enlight blog
Category: Business
We’ve never had a crystal ball
Uncertainty isn’t new, but now we’re navigating it day-in, day-out. How can you and your business pivot to permanently adapt strategic and financial planning to better reflect an explicitly uncertain reality?
What’s the difference between a responsibility and a burden?
Do your employees think of their work as a responsibility or a burden? How does your answer affect your culture, employee retention or financial performance? And how does it impact the emotional well-being of your employees?
Your silence will not protect you
I’ve been trying to understand white privilege and my role in institutional racism for over a decade. But I’ve kept that work “on the side,” separate from my day-to-day business. That changes today.
Your business needs a hero…are you up to the task?
The COVID-19 outbreak is one of those defining moments. Ask yourself – are you a coward or a hero? The good news is if you don’t like the answer, you can take action to change.
Market Insight: Why You’re Doing It Wrong And How To Get It Right
As we discussed in our market insights overview blog, customers are the only people who are consistently putting money into your business. Understanding how they use your products and services to create value for their businesses is fundamental to your company’s growth and prosperity.
The Customer Is Always Right: Why Market Insight Should Shape Your Business
You want to grow your successful business, or maybe you’re falling behind the competition. Whether you’re a market leader or struggling to keep up, quality market insights can help improve your returns.
Does Your Management Team Have The Tenacity To Get The Job Done?
In our last post about the Value Creation Vector, we dug into the second lever, Growth Potential. Today we’re going to look at the third lever: Management Tenacity. Sadly, this lever is typically least interesting to management, even though it’s often the easiest way to generate value.
Want A Foolproof Blueprint For Business Growth?
In our last post about the Value Creation Vector, we dug into the first lever, Profit Potential. Today we’re going to look at the second lever: Growth Potential. Once we have assurance that you’re maxing out the profit potential of your business, we want to help you grow the sh*t out of it.
Show Me The Money! What’s Your Profit Potential?
In my last post about the Value Creation Vector, I provided an overview of the tool and how it can drive focus, prioritize actions and deliver results for companies. Today, I’m going in more detail about the first lever: Profit Potential.
Looking For Growth In All The Wrong Places? Our Value Creation Vector Can Help
It may sound simple, but helping our clients address the right questions at the right time is one of our differentiating skills. What are we trying to accomplish? What are the most important questions to answer first? What data do we need? How can we eliminate irrelevant noise? What questions come next? With the Value Creation Vector, we quickly assess the current state to determine where to start and what to do next.
