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...
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...
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...
The discipline you have in leading your business plays a significant role in what you can accomplish. Top performers often set quarterly goals and milestones, and are relentless in completing them on time. They avoid bouncing from one project to the other and not...
Business leaders like to talk about the strength of their client relationships. Sales people echo that, and insist that their best customers are there because of their relationship. What’s really in that relationship? What does that mean? For some, it’s all about...
Year over year improvements can be a great performance yardstick for most companies. Especially as a business emerges from a pandemic, moving the needle to the plus side is certainly an accomplishment. The question that may come up though, is did the business really...