This blog originally published in Printing Impressions Tether, fasten, and link virtually mean the same thing — connect. So, what point am I trying to make? Getting connected to your customers, getting your services and technology connected, and getting your team connected have never been more important than it is today. Things move fast, clients […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions What does your leadership team look like? It should include your key managers and company leaders, those who play a significant role in making your clients happy doing business with you, attract the best people, produce great work and — a byproduct of those efforts — help you to […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions Having clear skies makes us feel safer when we travel in a plane. When the sky is cloudy, or stormy, we feel less safe when hurtling through the sky. How about your business, how much clarity do you have as you look out onto the horizon? What is […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions What was your last sales or managers meeting like? After all, you just came off of a bad month, in fact, it was two bad months. It’s a shame because you had been on a good run of doing well for the last 9 months in a row […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions How much are you investing in your people? I’m not talking about wages and benefits, but rather their training and development, their growth in what they do in your business? Let me ask the question in a different way – are your employees engaged and excited about what […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions Which is better, the business you have today or the business you think you want in the future – a challenging question for any business leader. It’s not an easy question to answer and it’s generally not answered with a simple yes, or no. Many companies got to […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions. The effectiveness of the sales team remains an ongoing concern for most sales leaders and CEO’s in the Graphic Communications industry. How many of your reps made budget last year or increased their sales from the year before? Recently, several CEO’s I’ve spoken with have given up on […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions. Sales, sales, sales. Everybody wants more sales and some manage to get more sales than others. The secret sauce is… that there probably isn’t a secret sauce. By that I mean there are many ways to increase your business and not just one thing. For example, just when […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions. Your coming off of a great year, so congratulations! What are you going to do now, raise the bar or lower it? There are many factors that lead to a successful year and the best way to continually improve is to learn and understand why you were successful. […]
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions. The new year has arrived and it’s a great time to re-charge, re-organize, re-focus and re-commit to making your business as successful as it can be. Many business leaders take this time to review the dog-eared pages of their business plan and make any changes and updates necessary […]