Posts by Carrie Ann Green
GPS Reviews: Our Second Engagement!
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Situation
After substantial corporate growth, a B2B Information Technology client brought GPS in for a second consulting engagement. The goal was to better position the company so that their continued growth would be both profitable and under control.
Process
Projects included budgeting with special attention to determining how the client should price their products and services, setting up dashboards to monitor the business on a weekly basis (so that management can spot and respond to potential problems quickly), as well as tools for managing their pipeline and generating leads.
Result
“This engagement has changed our thinking and we believe that …
Talking with the Top Dog, Matthew Nichols, at Buns gone WiLD
At GPS, one of the highlights of the week is when the Buns gone WiLD cart shows up in the employee parking lot for our version of tail-gating. We asked Matthew Nichols, the ‘Top Dog’ at Buns gone WiLD, a few questions about his mobile business.
What’s the best part of running your own hot dog/brat/polish vending business?
Making people happy and meeting some really interesting people.
I noticed that you offer both traditional Yellow and Dijon Mustard–has anyone ever said, “Would you please pass the Grey Poupon?”
No, I can’t say that I have, although there has been quite …
There is a RIGHT Way and a WRONG Way to Brainstorm
A delightful infographic from MavenLink presents the concept that there is a right way and a wrong way to conduct brainstorming sessions, which actually makes me think of how there is a right way and a wrong way to host effective meetings (as a brainstorming event is basically a glorified super effective meeting).
Idea Stage Fright
Anytime that a group of people are asked to publically collaborate, not surprisingly, there appears to be ‘groupthink’ issues and psychological barriers to idea generation. Number five on the infographic, fear of criticism and rejection, especially spoke to me.
I find myself flashing back …
The GPS 2013 Annual Meeting Was Educational & Fun!
GPS employees had flown in from throughout the U.S. to learn the most up-to-date information about the newest Federal regulations and tax changes facing our business clients as well as to discuss best practices at our 2013 Annual Meeting.
President Tyler Burgess opened the event by sharing a personal story about a close friend that had fought, achieved remission, but then lost the battle with cancer. He then announced that our on-going corporate fundraising for the fight against cancer as well as numerous other charities had reached a total of over 2.5 million dollars as of 2013.
After a long …
