I was looking out of my B&B window and I saw an elderly woman, with a bag that looked a little on the heavy side, climbing some stairs. I pointed her out to my husband and he said, “wow, look at her go.” Then, she stopped, put down the bag, and both of us said, […]
Category: Business Growth
Ready Equals Growth : Not the Other Way Around
“Ready Equals Growth” BUT Growth does not equal Ready. Picture the start of a short-distance running event, like the 100 metre dash. The runners are lined up at the start line, waiting for their queue. Over the loud speaker comes a voice with a command to the Runners. “On Your Mark” : Has the runners […]
Roles Are Key Planning Resources
When you make any type of plan for change, you need to know a few things: what you have now what you want to have after the plan has been implemented how long the plan needs to take to implement the resources you will need to make it happen in that timeline By resources, I […]
Now, Later, or Never : When planning matters
There are three ways of looking at preparing your business for succession. You can do it now, while you are successfully running your business. You can put it off until later, when you hope you will have more time. Or, you can plan to never do this work. In research done by Environics [1], that […]
From Coding HTML to Building Computers: When to Let It Go
As many of you know, I started my career in the sciences. I was a lab tech in medical research and environmental analysis. I set up and managed a laboratory. I bought the equipment for the lab, set up the processes, trained the employees, and oversaw the analysis quality. I evaluated software, wrote help systems […]
Successful Transitions Focus on Growth
“Every significant accomplishment begins with one person stepping up and committing to making a difference” ~ John C. Maxwell. This is how I started an article I wrote in 2014. I commented that “there is a fear around spending more money, committing more time, giving up freedoms, or increasing time away from family and friends […]