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If you have landed on this article, welcome! The introductory article is titled WDF – A Three Part Series.
In this article, we discuss W. W helps us remember to Write It Down.
I remember my first day of real professional work at the Big 8 accounting firm, Coopers & Lybrand – now PricewaterhouseCoopers (The Big 8 was a term used in the 1980s to reference the world’s 8 largest accounting ...
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In the cycle of life, a plateau is called maturity. The cycle of life is this: birth, growth, maturity, decline, and then ….
The business cycle follows this same natural cycle. Start-up, growth, maturity (e.g., a plateau), decline. Left unto itself, your business or organization is likely going to follow that natural progression.
Ask your typical entrepreneur. Start-up is fun. Growth is pretty cool. Plateaus and declines – not so much.
You and your organization are somewhere in the ...
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The typical business consultant sells business tools. Like a hardware store sells hammers, business consultants sell business tools.
The challenge is that all too often, the consultant’s hammer is often heralded as the “cure all” for all business ailments.
Most people have the common sense to know that a hammer will not saw wood, drill holes, or router a decorative edge on a piece of wood. It is used for driving nails.
But when it comes to business, neither the business malady nor ...
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A short title, yes. But, it’s a short title with big implications.
SALY is not the name of your sister, mother, wife, or girlfriend. After all, it’s not even spelled correctly.
SALY is simple: It stands for Same As Last Year.
SALY is a term I came across ages ago when I was discharging my duties as a CPA. I was privileged to work with a firm called Coopers & Lybrand – a Big Eight firm. Back ...
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Have you ever heard this saying? Or, have you heard something like it?
In life and in business, everyone is looking for that proverbial sweet spot where everything comes together. It is that unique place where, in a sense, you can stop pedaling and make more money with minimal effort.
So, the question is this: Is it possible to make more and do less? We’ll let you, the reader, decide. But, let’s ...
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When I was little boy, the neighborhood kids would play cowboys and Indians. The Old West wasn’t too far a distant memory back then. And, if you are in the politically correct crowd, don’t get too excited. This article isn’t really about cowboys and Indians.
It’s about an idiom: “Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians.” This translates to “Too many managers and not enough workers.” And, let’s address this right away. This article doesn’t insinuate that mangers ...
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At Blue Elevator™, we maintain the bias that no one can truly see themselves.
Here are the three reasons you should consider engaging Blue Elevator™:
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In a preceding article, Business Consulting – Then and Now, we made the case for cutting-edge business advisory. We finished with the question: Are you ready to engage? Generally speaking, the answer is usually “Yes!”
Posted by: Ken Moll
For the past four decades business consulting has been associated with three phenomena:
Vision and leadership and effectiveness are the proverbial lions and tigers and bears of business and life. All are big things in and of themselves – even more so, when taken together. Whether you are a student, a solo entrepreneur, or the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, all these are necessary for success.
Vision is where you want to go. Every successful endeavor must have an end goal in mind.
Where there is no ...
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