The BusinessFitness Blog
Thoughts on topics to help you make more of your business…
Are You Leaving Money on the Table? The Best Way to Boost Company Profitability.
If we look at the three variables in company profitability - sales volume, price and costs - the one that has the greatest impact on profits is price. And yet many businesses place their highest emphasis on the other...
Be Imperfect – It’s Great For Business!
Perfect [adj] - having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be. Isn’t this what we want from businesses and leaders we deal with? I would argue not – that...
“If there’s one thing that’s certain in business, it’s uncertainty.” – Stephen Covey
We’re approaching the new year at a time of almost unparalleled uncertainty and yet in our business planning process we’re supposed to be certain, to plan effectively. But, as renowned businessman, educator and author,...
“A company is only as good as the people it keeps” – Mary Kay Ash
A company really is only as good as the people in it, as Mary Kay Ash, who founded and ran the hugely successful Mary Kay Cosmetics business knew well, gaining numerous personal and business awards, and being included...
How a Board Enables Faster and More Sustainable Growth For Businesses of All Sizes – Small to Large
Speaking last week with a couple of business owners, it became clear that in both these cases they were missing a great resource that could really work with them to be more profitable, and have faster and more...
Budgeting Compensation Packages for the New Year in Uncertain Times
As companies look to the new year, and budgeting, the issue of compensation packages is sure to be high on the discussion list. Companies are facing some particularly difficult times in this area: Pushing up costs:...
Going from Good to Great – How Companies Achieve Greatness
We live in a VUCA world, and yet there are companies that, despite the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, there are companies that continue to thrive – that go from good to great. Jim Collins is one of...
Why 70% of Mergers and Acquisitions Fail to Achieve Expected Results – and How to Beat The Odds
Last year, business spent a staggering $5.9 trillion dollars worldwide on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) according to Statista – well up from the $3.3 trillion annual average for the previous decade – and...
“Carpe Diem” – Seize the Day – for Success in All You Do
First attributed to the Roman poet, Horace, who penned these words some 2045 years ago, the simple phrase, “Carpe Diem,” really does encapsulate how to get the best from life. Of course, it’s not just about success,...
10 Principles for a Sustainably Excellent Culture – Beginning With “We”
Successful businesses today are those with an excellent culture where everyone feels engaged, included and valued – part of a team striving for success and a common vision. I was listening to an episode of Philip...
“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” – Josh Billings
How true this is… When we suffer overwhelm or feelings of not being able to get the important stuff done, it’s so often the results of jumping in and saying yes too quickly. Although Josh Billings (the nom-de-plume of...
How Meetings Can Be Hurting Your Business, and How to Fix This
Meetings… How often do you feel you’re in a meeting that’s wasting your time, and that of those around you? How much more could you get done without them? Do you wish there were days that were completely meeting-free...