Tag Archive for: Kate Ripp
10 Smart Moves a CEO Can Make to Stay Profitable
CEO, ProfitsAnyone can run a company during good times. When profits are up, it's easy to get comfortable and overlook some of the deeper issues lying beneath the surface. These ten proven concepts will help you maintain a dynamic, thriving environment…
When Short-term Thinking Gets You in Trouble
Planning, ProfitsA problem many leaders face is that they are the only ones who truly understand how the company makes money. When business is running well, that approach works. However, as soon as things start to tighten down: clients cut back orders, the bank…
An Improved Profit Design
Business ChallengesA company's profit design starts with understanding that profitability is a result of managing and tracking a complex, interdependent set of components that contribute to the company's financial performance.
Most CEOs understand the need…
Leadership & Staff Communication Gap
Business ChallengesDuring a rapid growth of a small company, the family atmosphere that everybody was used to begins to fade away. There are new systems, expectations and profit goals in place to keep this much more complex organization going. Some employees find…
Expanding Sales
Business ChallengesExpanding sales starts with a clear vision of what problem the company solves and for whom. Successful CEOs are deeply involved in the process and take time to fully understand their potential buyers’ issues as they relate to the company's…
The Need to Have Better Staff Buy-In
Business ChallengesWhen a company is just getting started or is ramping up for growth, there is a huge amount of enthusiasm. Many processes are not in place yet and the people on the team are energized by the CEO's vision of the product or service. Everyone simply…
Continual Cash Flow
Business ChallengesUnable to pay the bills, many companies with high revenue had to close their doors. Why? Because cash and revenue are not the same thing. Cash flow, critical to keeping the company afloat, is knowledge of how much money a company has every day…
Gold Time Can Be a Gold Mine
Execution, Goal Setting, Leadership Qualities, Planning, RESULTSTime management skills and productivity techniques have always been in demand, but with technology encroaching on our time with 24/7 access and instant notifications, these are even more critical now. People want to learn how to do quality work…
Death by Meeting (How High Functioning Teams Rise Above it)
Leadership Qualities, TeamWorkThe title of this article is from Patrick Lencioni’s book “Death by Meeting”. It is centered on one of the most painful problems of business: bad meetings. While it’s true that much of the time spent in meetings is wasted, the solution…
Holistic Leadership
Leadership QualitiesTeams are a vehicle for getting something done. The term "teamwork" is tossed about, but you can’t fully appreciate its meaning until something is accomplished.
In my experience, when a group of people identify with a shared direction,…