Doug's Blog

Core Values

“I don’t need core values, I’m just a small business, why do I need to spend time working on core values?”
 
Yesterday working with one of my clients who has less then five employees he said to me, “preaching my core values has made all the difference in the world!” 
 
For some time we had been... More > >

Posted: Thursday August 7th, 2008

Priorities

Answer for me today what is your #1 priority? Do you know it? Did you have to think about it, or did you just finish working on it? 
 
No matter what size your business is, do you believe your employees know what the number one priority for the business is?   Do you know? I can guarantee if you... More > >

Posted: Monday August 4th, 2008

Letter from The Flood of 2008

After much delay, the following is a letter from my co-worker Troy Simon's wife recounting the days leading up to and events surrounding the loss of their home during the June flooding in Cedar Rapids:... More > >

Posted: Wednesday July 30th, 2008

Litmus Test

Last blog I mentioned one of my clients who is in the business of selling copiers. He’s struggled for a long time with his sales process and has been continually refining it to get it down to a system he can depend on. He’s done several things in this area including developing a recruiting and... More > >

Posted: Wednesday July 30th, 2008

Churn

A couple of my clients are having issues with their employees right now. One of them a copy sales company has had issues with performance with his sales people and has been continually working to find the right balance of stress and nurturing to get production. More on that in the next blog.... More > >

Posted: Thursday July 24th, 2008