A day in the life of a printing company owner, CEO, or president, could make your head spin. It’s not for the faint of heart and there’s always plenty to do. Having a good system and a good team to help prioritize, delegate, and engage others are success factors that...
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Mike Philie
Leading Indicators for Your Printing Business — Your People
It goes without saying for any business, but in particular for those in the graphic communications space, that having an engaged workforce has never been more important. I get to work with printing companies throughout the country and witness the value of having teams...
Value-Added Break Even — Know What Day You Start Making Money
Having your hands firmly on the wheel while you’re navigating the s-curves of your favorite mountain roadway can be both thrilling and exhilarating. Those two words though, shouldn’t be the adjectives you use to describe how you run your business. What words do you...
Three Steps to Make the Most of Your Next Acquisition
An important part of any company’s growth strategy includes some form of acquisition, tuck-in, or merger. A business does this to accelerate their growth in a manner that is faster than growth through organic sales. Making the most of these types of transactions...
Your Next Sales Meeting
A quick note to all sales leaders about your next sales meeting. When I observe some of the leading companies, there are three things that their sales teams are always working on — finding new customers, adding services and depth to existing relationships, and...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your Leadership Team
There’s a saying that if it moves, you should measure it. Well I’m not sure if your senior leadership team moves, you should be measuring the effectiveness of the group. It’s one thing to do a performance review on each individual, as they are evaluated based on the...