5 Questions for Employee Check-ins

5 Questions for Employee Check-ins

Brace yourselves, employee check-ins are coming… We’ve all seen the various memes when it comes to employee reviews.  So what’s the big deal about having employee reviews anyway? Why does everyone hate them? Everyone is happy, right?  Short answer, no. Long answer, if...
To Outsource or Not?

To Outsource or Not?

I started out with no particular answer on this blog post about whether to outsource or not. I just wanted to go with the flow and see where it led.  I don’t think of outsourcing as an inherently negative thing or an inherently positive thing. I’ve...

Get Stupid

Let’s assume for a second that being an adult of my age, owning a business, and being able to my bills and save is one definition of success. I had to get that out of the way because I am always suspect of my own ego, and I need to call myself successful for...

Sh!t Allen Says

I’ve referenced our cheeky and hopefully-not-too-offensively named Teams channel in many of our past blog posts: Sh!t Allen Says. I’ve decided that today is the day to share it with you! Only light curation. These are only quotes that I claim are all mine:...

Scorecard vs. Dashboard

If you are a data-hungry entrepreneur, then this article is for you.  It’s an early step in our consulting process to start developing metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Our initial KPIs usually show some data clean up is needed. That usually leads...