by Julie Poland | Nov 28, 2018 | Growth and Change, Life as a Leader, Scaling Up
Entrepreneurs sometimes fall into the Expert trap. They start their businesses on the basis of their own technical expertise, and add people to the company when their own two hands can no longer handle the workload. While the growth in staff adds capacity, the Expert...
by Julie Poland | Mar 22, 2017 | Growth and Change, Strategic Leadership
It’s not common that businesses have only one goal, and it’s not common that any business has only one problem, or only one opportunity that it has not yet pursued. Once you realize that you have work to do to shore things up, or to scale things up, do you...
by Julie Poland | May 4, 2016 | Life as a Leader, Process and Quality, Uncategorized
The spread of electronic technology makes you capable of speaking with people around the world, and even to see their faces while doing so. Digital photography enables someone to forward a shot to you instantly. You can have scores of deputies gathering information...
by Julie Poland | Apr 27, 2016 | Process and Quality
Startup business owners are consumed with the tasks of selecting a name, logo, business cards, and website. “It’s all about the branding,” they say. Well, yes and no. Yes, it is all about the branding, but the marketing materials aren’t the...
by Julie Poland | Mar 9, 2016 | Growth and Change
You may be on the brink of success. All you need is that little nudge to move you into the big leagues. The motto outside our high school building read, “Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.” Back in the day we were in and out of that...
