by Jayne Heggen | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog, Heggen Group, Planning Goals
Especially pertinent for larger companies divided into departments and spread across multiple branch offices, executives must find ways to align employees so all are working toward the same objectives. This calls for strategies that transcend departmental goals and...
by Jayne Heggen | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog, Heggen Group, Planning Goals
As if the holidays didn’t impose sufficient stress upon normal human beings, those in management must also cope with the added burden of managing not only their own stress but also the stress of those who report to them. After all, that’s what good bosses do. They...
by Jayne Heggen | Dec 22, 2017 | Blog, Heggen Group, Planning Goals
Corporate culture and strategy follow the truisms of plumbing. Like water, communication always runs downhill. In other words, business success begins at the top and flows down through the ranks to the people who actually do the work of carrying out the business. All...
by Jayne Heggen | Dec 12, 2017 | Blog, Heggen Group, Planning Goals
What makes your business unique also gives it a competitive advantage, regardless of your industry niche. Take a look at the biggies, like Walmart. This enormously successful discount retailer built its empire on low prices without regard for product quality, customer...
by Jayne Heggen | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog, Heggen Group, Planning Goals
Almost every business goes through a SWOT process in which a team is assembled to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Oftentimes, management brings in an objective, third-party consultant when the internal team realizes that their perspective is...
by Jayne Heggen | Oct 18, 2017 | Blog, Heggen Group, Planning Goals
Action without forethought leads to disastrous consequences; however, too much thinking results in procrastination. There’s a happy medium in there somewhere that every businessperson needs to tap within themselves and their employees. And–guess what–it...
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