Accounting
Not my field? Every business and every person needs to know what is happening with their finances so they know what they have and what they need to survive. What I have learned as a business owner is that every cent...
Earthquakes
Earthquakes have taught me quite a few things. People need time to recover from the changes in their lives but they also need to get their businesses and income back as soon as possible. the disruption to a business is...
Crisis management
You have to be ready, a crisis will happen at some point. Having a communications person/team is very important, training them to respond and react responsibly to questions can make or break customer satisfaction. Monitor everything, knowing as soon as...
Customer satisfaction
Not all managers hold it as highly as I do. Appropriate communication is the key to minimizing business disruption and in the world of computer-based interconnected systems, it is not always feasible to retain constant connection at all times.
Exponential innovation
One of the greatest elements that I like about business is that there is always a problem that needs to be solved. As soon as a new improvement is made, we get to thinking about how that object works, how...
Supervision
What I’ve learned about having been both self-employed and employed, is that I’m happy to lead or follow (assuming I’m following a leader). Some staff need closer supervision, others thrive when they are left alone to get the job done....
Awesomeness
People are truly awesome. There are so many differences between each of our experiences that we all have the capability to be far better than what we and some others might think. The culture of a company can drive success...
Business teams
Sales and marketing should be unified in their goal. It has been my experience that when the sales team are dominant, then the marketing team produces short term reactive messages, while when the marketing team is dominant, the opposite happens....