Who you spend time with, what you read, and who you speak to before making key decisions all contribute to your personal database — your knowledge base. Of course, there are many more factors that go into building your breadth of knowledge. Your professional work...
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Mike Philie
Three Areas to Leverage Market Redistribution and Make Your Business Thrive
Through this last year, businesses have been weathering the storm regarding supply chain issues, a tightening labor market, and inflation. Most of the leaders that I’ve spoken to, have done OK in managing through these headwinds. Some have done way better than OK, and...
Why You Should Develop Your Next Level Leadership Team
Printing company owners like to say that their people are a key differentiator for them in the marketplace. They hire the best available, and have the most loyal employees around. Within that group of capable team members, there are those that stand out from the rest....
Grit and Tenacity — Part of a Leader’s Playbook
Supply chain disruptions, inflation, and staffing challenges have created headwinds for all industries, and the print world is no exception. These outside factors challenge the status quo for many businesses, and may in fact, become another inflection point in our...
Make Better Decisions with Your Leadership Team
Leaders can be torn between getting a decision made within their leadership team, or just going with their intuition. It can be a catch-22 situation, as you want to engage and get buy-in from the team, yet at the same time you want to move forward with an action plan....
Halftime Is Over. What’s the Next Play, Coach?
The players and spectators stare at the scoreboard during the game. Some hope that the clock slows down as they are behind, and need more time. The team that is ahead hopes the referees let them play so that there are no whistles and the time moves on without...