blogged that those who feed at the government trough would reap the whirlwind. Those words turned out to be prophetic in their accuracy as that’s exactly what happened today at GM when Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner resigned “under pressure” from our friends in Washington. This was done ostensibly [...]
I have been working with a company recently that is looking for a key middle manager. To say that the response to the ads was tremendous would be an understatement. They’ve received hundreds of resumes from people in all walks of life — attorneys, executives, secretaries, longshoremen, and everything in between. While the response has [...]
I have been amazed at the number of businesses in our area for sale. When you look at the “home seeker” magazine, it seems to have more businesses for sale than homes. Now, I know economic times are hard, etc., but this is no time to sell your business. Even if you were planning to [...]
20 Mar
Posted by awebb as Leadership, Management
I watched with frustration and anger – as you did – as AIG executives took over $150 million in undeserved bonuses. Then I watched in shock and horror as congress went about levying a “special” tax on the bonuses to “Get the American people’s money back.” My Anger and frustration grow out of the fact [...]
I had an opportunity to speak to a bunch of business students at BYU-I last week, and it was a great experience. I had an opportunity to share with them what I think is the most important message we can share right now: that is, that this is not a time for gloom and doom. [...]