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Idea of the Day:
“Good leaders know that in developing others the focus should be on the one you’re helping… how often do we find ourselves being more preoccupied with our own wisdom, rather than the person who sought out that wisdom.” leadership coach … Continue reading
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Women 50+: Declare Your Independence and Start a Business
8 tips on how to become a successful entrepreneur in midlife One of the best decisions I ever made was to declare my freedom from my full-time job as a columnist for a national newspaper and start my own business … Continue reading
What’s Keeping You From Starting a Business in Retirement?
By Jessica Thiefels December 29, 2016 Credit: Getty Images Part of the America’s Entrepreneurs Special Report Retirement is a great time to start a business, when you no longer have the financial, family and time obligations you once did. But … Continue reading
Which channel is best for your ROI?
This is a great article about measuring the ROI between SEO, Paid search, Display ads, Social media and E-Mail alternatives. They say you can’t manage what you can’t measure and it seem marketers have a bit of difficulty on that … Continue reading
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Tagged business development, digital marketing, Display ads, email, paid search, SEO, Skidmore Business Solutions, social media
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SWOT: Revisiting an old friend
It’s and old familiar friend and most will concede the SWOT analysis is invaluable when making a big decision to purchase a new business or restart an existing one. However, its great for making other strategic and tactical evaluations as well. It’s … Continue reading
Five Finer Points of Succession Planning
From starting line-up to bench strength Succession planning is the backbone of strategic human resources management. Its primary purpose is to provide information for the identification of candidates for replacement of managerial and other “key and critical” positions within the organization. … Continue reading
The Four Stages of Employee Costs
If your business hires only one new employee every 90 days or less, the laundry list of costs associated with hiring, on-boarding, training and retaining good people might seem incidental. However, if you are like one of my clients, a … Continue reading
Business plan, Org chart, Enthusiasm………..check, check, check! Now set the foundation with Core Values
Most organizations begin with a business plan and an organization chart and a lot of enthusiasm, but eventually they recognize the need for a number of additional policies and devices that define who they are and drive their progress. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, core values, hot biz kits, long beach, planning, Skidmore Business Solutions, team building
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Creating a Strategic Team Vision
Three stone masons of the middle ages were hard at work when a visitor came along and asked them what they were doing. The first stone mason was toiling away, sweat beading his brow. “I am cutting this … Continue reading