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Why good luck is the enemy!
Posted by Rick McPartlin on May 7th, 2012
At least of long-term profitable revenue Sales are up, more employees every month, profits are growing, my bank likes me – how can things get any better? This is the business equivalent of being 22 years old, feeling great, being able to eat or drink anything, looking trim, feeling healthy, having a great job and [...]
Are you missing?
Posted by Rick McPartlin on March 1st, 2011
Today I’m writing about teen round-the-world sailor Abby Sunderland because her story has a lot to teach us about the science of “Revenue Generation” and how to make sure that your company — like Abby — doesn’t end up MIA in 2011.
Your business model, strategy, organization & execution: A year of CEO Challenges!
Posted by Rick McPartlin on April 6th, 2010
It seems like only yesterday that we were throwing around ideas for what would become the CEO Challenge. It’s been a year now, and we’re so pleased with the feedback we’ve received from clients, colleagues and collaborators. Seems we’ve struck a few chords, and that’s great to hear, especially because our messages aren’t always pleasant. “Your business model is Best of the Worst! Your organization is in chaos! You need to think like a Chief Revenue Officer!”
This month, Jane and I decided to revisit the twelve posts we’ve published to date. For those of you who have been reading a while … how many of these Challenges have you accepted? Have you implemented the action plans?
The Cost of Chaos
Posted by Jane Adamson on February 2nd, 2010
During the first week of the new year, when we tend to gaze optimistically at the road ahead, a headline from the Associated Press announced “Americans’ job satisfaction lowest in 22 years.”
The article then went on to say “That is the lowest level ever recorded by the Conference Board research group in over 22 years of studying the issue. If the job satisfaction trend is not reversed, economists say, it could stifle innovation and hurt America’s competitiveness and productivity. It also could make unhappy older workers less inclined to take the time to share their knowledge and skills with younger workers.”
Well, that got my attention! Of course there are many reasons for the decline, including the worst recession since the 1930s and the fact that downsizing has created more work and more demands on the workers who’ve survived the cuts. That doesn’t change the fact, however, that such a decline has somber implications for businesses, and executive teams need to address this issue in their organizations.
