by billc | Feb 12, 2009 | Communications & Information Flow, Strategy, Structure & Organization
Do not know what the competition is doing Some great entrepreneurs, such as the head of the highly successful 1-800-got-junk company, say that they do not care about the competition but only about what they themselves can and should do. However, knowledge is always...
by billc | Feb 7, 2009 | Communications & Information Flow, Sales, Marketing & Clients, Strategy, Structure & Organization
No well-understood market penetration plan (a) Ideally this would be a simple issue of Miscommunications, which can be quickly resolved. (b) If the company has no marketing plan at all, this lack of understanding would be a Planning short-sight. (c) Or, it might be...
by billc | Feb 5, 2009 | Communications & Information Flow, Management, Accountability & Responsibility, Production & Operations, Strategy, Structure & Organization
People don’t know what the real priorities are Agreement on how to classify the company priorities needs to be found. Then those priorities must be communicated to each affected person. This could be based as a simple Miscommunication issue, or be driven by the far...
by billc | Jan 30, 2009 | Communications & Information Flow, Management, Accountability & Responsibility, Sales, Marketing & Clients, Strategy, Structure & Organization
Company has lost touch with clients and market Losing touch with the Market, in all probability, is a sign of decay of an aging organization. Problem Depth...
by billc | Jan 25, 2009 | Communications & Information Flow, Sales, Marketing & Clients, Strategy, Structure & Organization
Organization makes commitments it cannot deliver How embarrassing! Often it starts destructive finger-pointing within the company! Problem Depth...
by billc | Jan 19, 2009 | Communications & Information Flow, Management, Accountability & Responsibility, People Issues & Mood of People, Strategy, Structure & Organization
Two executives will not communicate with each other Having to tip-toe around two senior executives or being encouraged to join one camp rather than the other, is no fun. Problem Depth...