May
23

Business Plan - 7 Easy Steps To Create Your 2008 Business Plan

Writing a business plan doesn’t have to be difficult. Sometimes, simple is better. Here’s a simple 7-step formula you can use to write a business plan fast!

Did you take some time this past week to think about your resolutions for 2008? (I bet you have!)

Resolutions create energy and promise. However, if we just have a list of goals and “things” we would like to accomplish with no “action plan”, those under- achieved resolutions can end up making us downright depressed!

This is a preview of Business Plan - 7 Easy Steps To Create Your 2008 Business Plan. Read the full post (1042 words, estimated 4:10 mins reading time)

Jan
15

When Not To Measure Something

We’re always talking about why it is so critical to have performance measures, what is most important to measure, how to design meaningful measures, how to measure the intangible things. But there is a lot of value to knowing when measuring something just isn’t the best idea.

Don’t measure it if you have no intention of managing it.

Is it really responsible to be measuring something you have no intention of doing anything about? If it’s because you were told to measure it, then you have at least two choices.

This is a preview of When Not To Measure Something. Read the full post (752 words, estimated 3:00 mins reading time)