Network Your Peers to Open Doors
Other entrepreneurs offer a wealth of information. To learn, first listen. To get answers, ask questions.
Motivating Employees for Over-the-top Performance
CEOs with thriving inner-city companies share their secrets.
Mentoring: Lessons Taught, Lessons Learned
When counseling senior managers, savvy CEOs get something back by learning a thing or two themselves.
Manufacturing Metamorphosis
Digital Library > Building and Inspiring an Organization > Quality control “Manufacturing Metamorphosis” The recent recession may not have officially started until March 2001, but Air Power Systems Company Inc. (APSCO) felt some early fallout. A manufacturer of pneumatic controls for the trucking industry, the Tulsa-based company saw sales slipping in 2000. By 2002, annual revenues had dropped to $3.2…
Making Time for Growing the Business
Digital Library > Building and Inspiring an Organization > Time management “Making Time for Growing the Business” As any company grows, the number of issues an entrepreneur needs to keep track of grows with it. From basic bookkeeping to thorny tax issues, the paper chase seems endless. It can also be hazardous. "Ultimately, if you want business to grow, you…
Make the Workplace Work For You
Instead of writing off physical space as a cost center, use it as a tool to boost productivity, retention and morale.
Looking for Innovation? Go Outside Your Office
Digital Library > Building and Inspiring an Organization > Creativity and innovation “Looking for Innovation? Go Outside Your Office” For new ideas, get out of your office, urges Rhett Ricart, co-owner of Ricart Automotive Group, a car dealership in Columbus, Ohio, that chalked up more than $600 million in 1999 sales. Join a trade or professional association and attend their…
Looking for Loyalty
To keep customers coming back, understand what makes them faithful in the first place.