If customers come to your location (retail, service, home office), you know it matters – first impressions last! If no customers visit, you still have to work there. The environment does affect your productivity! Do a walk through with a stranger. Write down everything they notice, without arguing, explaining, or rationalizing. Ask employees or anyone […]
Guest podcast: Lasting Development Isn’t Casinos or CAFO’s
Guest podcaster Zane Safrit discusses what makes lasting rural economic development, and it isn’t casinos or CAFOs. Read more of Zane’s thoughts on rural economic development, small business and health care at his Conference Calls Unlimited CEO blog. Listen for a new podcast on small business, the Great Big Small Business Show! small biz rural […]
Podcast: Focus
Podcast: Here are four steps you can use to improve your focus. Set a clear vision. Know what results you want from your business. How do you want it to look in 1 year, 5 years, or 10 years? (See Simplified Business Plans for the Real World for some ideas.) Decide which tasks are important […]
POV: Learning from Failure
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.Colin Powell You know that I like to talk about what we learn from failure. So does Zane Safrit. He is talking about why failure is important. Fridays are all about failure here. It’s the end of the week. […]
