Small Business Heads Up

Small Business Heads Up

Are you planning on starting a small business? GO FOR IT!! Do you have a small business that you have down to a science? Small business today is not the small business of 60 years ago. We can now compete with the large corporations. We... [more]

Are you planning on starting a small business? GO FOR IT!! Do you have a small business that you have down to a science? Small business today is not the small business of 60 years ago. We can now compete with the large corporations. We can establish an internet presence that will put us in front of the world audience. As one author put it, "The World is Flat." So I say again, if you think you've got it, you'd better get your HEADS UP!!

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Systems Thinking for Business: Survival

Written by rmeekins on
Whether you are starting your business from the ground up, or looking at strengthening your business, you are thinking about how your business will survive.  While you might say that you are simply going to provide goods and /or services to buyers, you are differentiating yourself from anyone else.  Your likelihood for success is slim to none. What I always recommend to my clients, before even looking at goods and services is to look at several areas: What type of leader are you?  It takes a leader to build an organization where none was.  It takes a leader to grow and organization. What is ... Read Full Story

Shhhhh...Listen!

Written by rmeekins on
I met with a woman the other day, named Cynthia Currence.   She happens to be the President Elect of the Georgia Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants , and a really, really great person. During this rather brief meeting, where we talked about our perspective businesses and how we could work together, she made it really clear for me that sometimes we are so busy categorizing everything, and putting them into nice, neat little boxes that we don't take the time to listen.  The funny thing is that it was me that was doing the categorizing and not listening!! Cynthia mentioned to ... Read Full Story

I Know How to Do It...

Written by rmeekins on
As a business, it's great knowing that you are an expert at what you do.  It is outstanding knowing that you have it down to a science.  You know, full well, that you can do everything you need to do in your sleep. Problem is, the business is you.  When you go to sleep, when you are sick, when you have personal challenges that you must address, the business will stop.  Basically, you have a job and you work for yourself.  Maybe that is the epitome of success for you.  This is an excellent and honorable stay.  But... Are you planning to retire some ... Read Full Story

Using System Principles to Succeed in any Economy

Written by rmeekins on
In a challenging economy, or economic recession, many business owners tend to panic with respect to decisions that need to be made about the business.  Instead of planning, thinking through and making the best decisions, they tend to make decisions as though they are chopping away at a piece of wood.  Instead of strategically looking at the business, they tend to react to the environment. Instead of reacting haphazardly to disruptions in the marketplace, looking at your business as the system that it is will afford you the opportunity to make good, proactive decisions about your business that may help your business not only ... Read Full Story

Surviving a Recession

Written by rmeekins on
Many of my clients, these days, are looking to me to help them find new ways to do what they do and to reach out to their clients.  They tell me that the sales process is getting longer, they need to make various cuts and that they cannot depend on their steady cash flow to bring in the clients they are used to serving. Of course, in a recession, this is no surprise.  The problem isn't about recognizing the problem, it's about working through the solution. One of the biggest questions is around "where to begin."  That's one of those questions that makes you ... Read Full Story
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