by billc | Mar 17, 2009 | Management, Accountability & Responsibility
High management turn-over Usually this indicates that the leader has not yet discovered the means to ‘let go’ – to trust or to train the management members. Bored with the lack of responsibility, the leave. The larger the company the more serious is this issue,...
by billc | Mar 16, 2009 | Strategy, Structure & Organization
Company has a silo mentality Every department operating on its own usually results in duplication and wastage, if not downright frustration for thinking people. Problem Depth...
by billc | Mar 15, 2009 | Sales, Marketing & Clients
Low repeat business requests A sure sign that the product fails to impress anyone. Problem Depth...
by billc | Mar 14, 2009 | Communications & Information Flow, Strategy, Structure & Organization
No clearly articulated purpose How do people know where to steer the boat if people have different ideas of where they are supposed to be going (or, of what the company is supposed to be doing)? Problem Depth...
by billc | Mar 13, 2009 | Financial, Production & Operations
Actual expenses below budget How lucky if it is obviously being careful with expenditures. (a) However, if it is about over-forecasting expenses, then forecasting has to be improved. (b) Or if it is about a mysterious result, the cause of it has to be investigated....