How do you know most of your work matters? There are probably a few things that matter to produce the outcomes important to an organization. Most work is simply effort and cost and does not produce meaningful results. You can see this with the ridiculing of office politics and people doing busy work in cartoonsContinue reading “Manage By Outcomes”
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Build In the Cost
Part of living in reality is accepting all its shortcomings and inefficiencies. All the inputs you may work hard to put into a system – materials, technology, talent, management, etc. – will not work at maximum efficiency or ever be balanced. When your systems become more complex, there is going to be more leakage andContinue reading “Build In the Cost”
Strategic with Your Down Time
The business cycle with holidays, end of year and bookkeeping is an opportunity for you if you can relax and take advantage of the natural down time. Trying to force fit activities that are likely a better fit in the up times will only lead to frustration, and perhaps disfavor, with clients. Why not beContinue reading “Strategic with Your Down Time”
Salesforce Enterprise Edition: When To Upgrade
Generally speaking, we advise our Salesforce.com consulting clients to start with Salesforce.com Professional Edition. This edition is at $65 per user per month. You can always upgrade later if you require more features. However, you cannot downgrade. Most organizations do not require an upgrade to Enterprise Edition. Those that do tend to are larger, more-complex businesses,Continue reading “Salesforce Enterprise Edition: When To Upgrade”
