I received a reminder from my physician’s office this week to book my drive through vaccination time slot, which got me thinking about business health. How is vaccination related to business? A vaccine stimulates your immune system to produce antibodies, exactly like it would if you were exposed to the disease. After getting vaccinated, you […]
Frequently confronted with the argument that you don’t have time to plan, we don’t believe this for a moment. We all have the same 24 hours in a day, every day. This is not to say you aren’t busy, it’s to say that we know if you make time for planning, it is time well […]
Today, April 16th is National Advance Care Planning Day . It just so happens that this year, the Advance Care Planning Day falls within the time of a pandemic and so the topic of death and illness has been brought to the forefront of our thoughts. While we spend great amounts of time trying to […]
According to Small Business Trends, only one in 10 businesses have an active plan. According to surveys, 90% of all business owners who set goals are successful. Yet less than 10% of SMEs have one. Business owners know they need a business plan to make their company stronger and fitter, but they will put it […]
Start with a statement about the value, then clarify the value by adding the words, “which means that …” and add details about specific behaviours or attitudes that people can understand. Think in terms of behaviours that are observable. Describing values in terms of specific behaviours allows you to easily acknowledge and encourage employees who […]
Value Statements, we’ve all seen them, typically posted on the walls of the reception area, and elsewhere around the office or plant. Why do companies do this? What purpose do they serve? A friend of mine calls them the “Rules of the Village.” I like this analogy. We define values as firmly held thoughts and […]