{"id":431,"date":"2025-05-01T19:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkbossconsulting.com\/?page_id=431"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:57:45","slug":"boss-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkbossconsulting.com\/?page_id=431","title":{"rendered":"BOSS Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Your Tools aren’t the problem. I\u2019ve been in a number of conversations lately with firm owners trying to get a handle on resource management. Almost all of them are struggling\u2014and for good reason. Project schedules are dynamic. Project management discipline is inconsistent. And let\u2019s be honest, our people aren\u2019t interchangeable<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Introducing the BOSS Strategy Execution System\u2122 I\u2019ve always been a pretty good vicarious learner. Early on, that meant watching my older siblings\u2014seeing what worked, what didn\u2019t, and adjusting accordingly. Later, that shifted to reading the work of people who had already figured some things out, and spending time in peer<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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As a small business consultant, I start most engagements with a simple assessment: 20 questions covering the fundamentals of how a business actually runs. Strategy, accountability, metrics, cadence, decision-making\u2014nothing exotic. Just the basics. Here\u2019s the hard truth: most small businesses score pretty low on that first pass. That usually changes<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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A surprising number of firms still don\u2019t run any kind of structured employee review process\u2014not annually, not quarterly, not ever. And when you dig into why, the answer is usually some version of this: \u201cOur technical leads are slammed. They don\u2019t have time to review their people.\u201d Fair point. In<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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I had coffee with a fellow consultant today, and our conversation drifted into familiar territory\u2014small business frustration. At one point she joked, \u201cAren\u2019t all small business owners frustrated?\u201d It was tongue-in-cheek, but let\u2019s be honest: it wasn\u2019t far from reality. You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a small business owner who<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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