When is good enough ever good enough? Not very often, and not for when you are emerging from a global pandemic. As an owner or a leader of a business, your entrepreneurial drive most likely got you to where you are today. When your business faces unprecedented challenges, that’s when the entrepreneurial adrenaline is likely […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions Managing a printing business is a difficult task, period. I’m sure that there are other businesses that are as equally difficult, but the custom manufacturing, high technology, high client touch and transformative business is not for the faint of heart. When it’s going well, it can be a […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions. Technology is all around us, and it can be both thrilling and threatening at the same time. It might be the latest MIS update, tweaking your workflow automation process, or making sure that your IT infrastructure is actually set up to help your employees be more productive. It doesn’t […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions. As owners and members of the leadership team, you deal with the risk and responsibility for getting it right, making it right and keeping it right for the business, your employees and your customers. I’ve previously written about the importance of the three P’s – People, Process and […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions. Family owned or controlled graphic arts companies have been the core of the industry for years. And obviously not just in this industry, but throughout the business world. I don’t have the recent stats, but it wouldn’t surprise me that the percentages are even higher for the graphic […]
Do great people lead to high performing companies or do high performing companies attract great people? Does having a laser-focused strategy lead to sustained growth or does growth justify a strategy that may have its flaws? Business leaders have been trying to answer these, and other questions, in search of that silver bullet. You may […]
What type of business do you have? I don’t mean whether you’re a commercial printer, mailer, fulfillment or direct mail shop, I’m referring to the type of business you’re running. What’s the culture like? In extreme cases the staff is expected to do what they’re told and that they should be happy that they’ve got […]