Author: pallas

When revenue is a problem, often we hide using planning and worrying over taking action.  Great non-profit executives translate problems into plans to address those problems then adjust as the...

The most effective non-profit organizations are learning to combine mission with business disciplines. In 2005, for reasons I still am not clear on, I entered the Fisher School of Business...

Starting a good business, just like living a good life, requires planning and discipline.  I know because I struggled for many years to develop my company into a successful organization. ...

Several times a year, my son, Tim, and friend, Brian Bowers, and I speak to business management classes at Ohio State. Among the topics most discussed is managing people. Brian...

Marshall McLuhan was a brilliant professor who coined the phrase “the medium is the message”.   Stated briefly, he believed that television, movies and advertising vehicles held a message just...

Entrepreneurship is not about big ideas or flamboyant personalities – It’s about managing risk successfully.   [more] Our professor started the class by asking us to give our best definition of...

Until we acknowledge an issue that is getting in our way, in business as well as in life, there is no chance we will overcome that issue. When my brother,...

I’ve made the cut as a speaker on the national Vistage circuit. With no small thanks to my son and promoter, Kevin, we have ten presentations scheduled and that number...

Thanks to those who’ve read and commented on Empty Abundance , and here’s a link to a sample chapter to entice those who have not. So I promised to use...

Good ideas in business are just the beginning.  To be successful, one must add flexible planning and tremendous attention to detail.  [more] There are few things I know for certain...