It’s Thursday morning and the senior team has gathered for the weekly meeting. The meeting where a group of your highest paid managers assemble to, you know, have a meeting. Sometimes there’s an agenda, and sometimes there isn’t one. There may be action items and...
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Strategy
Inflection Points and Designing Your Path Forward
After a long pause, customers are beginning to go back to their offices and resume the business at hand. Not all customers, but many. The rate and pace of re-entry is influenced by what part of the country and which market segments your customers are in. It would be...
Innovation and Your Business Model
The printing industry is fueled by innovation. You see it every day, all around you. And while this is not a new trend, the pace of innovation seems to have accelerated. But what does innovation really encompass? The new products coming out of the digital, inkjet and...
Your One-Page Business Plan
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...
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...
Where Do You Go From Here: Planning Your Growth
Firms are finding themselves in good financial standing as the industry re-emerges from the pause that the pandemic brought upon them. Through careful planning, proper resource allocation and the assistance of stimulus funds, balance sheets are strong. Senior teams...






