by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
(See attribution below.) Even the smartest small business owner can do dumb things now and then. Unfortunately, some mistakes can kill a company. Just ask Jeff Seifried, small business coordinator for the City of Aurora, Colo., and Peter Tourtellot, chairman of...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Leadership, Management & Motivation, Sales Management, Start-Ups, Strategy
There are numerous lists of “ways to succeed in business” and many of them contain some words of valuable advice for every business owner. This article takes a different view — that of wanting to be sure a business turns up its heels and dies in the...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Business Development, Marketing Plans, Marketing Strategies, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Communications & Performance Reviews, Leadership, Management & Motivation, Sales Management, Strategy
Fewer than half of workers are committed to the goals of their organization. That’s the key finding in a survey by FranklinCovey of 12,182 U.S. workers conducted in late 2003 and released in March, 2004. The survey also showed that only 48% of workers believe...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Business Development, Business Plans, Marketing Strategies, Performance Management, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 18, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Management & Motivation, Start-Ups, Strategy
The word “vision” is part of our contemporary business language, yet not every business owner can readily articulate just what their vision for the business is. It’s not just a marketing plan, although these plans have to be based on an appreciation...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 19, 2015 | Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Businesses need to change if they want to grow. Change can be proactive or reactive, but without it everything stays the same and growth is impossible. Many organizations have found to their detriment that it’s unwise to fail to anticipate changes in the...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 27, 2016 | Change Management, Leadership, Strategy, Values
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | Business Development, Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Success, they say, is its own reward. In the competitive world of small business, this must be doubly true – financial benefits aside, ‘making it’ is even more satisfying if you have established and grown you business from the outset. But with success comes growth...
by Chris Hunter | Sep 22, 2019 | Change Management, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategy
From McKinsey & Company When developing initiatives to improve performance and health, follow this process to prioritize for maximum impact. Click picture to read article.
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | Delegation, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Business Development, Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Business Development, Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Operations, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Leadership, Project Management, Start-Ups, Strategy
Every firm needs a statement of its vision. A vision statement can be a unifying and motivating force for all team members – those who are part of the organization today and those who join in the months and years to come. If they are exposed to a bold and...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | Business Development, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Operations, Leadership, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Start-Ups, Strategy
Entrepreneurs are usually so anxious to get their enterprises going that they don’t pay enough attention to planning for the long-term future of their operations. This is why so many entrepreneurial businesses work satisfactorily for the first year or so but...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Mar 27, 2016 | Strategy
At the end of each financial year retailers generally look at their sales figures and declare that it was either a ‘good’ year or a ‘bad’ one. But how many can actually say why the results turned out that way? Retail sales outcomes are a function of many factors...
Chris’ combination of academic credentials, career experience and temperament ideally suit his calling as a business development advisor. Clients say he has a mind for business and a heart for service.