Business Strategy | management | team work
When does a start-up become a real business? Different people answer that question in different ways. One definition—and a good one—is that a company has reached some level of maturity when its founder no longer relies exclusively on his or her own skills to manage the business. Reaching the point when members of a team…
challenges | decision making | leadership | successful business
The right type of good leadership is necessary for any successful business, regardless of its size or industry. Companies can only make progress if good leadership is in place that enables them to move forward. When the leader of a company does not have the required skills, he or she will not be able to effectively…
Business estrategy | Business Intelligence | effective communication | leadership | optimization | successful
Companies are outwardly different. One makes machine tools, another makes software, others want to sell you lunch or do your bookkeeping. Those differences are superficial. The most successful companies share five core characteristics. 1. Leadership at all levels. Leadership has to start at the top but it isn’t great unless it spreads throughout the organization….
Business Strategy | Workspace Efficiency
The word “strategy” has long been associated with war. It derives its roots from Greek military terminology, and is synonymous with a general devising a plan for battle. But thinking of corporate strategy like this, in today’s technology-driven market, is out-of-date. The most successful modern companies are adapting their approach to corporate planning, finding more…
Business Intelligence | Growth Strategy
In this series of posts, we’re examining the elements (or value drivers) that build transferable value: the value of your company without you at the helm. Transferable value is the type buyers look and pay for . Today we consider the multi-faceted growth plan that your business may require if you are to one day sell or transfer it for…
By John D. Schulz · July 7, 2016 Let’s start with the good news first: Freight transportation is a “shippers market” for the remainder of this year. Indeed, shippers are the fleeting beneficiaries of a brief lull in the ever-rising costs of business logistics. However, according to the “27th Annual State of Logistics Report” (SoL)…
