As a business leader, you are faced with making the choice between working in the business and working on the business. Finding the time to take your ideas, your aspirations, and turning them into results can be a challenge. Creating a focused action plan is one of...
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Customer Retention and New Business Strategy Clues From Your Customers
Learning from your customers can lead to better account retention and new business opportunities. The first thing to learn from your customers is why they selected you in the first place. They had many choices, including the option to stay with the incumbent supplier....
Tips for Bringing Your Children Into The Family Business
The printing industry is lead by entrepreneurs who started a business to fulfill their vision. And guess what, those entrepreneurs had families. Those families are often engaged in the business. At times it could be brothers or sisters, and ultimately leads to adding...
Be the Best at What You Do
Being the best at what you do, and doing it every day is hard work. As a leader, what are some things that you can do to help bring out the best in your people? Start by looking at what they might be looking for at work. It may not be only the paycheck or the fact...
Focus, Engage, and Invest In Your People
Printing companies throughout the country are re-emerging. And as they do, they place a tremendous value in having their teams work well together. They respect the passion and the pride that each employee brings to their job every day. The majority of the people go to...
Participate in a Changing, Dynamic Marketplace
Everyone wants to capitalize in the market rebound and participate in the economic recovery, right? Time and attendance will not, by themselves, ensure full involvement with these improving business conditions. And while the glimpses of better times can serve as a...