Margaret Reynolds TERRY DUNN JE Dunn Construction Interview with Terry Dunn, CEO of JE Dunn Construction Please give us a very brief history of the company.Our business was founded in 1924 by my grandfather J E Dunn and started out as a small business, doing housing and general construction jobs. During WWII, my grandfather took on government …
You would probably have to be Rip Van Winkle not to notice we are in an era of change. The economy, the government and yes, your business world, is changing. No matter how hard we wish it wouldn’t, the evolution (or maybe revolution) isn’t slowing down to wait for us. The question is, are we …
The recession has ended. It has been announced by economists, proved by statistics and lauded by politicians. But do you believe it? For each of us, our reality is our own experience. Is your business doing well? Are you optimistic about your growth prospects? According to Bloomberg, US CEO’s are the most optimistic they have …
For most of us, we don’ t want to re-create the last few years. We want to learn from them. In fact, we want to grow our businesses at accelerated rates, in part, to make up for some lost time. Yet, we have all heard, “only fools keep doing the same things and expecting a different …
Time and again, I hear from clients and business owners, “planning is not possible in this environment’, “well, we did a SWOT’, “We set our objectives–we use Rockerfeller Habits”, “we haven’t met plan so we stopped doing one’”, “we don’t know how to do a plan, really”, “we did our budget”. Need I go on? …
CORDIA HARRINGTONTennessee Bun CompanyInterview with Cordia Harrington, President and CEO of Tennessee Bun Company Tell me about your company; how long you’ve had it, why you started it and where you see it going in the next year or two.The Tennessee Bun Company started as an exclusive supplier to McDonalds; a bakery that I built. …
The answer may surprise you. When I worked at Hallmark, we loved to trump American Greetings. I imagine they felt that same way about Hallmark. So, you might be surprised to learn that, as leaders, our worst enemy is not our biggest competitor, but rather ourselves. Huh? In any aspect of our lives, we become …
Most organizations strive to be the best they can be, delivering the highest results for their stakeholders. Statistics show that most under achieve against goals. Companies either under realize the forecasted potential documented in their strategic plan (most achieve only 2/3 of the potential inherent in their strategy) or they don’t realize the intended return …
When I ask this question of clients, I usually get one of two answers: “my largest competitor” OR “the economy”. WRONG. So, what should be the biggest fear? What you don’t know! Why? Most big shifts, the kind that put companies out of business or are transformative for an industry, are usually in blind spots. …
Do you remember when you were taught the four “P”‘s of product, place, price and promotion? They were at the heart of successful business marketing plans. Today, there is a “P” that trumps that them all—people. If you read this blog regularly, you are aware that we interview one high profile CEO each month to …
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