Monthly Archives: November 2008

Implementation – Steps to Implement Your Improvement

Now that the top ranking opportunity is selected (see the previous posting – Implementation – What Do You Implement), its time to actually implement your improvement. Implementation scares nearly every single business owner I have worked with. They believe it … Continue reading

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Implementation – What Do You Implement?

Going back to my previous post (Implementation – Why Business Owners Don’t Implement), one of the leading causes of non-implementation by business owners is not knowing what to implement or a lack of focus. While business planning (or focus) is … Continue reading

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Implementation – Why Business Owners Don’t Implement

While the reasons why business owners don’t implement improvements and/or changes are infinite, they generally fall into seven general categories: 1. Lack of time to work on the business – as I discussed in the Barriers to Business Growth postings, business … Continue reading

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Implementation Skills – One Side of the Coin

There are many small business experts out there in every field imaginable (Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, IT, Human Resources, etc.) telling us “what “ we should do, but not how to do it – how to implement the “what”. So what … Continue reading

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The Hiring Process – VI

So far we have covered the first four steps in the Hiring Process (The Pre-Hire Process, The Advertising Process, The Interview Process and The Offer Process). The final step in the Hiring Process is The Employee Induction Process. This Employee … Continue reading

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The Hiring Process – V

So far we have covered the first three steps in the Hiring Process (The Pre-Hire Process, The Advertising Process and The Interview Process). The next step is The Offer Process. In this step, the process becomes is absolutely tactical and … Continue reading

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The Hiring Process – IV

So far we have covered first step in the Hiring Process (The Pre-Hire Process) and the second step in any Hiring Process (The Advertising Process). The next logical step is the Interview Process. At this step, the process becomes more … Continue reading

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