by Cary Matthews | Mar 21, 2024 | Fractional COO, Strategic Planning, Strategy, System & Soul
I’ll say it: many – or maybe most – strategic plans aren’t worth the paper they are printed on.A plan that no one sees, never gets updated, gathers dust on the shelf, and is too complex or long for anyone to ever read, isn’t doing you or...
by Cary Matthews | Feb 6, 2024 | change, Fractional COO, Success
“Begin with the end in mind.” Sometimes “The End” is a scary thing to think about. Not always – the end of a bad situation or rough period of time can be something we look forward to. But often the simple uncertainty of something coming to a close is enough to cause...
by Cary Matthews | Feb 6, 2024 | Culture, Fractional COO, Success
We learn a lot as kids that we forget or ignore when it comes to our jobs and businesses. Watching a youth baseball game this weekend, I saw a team of nine year old kids model how we can be better at work. What lessons from sports can we apply to running a business?...
by Cary Matthews | Feb 6, 2024 | Fractional COO, Growth, Integrator, Strategy
Growth is good – until it isn’t. If you grow too fast, you can damage your brand, compromise your product, and burn out your team. Good growth is managed and planned. Let’s look again at a lesson from recent history. Toyota has long been recognized for their...
by Kevin | Feb 6, 2024 | Accountability, change, Culture, Fractional COO, Leadership, Organizational Health
If you don’t believe that management and culture make a difference in your company’s success, you are wrong. Let me give you an example from Toyota that I learned about from a recent podcast. When Toyota was making their first moves to manufacturing in the US, they...