Archives
May 2024
Categories
All
|
Back to Blog
BAD ROADS, GOOD ROADS11/8/2019 While trudging along highways in Alberta all the way to the BC border, there are sections that are badly maintained and those that are kept good.
Apparently a local contractor that was assigned for many years to manage these roads was no longer awarded the contract, instead a subsidiary of a larger company took it on. A few miles from these bad roads are well-kept highway that have a different road maintainer. Typical siloed work increases more stress and aggravation which leads to more work and waste of time, resources, and energies. They need to work together as an eco-system instead of partitioning work in a piece-meal fashion to contribute to the bigger picture- better infrastructure, better economic conditions, better quality of life for citizens across the province. Think about the fourth impact of your actions, initiatives, and initial feedback. Then you are really thinking big.
0 Comments
Read More
Back to Blog
FROM SURVIVE TO ALIVE11/6/2019 A few strategies to move from survive to ALIVE:
1. Create a pipeline of diversified short-term, mid-term, long-term sources of business revenue. 2. Don't go hiding yet; let your brand shine when people hold back and stay behind the radar. 3. Impose upon yourself the attitude that this business slowdown will not last forever so concentrate on having the right efforts continuously. 4. Instead of hoarding your last monies until the kingdom comes, invest in critical areas that will have huge acceleration impact for your business. 5. Look for areas of inefficiencies and cost-saving in areas you don't normally look. 6. Look for creative ideas and insights in areas you don't normally consider trail-blazing or earth-moving but have the potential to have an ROI of 10:1 ratio or greater. 7. Despite best efforts, lean on to your family, friends, networks, supporters for psychological help and proper perspective you need. 8. Celebrate small successes than will get you momentum to aim higher for the next steps. This too shall pass.
Back to Blog
IT'S NOT THE ECONOMY11/4/2019 It is never about the economy.
If businesses and organizations blame the economy all the time, then other industries and enterprises will all die of lack of opportunities and high costs of operations. There are organizations that flourish despite the recessionary times, lack of financial means of many families, and growing job insecurities. It is not your funeral parlor or your recreation centres, either. These are thriving businesses whose operations continue to grow, their products and services are sort of inured with the interest rates, and their expansion is unhindered. If you know of these organizations, you better ask and listen up. They have something that you are not having. They have made it a priority to not only survive and but also thrive. The best practice is right there within your reach, within your group, sector, and industry. Learn from those that do good, not those that say, but not do. |