Plan with intent for success
Category: Entrepreneur
Why Use a Business Consultant?
The Value of an Objective Third Party by M. Anthony Sacco Do you get a routine health exam? I have an acquaintance who, a few years ago, had to be talked into making a long overdue appointment with their General Practitioner for a routine physical check-up. This was after two or three years had gone by […]
What is your Goal?
by M. Anthony Sacco for Stratalyne In his classic work, The Goal, Eli Goldratt established himself as not only an expert on solving problems in the manufacturing environment but established himself as a problem solver in a much more general sense. He is well known from this work as one who developed the model used […]
THE POWER OF WHY
A while ago, in an attempt to expand my concept of leadership and improve my own leadership style, I picked up Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why. It turned out to be expansive in its relatively straight forward approach and practical illustration(s). In other words, it got me thinking.
Managerial Musings
by M Anthony Sacco What makes you … a great “manager”? Bing defines it like this: NOUN – a person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a company or similar organization. The first characteristic that stands out, that shouts to me, in this definition is the word “responsible”. I agree with the […]
Leadership Traits – Intuition
By: M. A. Sacco of Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC If there were one trait of a great leader that is underestimated for its value, I think it would be the ability to call and act upon intuition. My reasoning about this, stems from a financial concept, as well as, a human capital development frame of […]
What is Strategy
Strategy & What Makes It Work by M. Anthony Sacco of Stratalyne Business Solutions, LLC Yesterday, in between meetings, I stopped at Barnes & Noble, where I spent a while browsing the shelves of the “Business Section”. What caught my eye and my interest was the book, Strategy by S. Crainer and D. Dearlove (McGraw […]
Legacy & Leadership
Legacy can be a test of leadership. By M. Anthony Sacco (Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC) In the final chapter of John C. Maxwell’s book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, as seems appropriate, is a keystone concept. In it, he addresses the “Law of Legacy” or, as some would call it, “succession”. At the outset, […]
Strategic Planning for Entrepreneurs
by M. Anthony Sacco of Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC As an entrepreneur myself, doing all the necessary tasks required to keep growing my small business, believe me when I say, I understand why Strategic Planning seems like a luxury and ends up getting delegated to the “things I can’t afford to take the time to […]
Networking & Referrals Marketing
by M. Anthony Sacco (Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC) Once a week I attend a “formal”, structured, membership-based networking and referral group meeting. You may be familiar with the organization, it’s BNI (Business Network International) and it’s growing with thousands of members. In addition, to enhance what I get from the weekly meetings, I picked up […]