FSIP celebrates five decades of operation
In five decades of operation, Flight Systems Industrial Products has perfected the ability to evolve and grow. Starting in 1968…
Customer engagement – Delivering on promises
Three months ago, I started a multi-part series about how “details matter” in our current business environment. As I have…
Use golden handcuffs to grow business
It is truly wonderful when business is good. You can pay down some bills. Have extra bucks to repair or…
Four steps for avoiding a bad hiring decision
Let’s look, for a moment, at the process of buying a car. It’s a big decision with many steps. First,…
Customer engagement – On the phone
Two months ago, I started a multi-part series about how “details matter” in our current business environment. A dealership’s image…
What’s in your projection?
Why am I asking about your plans for 2018? Because based on everything I hear, read or see company owners…
There’s more than one way to succeed in a job
You’ve been gunning for that promotion: working hard, bringing ideas and making yourself visible and valuable to the company. The…
Are you a social sales pacesetter? Or are you losing business to one?
Here are a few questions to get your social sales juices flowing: Why are big companies interested in big data?…
W.W. Cannon makes a mark in material handling
For eight decades, W.W. Cannon has been making a mark in material handling and storage equipment industry. The Dallas-based business was founded…
Making warehouse logistics – Faster. Smarter. Safer.
With last year’s peak retail season at an unprecedented high, global retailers witnessed the explosive growth of the e-commerce market…
Customer engagement policies
In February I started a multi-part series about how “Details Matter” in our current business environment. The image that customers…
CFO’s in 2018
We are all well aware that business keeps changing …and changing more rapidly than it has in the past. And…
Five ways to become a better leader in 2018
If your company is looking to grow revenue in 2018 (or if your not-for-profit organization seeks to expand its impact),…
What is anger and how do you get rid of it?
Ever get angry? There are three types of anger: 1. Angry at yourself — the easiest of all angers to overcome.…
Client success contributes to RMI 35 year longevity
In over three decades of operation, RMI Corporation has grown from a computer rental provider to a full service business…
If you would do it later – why wouldn’t you do it now?
I met a guy on the plane who was an area director for a major shoe store chain. “Suppose I…
Update your marketing efforts in 2018
How to best market to consumers in a world increasingly saturated with messaging – through various means in print, digital,…
2018 trends call for tech-savvy, mobile industry
That question necessitates a multi-layered response. Efficiency, customer satisfaction and technology are at the core of the trends for the…
Details matter – What the customer sees
With all of the things there are to do in the business day it is inevitable that something always gets…
Yankees hope a competency-based approach to hiring proves a Boon(e) for the organization
Few jobs in sports compare to managing the New York Yankees. The team is quite simply the most iconic baseball…
Waiting on the tax man
Here I am attending a Currie Performance Group meeting waiting on Congress to make up their mind about a tax…
Dissention in the ranks
“If you don’t make a total commitment to whatever you’re doing, then you start looking to bail out the first…
Hiring for “soft skills” in the robotic age
Depending on your level of paranoia, you either think that robots are definitely going to overthrow humanity, Terminator style, or that they’re maybe going to overthrow…
This place couldn’t survive without me….Not.
When I was 19, my dad made me production manager of his 75 employee kitchen cabinet manufacturing factory. Before I…
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