by Chuck Kocher | Sep 9, 2013 | Business Growth, Coaching and Encouragement, Execution and Productivity
When you’re building a house, a ruler is an indispensable tool. Without careful measurements, the chance of building anything of lasting quality is ridiculously low. No contractor worth his hammer and saw would dream of it. A home builder, however, also knows that you...
by Chuck Kocher | Aug 12, 2013 | Business Growth, Execution and Productivity, Key Ideas to Think On, Strategic Thinking
Most entrepreneurial types are not lazy by nature. It’s just not a good fit. Long hours, sweating the details, and shouldering most (if not all) of the burdens (financial, decision-making, and physical) are simply not the kinds of things that lazy people gravitate...
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 22, 2013 | Coaching and Encouragement, Execution and Productivity, Key Ideas to Think On, Strategy Development
Sometimes businesses ask me for help with their marketing strategy. They’re not seeing the sales results they want, so they’re ready to “double-down” on their marketing efforts. But when they try to beef up their marketing they get bogged down. Things feel forced....
by Chuck Kocher | Jul 15, 2013 | Business Growth, Execution and Productivity, Great Entrepreneurs
A business that manufactures nuts and bolts may not seem very sexy. Of course, when Bob Kierlin scraped together $30,000 with for of his friends to open the first Fastenal store back in 1967, he probably wasn’t thinking about having a “sexy” company. And when the...
by Chuck Kocher | Jun 3, 2013 | Execution and Productivity, Planning, Strategy Development
A lot of business leaders assume they’re not in sales. After all, it doesn’t say anything about sales on their business cards or on their CV. And the information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics certainly seems to back that up. The bureau’s research shows that...
by Chuck Kocher | May 13, 2013 | Cash and Financials, Execution and Productivity
There are a lot of important numbers you need to pay attention to if you want to be a great company. But you can’t treat them all the same. Some numbers are simply more important than others. And some are downright critical. Even important numbers can be misleading if...
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