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The BizPie Blog gives expert advice for executives to help make better decisions, improve your team, and balance professional & personal life.
How do you leave if you are the owner?
It’s impossible to give two weeks notice when it is your own company. And, as much as most owner operators daydream about escape every now
What unites us is so much bigger than what divides us…
If you read this blog, you probably have hot water, a roof over your head, and more electronic devices than you have plugs for in
Do you schedule exercise on your calendar?
“Roughly half of cancer deaths in the United States could be prevented or forestalled if all Americans quit smoking, cut back on drinking, maintained a
Are you investing enough to make new projects succeed?
Take a look at a few paragraphs from the Los Angeles Times of May 14, 2016. “Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday threw his support behind an ambitious
How do you lead?
At the APICS Symposium on April 30th, the panelists were asked ”How do you lead?” Dr. Chris Gopel, executive director at the Drucker Center for
How do you think of inventory?
Sales people think of inventory as an overflowing basket of goodies. There should always be extra, just in case. Operations people
Are you ready?
Of course not. Who could be ready? What does it mean to be ready? When Prince was found unresponsive in his elevator at Paisley Park,
How do you say good-bye after 40 years?
The sad news came in a post from KPCC: Sports Chalet was closing down after 57 years in business.
What led to your success in your business?
A couple of years ago a group of women CEOs were asked “What is the one leadership trait that led to your success in your
Are you focusing on the right metrics?
Most companies get a lot of data from their internal reporting about sales, labor costs, materials used, payroll etc. In fact, there is a huge
Are your employees jumping off the ship?
All week I’ve been hearing that long-term employees are taking new jobs for higher pay. Is it spring? Is it the pollen? Are the blooming
How cool is seismologist Lucy Jones?
If you have lived in Southern California for a decade or 3, you know Dr. Lucy Jones as the seismologist who explained each earthquake as
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