Surviving the Storm Cycle: The Jim Crane Story
Smart leadership is crucial to any business going through the series of peaks and valleys I call the Business Storm Cycle; the Tornado of rapid growth and expansion, followed by [...]
Assessing Your IT
Once you have your processes and people where they need to be, your next step should be to define what technology you have and what you need. Just remember there [...]
Professionalizing IT
For smooth operating, your IT department has to be professionalized, with policies and procedures to follow and standard operating procedures. While professionalizing your team, you want to focus on desktops [...]
When the Tornado has Passed…
So – you’ve hit the hard wall of slowdown we call Consolidation. You’ve gone through the heady, wild sales spike and rapid growth of the Tornado, and suddenly you’ve stalled. [...]
Even the Big Guys Mess This Up
Mistakes happen when you’re learning to ride out the ever-changing business cycle. In fact, most startup companies and divisions make the same ones. In the new product or acquisition phase, [...]
How to Dig Out of an Avalanche
With a title like that, you may be asking, “Is this going to be an adventure story?” Well, yes - and no. The kind of Avalanche I’m talking about doesn’t [...]