Publications
July 26, 2014
Weekly Report 14-30
• ‘RED TAPE’ REGULATIONS CONTINUE TO STRANGLE small businesses and entrepreneurs. Rule-writers at all levels (federal, state, city, local & neighborhood) seldom, if ever, look at cost:benefit impacts – but rather on generating revenue to support their own regime, and/or protecting incumbents from competition. Over a third of American businesses & occupations now require state... Continue
July 20, 2014
Weekly Report 14-28
EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT depends on some fundamental tactics which too many (untrained) managers fail to implement: (1) Most problems stem from “hiring people who don’t fit the company culture, then wasting time & effort trying to ‘fix’ them”; (2) Non-specific job descriptions, without measurable parameters, result in subjective evaluation based on personal biases; (3) Absence... Continue
July 20, 2014
Weekly Report 14-29
DID YOUR PRODUCTIVITY TODAY SUFFER FROM PARALYZING ANXIETY? From being too hard on yourself for yesterday’s mistake? Or too worried about making incorrect assumptions about tomorrow? Other than needing consistent clarity in personal goals & objectives, “the only thing anyone can truly doto optimize effectiveness is focus on the processes of today… trusting in your... Continue
July 5, 2014
Weekly Report 14-27
ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES EVER “FRUSTRATED, DEMOTIVATED OR DEMORALIZED after working hard – only to be told they have done the wrong thing, after having done everything they thought they were supposed to do?” When this occurs, it’s almost always due to absence of clarity in three factors: Vision & Strategy; Execution (who does what, by... Continue
June 28, 2014