WHY DO BUSINESSES WASTE SO MUCH MONEY IN COURT?
I remember a time not so long ago when people were willing to have conversations and negotiate mutually beneficial outcomes. And yet, the business world seems decades from that now. We at DLPA work with a lot of construction companies, and what we are seeing occur in this industry in particular now is that legal […]
KEEPING STEADY IN THE WAKE OF ECONOMIC UNREST
I think it’s pretty safe to say that the world is in a state of accelerating change – and the economy doesn’t quite know how to take the latest jolt of unexpected (for most of us) stimulus – the Brexit result – certainly seems to highlight the knife edge on which our economies hang in […]
GREEN SPACE EQUALS GREATER PRODUCTIVITY AND OTHER AMAZING BENEFITS
During our recent business trip to the Big Apple, we noticed things that we hadn’t noticed last time we visited as tourists. Let’s face it, our attention is in a different place when we’re on holidays and we don’t tend to hang out in the business districts as much. In any case what we noticed […]
WHEN WANTING IT ISN’T ENOUGH
We’ve all been there. You want it so bad it causes physical pain. You’re doing everything you can think of. You are Googling inane phrases like “how to make my business successful” and “how to create passive income”. The kids seem to know the babysitter better than you. You quite frankly have nothing left in […]
HOW TO WIN THAT BIG TENDER
You know you have a great product or service. You know the people you want to work with. So why, oh why, is no one paying attention? You submit the tenders, you price competitively – and yet no wins. Let’s face it, tendering is a huge expense for a business. Not to mention the toll […]
STOP ASKING US TO THINK LIKE BUSINESS OWNERS!
Stop asking us to think like business owners! This is the feedback we receive from so many of the teams we work with. And, I think, this is one of the biggest mistakes that business owners make – expecting employees to think about business problems as if their houses ride on the outcome. The thing […]
