Archive for March, 2010
Subject: HOW TO BE A CHANGE LEADER
Previously, I talked about how to come up with ideas to improve your operation and implement positive change. “The Best way to manage change successfully is to create it.” Peter Drucker in his book, The Daily Drucker, discusses how to be a Change Leader! “One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it. In a period of upheavals, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm. To be sure, it is painful and risky, and above all it requires a great deal of very hard work.”
Wow! Wasn’t 2009 a real tragedy in terms of overall cash flow and bottom line results? It was absolutely pathetic for most producers. Since then dairymen have been enjoying the fruits of higher milk prices. How can we avoid revealing the same calamities again? What could you have done differently as a manager? These are critical items to spend some time on.
The world of finance continues to amaze me. Recently, I had two clients whose banks decided that, in their opinions, they can no longer survive.
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One of the most common problems faced by many businesses today revolves around their ability to obtain financing they need. This challenge becomes even more pronounced when we are faced with a tight lending environment. This has been compounded by the Sub Prime Mortgage mess and its related financial issues! This certainly magnifies the importance of maintaining a solid banking relationship.
Whenever one of my clients or a prospective client I am working with gets turned down on a loan proposal, it is imperative that we review the facts and explore “why?”
Subject: March 2010 Issue
The Business Confidence Maximizer™ Online Newsletter
John Ellsworth & ©Success Strategies, Inc.
WHERE HAS ALL THE MONEY GONE?
Are you tracking your monthly cash flows? This probably sounds like a silly question, but there are some producers who, believe it or not, still don’t do this on a regular basis. The rationale behind this is questionable, but, for whatever reason, they just simply pay bills as best they can and move forward or, sometimes, backward.
Some possible reasons I believe people fail to do this include the following:
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