Tips From the Top - Tab's Oct'16 online edition

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October 2016 Features

Greetings!

A big welcome to my new subscribers!

"A sale is a gift to a customer until the money is in the bank"

- Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari

Anyone having AR collection issues? This comes up regularly in our board meetings and it's a situation every business owner needs to keep tabs on (no pun intended).

By the way, in August, fellow TAB coach Dean Howard and I gave a presentation at Venture Bank in Golden Valley entitled, "Creating and Maintaining an Effective Board of Directors" to about 30 business owners. Interestingly, about half of those in the room had a board, not all of which they felt as were effective as they could be. If you are interested in exploring having your own board, please contact me at 763-551-4777.

Mark Komen, Owner, TAB Twin Cities North/Central

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Management and Strategy

Velvet Gloves of Business

When asked for a comment about his thoughts on the TAB Advisory Board meeting experience, our guest described the TAB Board experience in the following way…

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Quick Tips

Measured and Managed

You have probably heard that if you don’t measure it, you can’t manage it.

What you measure not only gets your attention, but it also draws the focus of your team and is therefore prioritized and improved because the way to success is more clear. No one would start driving across the country without considering the best route; measurement is no different.

Bob Zarlengo, Zarlengo Raub LLP

Growth Until...

A fellow business owner, when asked when he would stop trying to grow his business, recently responded with the following:

"I will continue to grow the company until I can’t find good people to work in it."

Considering how many people there are from which to choose, his meaning should be clear. Growth never stops.

Jay Eastland, Engineered Solutions of Georgia

Stress and De-stress

When you focus on the problem, you create stress. When you focus on the solution, you dissolve stress. Don’t forget to do both! Never write down your problems unless at least one solution also goes onto the page.

Leyla Pinarli, ClaimFox, Inc.

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"The TAB environment allows me to see many new potential opportunities to grow my business to a new level. Sharing ideas with owners from varied industries has given me a totally new perspective for my business, and you can’t put a dollar figure on that."

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"Both components of TAB - coaching and board meetings - are very different but equally rewarding in that I am held accountable for my decisions in a way that nobody who worked for me could ever do. My facilitator has become so ingrained in the business that I rely on his counsel for every major decision and many intermediate decisions."

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