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Strategy & Planning:
Create a solid strategic plan and
follow through on it
Each of us craves
success and savors the right to define what that means. For some, it
is symbolized by working hard and enjoying......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on October 18,
2004
Your focus has three parts: vision,
mission and values
Focus in a movie
theater is about a clear image. On a golf course it's about a clean,
straight shot, and in a classroom......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on January 24,
2005
Entering the 'go-go' zone with your
eyes wide open
You've finally made
it! Sales are booming, clients are coming out of the woodwork, and it
feels like you can do no wrong. You......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on March 7,
2005
Clarify your purpose with a business
plan
One reason people ask
if you have a business plan is because they don't understand your
business. You might not care if asked by......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on June 25,
2007
Now is the time to market your
business
In an economy
suffering from high costs, rising unemployment and tight credit, most
businesses look to simply maintain profits and give up on
growth.......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on August 8,
2008
Look inside before going outside for
a merger
It's Friday afternoon
at the "19th hole" after a challenging round of golf. You overhear
someone a table or two away say, "Did you......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on April 4,
2008
How can you expand your firm in a
down economy?
As hard as it is to
believe, a down economy and credit crunch makes a merger and
acquisition strategy even more attractive. When it......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on January 18,
2008
Change
Management:
Change can be rewarding journey with
solid leadership, training
Standing near the edge
of a high cliff, you look across the horizon. Off in the distance you
see the destination you want to......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on January 8,
2007
Office culture can make or break
mergers
The past 28 years have
borne witness to a blending of four generations from the global
community into a single work force with a......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on June 20,
2008
Leadership & Employees:
Good help is hard to find, retain,
replace
The cost of replacing
an employee averages 150 percent of the annual wage of the person
being replaced, according to several human resource studies.......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on September
12, 2008
Know when to fire poor performers
Can you remember
anyone you fired too soon? I can't. I avoid the decision to fire for
as long as I possibly can. It......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on February
25, 2008
Generalist or specialist: Know
difference to help workers succeed
When it's time to move
that high-performing member of your team into a new role or assign new
responsibilities, know whether they tend to......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on November
20, 2006
Staff turnover could be an
opportunity
As critical as a
leader is to an organization, without a team of talented,
knowledgeable people behind him or her, there would be no......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on August 24,
2007
Want vacation time? Learn to
delegate
You wake up early and
go in to work. You're usually first to arrive, and you like it that
way - it is the......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on October 26,
2007
Choose and train wisely when
replacing managers
Those of us who depend
on others to help make our businesses successful know the feeling of
having one of your top managers tell......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on June 5,
2006
Delegation can spark growth and
staff development
This is the first in a
series, which will run about once a month, on overcoming obstacles to
achieve business growth. Most people understand......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on June 28,
2004
Personal effectiveness:
When two rights make a wrong
One of the obligations
of being a leader is solving problems that inhibit or undermine
growth. Problems of this nature rarely have simple solutions.......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on May 16,
2008
Penalty-free environment provides
safe haven for training
Every business finds
itself adapting to change sooner or later, and one of the most
effective strategies for implementing change is the penalty-free
environment.......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on September
4, 2006
Make sure meetings, e-mails have
desired effect
In real estate the
mantra is "location, location, location." Both the novice and
experienced can succeed if they can follow this one simple rule.......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on August 14,
2006
Balancing responsibility, authority
key to success
You just woke up, it's
still dark out, and the clock says 3:16 a.m. A great idea just popped
into your head. "Do I......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on February
20, 2006
Focus, performance, morale pay
dividends
"For every action,
there is an equal but opposite reaction" -- Sir Isaac Newton's' Third
Law of Motion. This simple law of physics may......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on October 17,
2005
If success causes trouble, nurture
new leadership
When the success you
have worked so hard to create becomes reality, problems of the past
melt away and new ones begin to grow.......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on June 6,
2005
Execs make better decisions with
help of peer groups
When you have a
problem, I mean a really big problem, whom do you turn to for help?
Where do you go to get......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on November
22, 2004
General
Topics:
The right business can prosper in any economy
Of late, the morning
news seems to pour out nothing but doom and gloom on the national
economic front. Each day Wall Street shifts......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Larry Mandelberg on October 17,
2008
Consultants weathering the storm
...This is the first
major challenge for the consulting economy," said Larry
Mandelberg,
principal of Beyond Point B. "While many of these consultants and
consulting......
Sacramento Business Journal on
July 11, 2002
Microsoft promotes shift to
`pay-per-view' software
...is shifting its
business to become an ASP. Square Tree president Larry
Mandelberg
says outsourcing Microsoft Office with an ASP is analogous to using
a......
Sacramento Business Journal by
Joel Davis on December 13, 1999
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