What does it take to own and operate a successful company? The fundamentals of owning and operating any business are remarkably the same. There are 7 major areas that require your attention as an owner. I call this The Power Concept. Start by reviewing each area, and then rate it on a scale of 1 [...]
"Al has enabled us to look at this business in a totally new way. We no longer blame our employees for our failures. We’ve learned that we have a responsibility to them and to us, to make this a more rewarding place to work. We finally have the power to take our company to the next level!"
Jim Criniti, Gen MgrZoom Sewer & Drain, Inc.
Oreland, PA
Monthly Archive for January, 2011
I’ll admit it. I’m not a giant fan of reading financials and management reporting. I’ll also admit. That I can help pretty much any business be more successful and they’ll fail if they don’t know the numbers. That’s why I make sure they’re in good hands when it comes to this particular one of the [...]
Not much! That is unless you’ve learned something from it. The key to remembering the past is not to keep carrying over lessons of just what went wrong in the past and then vowing to never repeat the same mistake or worse yet take risks. The real value of remembering the past is to use [...]
“Is it a Business or a Hobby?” That’s the question I ask contractors that I speak to at workshops, in webinars that I run or in teleseminars. I even ask my clients that when we begin our one to one work together. Usually, I want to know that the trade or trades they do are [...]
“You can’t see everything” That was the sage advice my dad gave me after I had been in the business full time for over 5 years. He gave me this advice because I had just vented about something I saw an employee doing that I felt was grounds for discipline. My dad chuckled and continued, [...]
I grew up in a family business. And the lines between family time and work time were very blurred at best. Talk around the dinner table was always a mix of the state of our NY sports teams and the pros and cons of the latest jobs at work. If you just landed from space [...]
Whenever I take on a new one to one consulting client, I ask them to send me a series of forms, templates and documents to review before I arrive onsite. . I do it for many reasons. The most important reason is to see where they’re weak or strong in the multiple areas it takes [...]
