Do you ever say “what was she thinking!” in exasperation? Most of us do. And if we’re honest, we also ask “what was I thinking?”No one bats 1000 in making great decisions, but all of us can improve the quality of the decisions we make. And we can help others
Following the inflation, high interest rates, and economic downturn of the late 1970s and early 1980s, American manufactures felt significant price pressures. They, wrongly, believed that offshoring production and sourcing to low wage rate countries was the only way to remain competitive.As they complicated the supply chain and extended lead
Could your manufacturing company utilize a retiring Brigadier General who has led small and large international groups in theaters of war and in standing up government infrastructure in countries in turmoil?The typical immediate response is “wow! what a background. But what could he do for us with no experience in
Not all markets are good markets for you. Not all customers are good customers for you. And not all orders are good orders for you.How do you recognize the distinctions beforehand? And how do you fire a customer once you’ve already accepted them?A good customer for you is not the
Every one of your employees must clearly see how his actions and decisions impact execution of the business strategy. This is accomplished through a line-of-sight deployment process.It is not enough to describe the strategy at an all-hands meeting, or even add to that the down-one-level strategy. Stopping the formal deployment