GPS Blog

4 Ways to Increase Your Sense of Urgency

In our previous post, we introduced John Kotter’s bestselling book, A Sense of Urgency.  Now we will continue with some of Kotter’s advice for dealing with complacency. Kotter suggests four tactics for increasing urgency: Bring the outside in.  Organizations of any size tend to be too internally focused. When your people do not see the potential opportunities and … Read more

Why A Sense of Urgency Is Important

  In his bestselling book, A Sense of Urgency, John Kotter examines an issue that I believe is critical to every organization.  The issue is how business leaders can create a high sense of urgency among a large enough group of people to alertly look for new opportunities or hazards facing their organizations. In earlier posts, … Read more

A 3-Point Profit Improvement Strategy

In the current economic environment, many business leaders are finding it difficult to grow the bottom line.  Often, either because of frustration or desperation, strategy defaults to price-cutting.  The storied logic is the same, “What we lose in margin we will make up for in volume.”  If this strategy is done without careful analysis, these … Read more

Recognizing Employees in 5 Easy Steps

Have you ever heard one of your employees say something like this, or perhaps even said it yourself?   “You can doo 100 things right and not hear a darn thing about it.  But do just one thing wrong and they’re right on your back.”  Do you think your employees would make this statement about you and/or … Read more

Free Business Assessment

In conjunction with Mindshop International, we are pleased to offer you our FREE online Growth and Profit Solutions (GPS) Diagnostic.  This online business assessment will help you identify your Top 3 Growth and Profit issues, assess their financial impact, and develop specific strategies to address them. After completing and submitting your diagnostic, we will contact you … Read more

Got Change? (Part 4)

In last week’s blog, I talked about the importance of planning, and how the primary issue with implementation of plans relates to accountability.  We closed with the concept of locus of control and how that impacts accountability in an organization. There is another accountability/implementation issue I’d like to touch on – and that issue is … Read more

Got Change? (Part 3)

In our last posting we touched on the ideas of Dissatisfaction & Vision, two parts of the change formula.  So let’s imagine a world where you’ve established and communicated a clear, distinct vision throughout your business, and it’s so compelling that it’s now shared by everyone in the business.  You getting closer to change, but … Read more

Got Change? (Part 2)

If change is so obviously important and necessary, then why is change so hard?  In thinking about this, I’m reminded of a joke I’ve heard many times:  Question:  How many country western singers does it take to change a light bulb?  Answer:  Four – One to change it and three to sing about how much … Read more

Got Change? (Part 1)

Everyone living in today’s world is faced with change on a daily basis.  Certainly change is nothing new – I can look back on my grandparents’ childhood (no indoor plumbing, farming with horses & not tractors, etc.) and compare it to that of my children (iPads, Skype, etc.) and see innumerable changes in the past … Read more

Are You Great? – Part 2

Guest Post: Glenn Van Ekeren is the President of Vetter Health Services in Omaha, Nebraska, a company committed to providing “dignity in life” for seniors.  Vetter Health Services owns 32 long term care, assisted living, and independent living facilities in the Midwest.  As President, Glenn helps to insure the company’s Mission, Vision and Values is … Read more

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