Outrunning the Bear
Understanding the Different Worldviews of Economists and Business Leaders by Ned Hill,
Back to Basics: How To Make More Money Now
Many small manufacturers ignore the improvement strategies that could improve profits now, while positioning themselves for growth tomorrow. Here is why that is not the best idea.
Margin Isn’t Enough
"When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.” By Alec Pendleton, Big Ideas for Small Companies I grew up in a family manufacturing business, which my father had built from nothing over years of assembling the right management team, acquiring compatible companies, and steadily improving operations. By the time I arrived on the scene, there were about a dozen plants and almost 1,000 employees, and the company was well respected in its various markets. And after fifty years of high [...]
Employee Engagement for Productivity — and Profits
Your organization can’t perform better than your least-engaged employee. Why?