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Be Thorough

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Be Thorough

Be Thorough

It’s not a word you hear much anymore.  At a quick glance, it looks like the preposition “through.”

And given our society’s propensity for a “point and click” existence, “thorough” is being relegated to the sidelines of business.

But if you want to be successful in life and business, be encouraged to embrace it.

Merriam-Webster defines it as follows:

  • marked by full detail
  • careful about detail
  • complete in all respects
  • having full mastery (as of an art)

Being Thorough – A Practical Lesson

I was exposed to the ...

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MAR
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Categories: Blog, Business Development, Business Growth, Business Process, Innovate, Leadership, Management, Management Action Items

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Dream-Diagram-Develop

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Dream-Diagram-Develop

Dream-Diagram-Develop

The term design-build has been circling around in the construction industry for quite some time.

It refers to a company that will both design and build your dream home.

For purposes of this article, I will use the idea of design-build in a parallel way to refer to your business or organization.  Whether you are building a home or a business, it all starts with a dream.

Dream

Have you ever looked through a high-end luxury home magazine?  The pictures are beautiful.  Everything is ...

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4
MAR
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Categories: Blog, Business Consulting, Business Development, Business Growth, Business Process, Innovate, Leadership, Management

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Follow-Up

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Follow-Up

Follow-Up

This article is the next and last article in the series WDF – A Three Part Series.  The First article is Write It Down.  The next article is Do Or Delegate.

Back To The Audit

Throughout this series, I have been sharing from my experiences as a professional auditor for the Big 8 firm, Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).

If you recall, the last article had me doing ...

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Categories: Blog, Business Consulting, Business Development, Business Growth, Business Process, Leadership, Management, Replicate

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Do Or Delegate

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Do Or Delegate

Do Or Delegate

This article is next in the series that started with WDF – A Three Part Series and Write It Down.

Let’s jump right in.

When I wrote this title, I was reminded of Yoda’s (Steven Spielberg) famous saying: “Do or do not, there is no try.”

Back To The Audit

You may recall from the prior article that I had a rather tough go of things as a brand new auditor ...

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Categories: Blog, Business Development, Business Growth, Leadership, Management, Problem solving

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Write It Down

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Write It Down

Write It Down

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.

Setting The Stage

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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Categories: Blog, Business Growth, Business Process, Leadership, Management, Management Action Items

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Lonely At The Top

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Lonely At The Top

Lonely At The Top

I have been blessed with a long and storied career in business.  I have found business to be very challenging.  And, thank God, I have also found it to be very rewarding.

But, I have also found it to be very lonely at the top.  Here’s why: When you are the leader of the organization, sometimes it’s hard to find the right person to talk to.

Is This You?

Let’s say you are a Controller or CFO.  An Executive Director.  ...

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Categories: Blog, Business Consulting, Business Development, Business Growth, Business Startups, Innovate, Leadership, Management, Marketing

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Change Is Multi-Dimensional

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Change Is Multi-Dimensional

Change is Multi-Dimensional

When it comes to making decisions, it’s important to realize that change is multi-dimensional.

In life and in business, we often come to a crossroad or a decision point.  We try to weigh the pros and cons – and then, make the best decision possible.  And it is here where we pause for caution, as not every decision has its desired consequence or outcome.  Or, rather, the decision itself introduces some other unintended consequences.  Change is multi-dimensional.

The ability to ...

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JAN
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Categories: Blog, Business Consulting, Business Development, Business Process Consulting, Innovate, Leadership, Management

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Sweet Tea and Economics

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Sweet Tea and Economics

Sweet Tea and Economics

This article could have also been titled A False Sense of Security.  But hopefully you’ll understand the title selection in a bit.

Sweet Tea

When I was a kid, I would enjoy an annual pilgrimage to my parent’s home state – Arkansas.  I would enjoy my grandmother’s freshly-boiled sweet corn, french fries, fried okra, and all other types of Southern comfort food.  But what I didn’t enjoy so much were grandpa’s fresh shot, squirrel and dumplings.  I didn’t like ...

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JAN
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Categories: Blog, Business Consulting, Business Development, Business Startups, Innovate, Leadership, Management, Management Action Items

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Simple And Easy

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Simple And Easy

Simple And Easy

I am constantly entertaining the tension between two words: simple and easy.  At face value, the two words would appear similar.  Synonyms.

But they are not.

As we grow in business and life, these words begin to carry more impact.  Easy could mean simple.  But simple doesn’t necessarily mean easy.

In actuality, these words couldn’t be more different.  In fact, they could be antonyms.

A True Story

Once upon a time, there was a valiant soldier named Naaman.  He was the commander of ...

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DEC
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Categories: Blog, Leadership, Management, Management Action Items

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The Business Cycle

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The Business Cycle

The Business Cycle

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.

The Dreaded Plateau

You and your organization are somewhere in the ...

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19
DEC
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Categories: Blog, Business Cycle, Business Growth, Business Process, Business Startups, Innovate, Leadership, Management, Problem solving, Startups

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