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Leverage Your Human Resources to Achieve Optimal Success

'Designing Strategies' eNewsletter May - June 2010                                   Volume 7 - Issue 33   How are you feeling about the performance of your employees?  What have you done to assure that employees have the support needed to do their jobs optimally?    If you spend too much time in hand-holding mode, constantly forced to intervene with employees who can't seem to get or stay on track, that's not a good thing.  If running around, putting out fires is a normal day for you, it's time to [...]

By |2017-01-30T23:59:54-05:00May 25th, 2010|Employees, Growth, Newsletter, Strategic Management|
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Dealing With Adversity: Resilience in Recessionary Times

'Designing Strategies' eNewsletter March - April, 2010           Volume 7          Issue 32 Recently, I pulled my copy of Adversity Quotient® by Peter  G. Stoltz, PhD off my bookshelf.  Dr. Stoltz is a renowned expert on adversity and how individuals and organizations of all sizes deal with and overcome it. Heaven knows, we've all seen our share of adversity and challenges the past couple of years as we navigated the turbulent economy.  Hopefully, your small business has been dealing with adversity to plan your way to recovery. Business owners faced challenges from a drop in revenue, [...]

By |2017-01-30T23:07:35-05:00March 28th, 2010|Newsletter, Strategic Management|
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Strategic Thinking: Critical Component of Strategic Planning and Management

'Designing Strategies' newsletter   September - October 2009            Volume 6  -  Issue 30   Wow!  I can hardly believe this is the 5th anniversary of our 'Designing Strategies' newsletter.  This month, in 2004, the first issue was published and sent to about 2,000 design industry leaders.  Today, our database has grown by another 1,500 subscribers looking for ways to develop focus and direction to move their firms forward. Thanks to all of you who have been with us since the beginning. It has been your encouragement and kind messages that keep DS coming.  It's been exciting meeting and talking to so many [...]

By |2017-02-13T02:25:58-05:00September 18th, 2009|Newsletter, Strategic Management, Strategic Planning|
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Strategy: You Survive a Turbulent Economy By Retaining Your Customer Base

'Designing Strategies' eNewsletter  January - February 2009               Volume 6 - Issue 26   Are you operating in crisis mode?  While revenues drop, are you wondering how to survive a turbulent economy? After months of hemming and hawing, the media and powers that be finally conceded that we are, in fact, in a recession.  No kidding! Not just a recession here in the US, but a full blown, worldwide recession that appears will leave no one untouched. You're already seeing effects on your company, how much further  will it go?  Costs are up, sales and revenue are down.  Pending projects [...]

By |2017-02-08T01:32:55-05:00January 16th, 2009|Customer Relationships, Newsletter, Strategic Management|
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Keep Your Small Business Afloat in a Turbulent Economy

'Designing Strategies' eNewsletter  September-October 2008               Volume 5 -- Issue 24   With all of the drastic changes in our economy over the past year, it's not hard to realize we are in crisis mode.  First, gasoline prices went sky high overnight.  Then the rampant mortgage foreclosures hit.  Now we learn that Lehman Brothers has gone bankrupt.  These are certainly more than a little bit tempestuous times for small businesses.  What are you going to do to keep your small business afloat in these turbulent economic times?  What can you do? Our economy just seems to be bouncing up and down [...]

By |2017-02-21T04:13:03-05:00September 21st, 2008|Newsletter, Strategic Management, Strategic Planning, Strategy|
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A Change of Generations in the Workplace Can Cause Some Chaos

'Designing Strategies' newsletter  May - June 2006               Volume 3  - Issue 11   The leading edge of the 78.2 million strong Baby Boom generation is at retirement age right now. We are already experiencing a shortage of qualified workers to move in and take their places. The situation will only get worse. We've been hearing and talking about this for the past five years, if not longer.  You can't pick up a newspaper or magazine without seeing an article about the generations. Business journals have been warning us that an enormous human resources vacuum is looming on the horizon. [...]

By |2017-03-08T04:56:36-05:00May 17th, 2006|Employees, Generations, Newsletter, Strategic Management|
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Crisis Management With Continuity Planning For Long-Term Business Survival

'Designing Strategies' newsletter September - October 2005               Volume 2 -  Issue 7   Crisis management with continuity planning should be prominently displayed on your radar scope.  Without planning, your business may well not survive even a small crisis situation.  Just for a moment, imagine your business located in New Orleans. Your facility is submerged in a lake of fetid water. Hopefully this was not reality for anyone reading this publication. But, if it were your reality, how prepared would you be? How would you know if your employees escaped safely? What would your business priorities be? Who is in [...]

By |2017-03-27T19:20:12-04:00September 20th, 2005|Newsletter, Strategic Management, Strategic Planning, Systems and Processes|
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